1947. The first ballet with a Cuban theme is first shown in Havana. It is titled “Before Dawn” and includes a social topic which made it a real great event for the national culture Alberto Alonso made the choreography, music was composed by Hilario González, the texts were prepared by de Martínez Allende, Carlos Enriquez was in charge of the decoration and Alicia, Fernando and Alberto Alonso were the performers.

ALBERTO ALONSO

Alberto Julio Rayneri Alonso is known in the artistic world as Alberto Alonso. He was born in Havana on May 22nd, 1917. He was a brilliant dancer and choreographer and one of the founders of the current National Ballet of Cuba. He was considered the first professional classical dancer in Cuba.  He gave significant thoughts to what is called today as the Cuban style of ballet.. This is a mixture of the classical Russian style, modern west techniques and traditional Cuban elements. He died in United States on December 31st, 2007.