Occupation Ballet Name Fernando Alonso | Role Dancer | |
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Born 17 December 1914 ( 1914-12-17 ) Havana, Cuba Spouse(s) Alicia Alonso (1937-1975; divorced); 1 child Current group Cuban National Ballet (1948–2013) Former groups American Ballet Theatre (1940–48) Died July 27, 2013, Havana, Cuba | ||
Fernando Alonso (17 December 1914 – 27 July 2013) was a Cuban ballet dancer and co-founder of the Cuban National Ballet.
Born Fernando Juan Evangelista Eugenio de Jesús Alonso Rayneri in Havana, Cuba in 1914, Alonso began his career in 1935.
In 1937, he traveled with his brother and wife Alicia to the United States. In 1940, he and Alicia joined the American Ballet Theatre, where they remained until 1948. They returned to Havana and were part of a group called the Ballet Alicia Alonso. It later became the National Ballet. In 1975, after he and Alicia divorced, he took control of the ballet in the city of Camagüey. In 2000, he was awarded Cuba's National Dance Prize for lifetime achievement.
On 27 July 2013, Cuba's state television announced his death at the age of 98. No cause was specified.
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