What is Alicia Alonso?
{{Infobox artist | bgcolour = | name = Alicia Alonso | image = Alicia Alonso 1955.jpg | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad del Cobre Martínez del Hoyo | birth_date = {{birth date|1921|12|21|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Havana, Cuba]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2019|10|17|1921|12|21|df=y}} | death_place = Havana, Cuba | nationality = [[Cuba]]n | field = [[Ballet]] | works = ''[[Giselle]]'', ''[[Carmen (ballet)|Carmen]]''}} '''Alicia Alonso''' (born '''Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad Martínez Hoya'''; 21 December 1921 &ndash; 17 October 2019) was a [[Cuba]]n [[ballerina]] and [[choreographer]]. She was known for her portrayals of [[Giselle]] and [[Carmen Suite (ballet)|the ballet version of ''Carmen'']].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/16956/Alicia-Alonso |title=Alicia Alonso (Cuban dancer), ''Britannica Online Encyclopedia'' |access-date=29 August 2014 |archive-date=21 December 2010 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5v8wLMeOB?url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/16956/Alicia-Alonso |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> Alonso died in Havana on 17 October 2019 at the age of 98.<ref>[https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article236359533.html ‘A genius of dance.’ Cuban ballet icon Alicia Alonso dies at age 98]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=8283&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html, Alicia Alonso profile], UNESCO.org; accessed 5 May 2014. {{DEFAULTSORT:Alonso, Alicia}} [[Category:1921 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Cuban entertainers]] [[Category:Ballerinas]] [[Category:Choreographers]] [[Category:People from Havana]] {{bio-stub}}