Fernando Alonso:
What I enjoy

Fernando Alonso, dancer and teacher, has a paramount place in the history of Cuban ballet. He is the founder, together with his brother Alberto Alonso, of the first professional ballet company in Cuba and the creator of the famed Cuban school of ballet and of its teaching methodology.

At 93 years of age, Maestro Fernando, as everyone calls him, is one of the relevant figures in Cuban culture and he stays active and up to date on everything regarding dance.

He preserves the elegance and freshness of a dancer. His blue eyes light up and he smiles the smile of a person who has seen his wishes come true when discussing his recent Benois de la Danse Prize awarded by a jury of top ballet notables in Moscow for his lifetime achievement. "It was a great surprise. For any artist such a prize is emotional. What I have been doing all of my life, I haven't felt considered work, but pleasure. To receive an international award on top of that, fills me with happiness."

How do you see the work you have done, and continue doing, in the Cuban Ballet School?

"The school is in very good hands. Clearly we need to pay attention to