Timeline Event » 1946 – Les Ballet Nègres established
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…
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Podcast » Patricia Clover
Patricia Clover gives the merest hint of the thinking behind Les Ballets Nègres, the company that lasted from 1946 until 1952. Her excellent memory and matter of fact style almost…
Timeline Event » 1957 – London Festival Ballet dances Jack Carter’s The Witch Boy for the first time
Jack Carter’s The Witch Boy, originally created for the Ballet der Lage Landen in 1956, was first performed by London Festival Ballet at the Palace Theatre, Manchester, in 1957. The…