Dancer, teacher and co-founder of the National Ballet of CubaFernando Alonso, who has died aged 98, was one of the principal architects of classical ballet in Cuba. With his ballerina wife, Alicia, whom he married in 1937, he co-founded what became the National Ballet of Cuba. Fernando's teaching method is largely responsible for the current eminence of Cuban-born and -trained dancers in companies around the world. A…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AM on August 9, 2013