DANCER

Alicia Alonso

1920 - 2019

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Alicia Alonso (born Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad del Cobre Martínez del Hoyo; 21 December 1920 – 17 October 2019) was a Cuban prima ballerina assoluta and choreographer whose company became the Ballet Nacional de Cuba in 1955. She is best known for her portrayals of Giselle and the ballet version of Carmen. From the age of nineteen, Alonso was afflicted with an eye condition and became partially blind. Her partners always had to be in the exact place she expected them to be, and she used lights in different parts of the stage to guide herself. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alicia Alonso is the 21st most popular dancer (up from 22nd in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Cuba (up from 21st in 2019) and the most popular Cuban Dancer.

Alicia Alonso is most famous for being the founder and director of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba, which is the national ballet company of Cuba. She has also been a dancer, choreographer, and teacher.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Alicia Alonso ranks 21 out of 116. Before her are Michel Fokine, Jean-Georges Noverre, Tamara Karsavina, Martha Graham, George Balanchine, and Serge Lifar. After her are Izumo no Okuni, Galina Ulanova, Bronislava Nijinska, Carlo Blasis, Mary Wigman, and Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Alicia Alonso ranks 75. Before her are Chiara Lubich, Dave Brubeck, Maureen O'Hara, Timothy Leary, John Harsanyi, and Elliot Richardson. After her are Richard Farnsworth, Kim Yong-ju, Setsuko Hara, Jack Warden, Arthur Hailey, and Ivan Kozhedub. Among people deceased in 2019, Alicia Alonso ranks 72. Before her are Raymond Poulidor, Paul Greengard, Danny Aiello, Rosamunde Pilcher, Isabel Sarli, and Yury Luzhkov. After her are Owen Garriott, Claudine Auger, César Pelli, Michael Atiyah, Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, and Nikolai Kardashev.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Alicia Alonso ranks 19 out of 300. Before her are Compay Segundo (1907), Emilio Mola (1887), Celia Cruz (1925), Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1956), Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado (1919), and Juan Almeida Bosque (1927). After her are Ibrahim Ferrer (1927), Teófilo Stevenson (1952), Rita Marley (1946), Javier Sotomayor (1967), Gerardo Machado (1871), and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes (1819).

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Among DANCERS In Cuba

Among dancers born in Cuba, Alicia Alonso ranks 1. 

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