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Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo

Not Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo; but Ballets Russes without the de Monte Carlo is a different albeit related company. Robert Greer (talk) 22:10, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Prove it!

I challenge the statement that Alonso was a prima ballerina assoluta because I see no evidence that the Cuban government ever made such a decision. If they did, please give chapter & verse so the claim can be checked. The wider problem affects a number of WP dance articles, where no reliable reference is given for big claims. Note: I do not deny her excellence in dance, just the title. See longer discussion on Ballerina talk page. Macdonald-ross (talk)

There seem to be no grounds for pba; ref given in intro. Macdonald-ross (talk) 18:21, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
"PRESIDENT Raúl Castro Ruz yesterday visited Alicia Alonso, Cuba’s prima ballerina assoluta, at her home to congratulate her on the occasion of her 90th birthday." Link: [1], screenshot: [2]--Kar98 (talk) 19:09, 24 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This section has little/no references

I think there are several umproved/discussed facts most of them without any relevance to this article. Please clean up and/or provide references. For example:

Critics [who?] point out her indifference to the Castro regime's brutality and the hypocrisy [discussed] of a "culture-friendly" regime that banned even the unauthorized loaning of books from one citizen to another [does it is relevant?]. (Alonso has also been critizized [by hwo?] for remaining silent about the immense artistic repression imposed after Castro lied to the Cuban people and took complete control [discussed, and again it is relevant?], instilling communist opposite to what he said and never bringing back the constitution of 1940 [reference?]. Also while Cuba would send away artist and counter reovlutionaries IMAP Silvio Rodriguez [what does it means?].. Alicia Alonso continued on her selfish style of only worring about herself [subjective/personal opinion]. Note that Alicia Alonso was Alicia Alonso long before a political movement[?]. Cuba exsisited LONG before the Current dictators the Castro Brothers [nonsense]. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 159.226.110.169 (talk) 00:19, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Year of birth: 1920 or 1921

Spanish, French, German and Russian WP all say she was born in 1921. Only Italian (of the major languages) agrees with English WP that it was in 1920. How come this discrepancy? -- Jack of Oz [Talk] 22:57, 17 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The wikidata for Alicia Alonso shows this DOB as 21 December 1921 with two citations used. Jooojay (talk) 07:55, 22 December 2018 (UTC) [1], [2][reply]

References

  1. ^ "Alonso, Alicia, 1921-.... @ SNAC". snaccooperative.org. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
  2. ^ "Alicia Alonso | Cuban dancer". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2018-12-22.

Still director of the Cuban National Ballet?

Under "Legacy", it is stated "She continued to serve as the director of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba until the early 21st-century." I watched a performance by the Cuban National Ballet on July 19, 2018. The vignette on the leaflet reads "Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Alicia Alonso, Dirección General":

Vignette of the Cuban National Ballet

This suggests that she is (at least formally) still director of the ballet. Karstenspang (talk) 21:17, 24 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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