Fernando Alonso

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Cuba's President said that her death had left "a huge void"

Cuban Ballet dancer Alicia Alonso is the age of 98, the country died, the state media announced.

Alonso is considered one of The Greatest 20Th Century ballerinas. She lost her sight at 19, to guide, relying only on the stage, the lights.

After The Revolution , in 1959, she helped The National Ballet of Cuba with then-leader Fidel Castro .

"Alicia Alonso is gone and left behind a huge void, but unbeatable legacy," said President Miguel Diaz-canal, said.

"you, Cuba is positioned on the altar of best-of-dance around the world. Thank You Alicia for your immortal work," he added.

Born Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad Martínez del Hoyo, on 21. In December 1921, she first appeared on the stage in 1931. She fell in love with the Ballet .

During her recovery from eye surgery, a teacher came to teach their dance moves using your Finger

"If you look and you see the Theater full of people, you feel that you are alive, that you have been born. It is wonderful, it is unique, She Said to the BBC in 2015.

at The age of 16, married her classmate, Fernando Alonso and the couple moved to New York , joining the Ballet Caravan.

Three years later, your eyes began to deteriorate light. She was diagnosed with skin with a detached network.

she told the BBC: "I suffered terribly with my eyes and had various operations on my eyes. Detachment of the retina. It was horrible. She told me not to quickly lower my head or move it from side to side. I was there for two years.

"they told me I would never dance again. Now I wanted to dance again. "

During her recovery, the teachers came to her bed to teach you The Steps to Giselle ,

at 19, her eye began to deteriorate the light, and she was diagnosed with a detached retina

But the problems with her sight came back later and at one point she was not able to see, your fellow dancers, the lights on the stage.

she had a series of operations.

By the late 1940s, she performed major roles, particularly Giselle in New York and London.

In 1948, she founded the Alicia Alonso Ballet in Cuba's capital. She Said every time she Came Home to Cuba, you would ask the question, why it was Ballet for all in the country.

in your Ballet company collapsed in 1956 due to lack of finances.

Every time she Came Home , to Cuba, Alonso always wondered why Cuba was not formed Ballet

Alonso, The National Ballet of Cuba after The Revolution . After 1981, a biography of The Dancer , when she was asked by Fidel Castro , how much money was needed, the shape of the Ballet company.

she recalled, told Castro that you needed $ 100,000.

His answer was: "We will give you $200,000. "

The Company brought Ballet to everyone, with performances in factories and other work sites.

Alonso continues to be The Company to guide up to your 70s and also dance held during this time.

it is so high in Cuba, and has named a perfume after her, and an Ice Cream parlor named Coppelia after one of their most famous roles.

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Source of news: bbc.com