FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2000 file photo, Alicia Alonso, Cuba's grande dame of dance and the founder of the internationally renowned National Ballet of Cuba, receives the Jose Marti medal, Cuba's highest honor, from Cuban leader Fidel Castro, at the Revolution Palace in Havana. Cuba's national ballet has reported that Alonso has died on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Goitia, File)