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Ballet Nègres was established in 1946 and toured extensively with no grant, both in the UK and abroad, for six years.

Podcast » Cassa Pancho

When Cassa Pancho decided to interview Black female ballet dancers in the UK for her degree dissertation in 1999, she could not find any. So she seized the moment, setting out on the path that was to...

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Berto Pasuka arrived in Britain from his native Jamaica in the early years of World War Two. Pasuka studied ballet with Anna Severskaya and Mme Verushka, touring Britain in various shows. He...

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