Dancing with Cuba: A Memoir of the Revolution

Dancing with Cuba: A Memoir of the Revolution

In 1970 a young dancer named Alma Guillermoprieto left New York to take a job teaching at Cubaâ€™s National School of Dance. For six months, she worked in mirrorless studios (it was considered more revolutionary); her poorly trained but ardent students worked without them but dreamt of greatness. Yet in the midst of chronic shortages and revolutionary upheaval, Guillermoprieto found in Cuba a people whose sense of purpose touched her forever.

In this electrifying memoir, Guillermoprietoâ€“now an award-winning journalist and arguably one of our finest writers on Latin Americaâ€“ resurrects a time when dancers and revolutionaries seemed to occupy the same historical stage and even a floor exercise could be a profoundly political act. Exuberant and elegiac, tender and unsparing, Dancing with Cuba is a triumph of memory and feeling.
Country USA
Brand Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber unknown
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2005-02-08
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780375725814

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	unknown
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2005-02-08
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780375725814

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