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Alicia Alonso – Legendary Dancer, Director, and Leader in Ballet- Has Died

"The Devil Ties My Tongue" by Amy Seiwert performed for the SKETCH Series, 2013. Photo by David DeSilva. Courtesy of Amy Seiwert's Imagery

Alicia Alonso – Legendary Dancer, Director, and Leader in Ballet- Has Died

October 17, 2019/0 Comments/in Ballet Programming, Awards, and Season Announcements/by Isabelle Vail

According to the National Ballet of Cuba, Alicia Alonso, the prima ballerina assoluta and founder of what would become the National Ballet of Cuba, passed away on October 17th, 2019 at the age of 98.

For The New York Times, Jack Anderson wrote, “A ballerina of unusual range and power, she continued to dance into her 70s despite chronic vision problems.”

Celebrated both in her home country of Cuba and around the world, Alonso was a choreographer and leader as well as a famed dancer, and will be remembered long after her time on this Earth.

Read more about Alonso in The New York Times.

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