Research Catalog
Les Ballets nègres photograph collection.
- Title
- Les Ballets nègres photograph collection.
- Author
- Ballets nègres, compiler.
- Publication
- [between 1946 and 1953?]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Still image | Use in library | Sc Photo Les Ballets Nègres Collection | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Found In
- c2pc Ballets nègres Les Ballets nègres scrapbook, 1946-1986 (OCoLC)502149971
- Description
- 8 items (one folder); 30 x 23 cm and smaller.
- 8 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;
- Summary
- Depictions of dancers, musicians, and some productions of Les Ballets Nègres from the mid-1940s to the early 1950s. The collection consists of two undated studio portraits of the company's co-founder Berto Pasuka that include his portrayal of a voodoo priest in the production "Blood"; publicity photographs from the productions "Cabaret-1920" and "They Came" (ca. 1946), the latter featuring Pasuka, other company co-founder Richie Riley and Vivienne Snow; a group portrait of the African Orchestra who performed on the original music composed for the company (1946); and an undated group portrait of the cast of "De Prophet."
- Also included are an undated view of the dance company visiting a printing shop, possibly in Birmingham, England; and a group portrait of the company at the airport in West Berlin, Germany (1952).
- Subjects
- Gelatin silver prints > 1940-1959
- Publicity photographs > 1940-1959
- Group portraits > 1940-1959
- Portrait photographs > 1940-1959
- Black people in the performing arts > Great Britain
- Musicians, Black > Great Britain
- Dance, Black > Great Britain
- Dancers > Great Britain
- Dance companies > Great Britain
- Ballets nègres
- Riley, Richie
- Pasuka, Berto
- Genre/Form
- Portrait photographs – 1940-1959.
- Group portraits – 1940-1959.
- Publicity photographs – 1940-1959.
- Gelatin silver prints – 1940-1959.
- Note
- Title taken from Les Ballets Nègres Scrapbook.
- Many photographs bear photographer's or photography studio's hand stamp on verso. Some items bear handwritten captions on verso; one item bears inscription on recto.
- Collection contains work by Angus McBean, Joh van Bueren and Paul Wilson.
- Terms of Use (note)
- Some items are under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.
- Biography (note)
- Les Ballets Nègres (1946-1953) was the first Black dance company in Great Britain. It was co-founded in London by Jamaican dancers Berto Pasuka and Richie Riley, with Pasuka serving as the company's director and choreographer. The company produced ballet drawing from African and Caribbean folk traditions, and featured African drumming, often incorporated into the music composed by Leonard Salzedo. The company consisted of dancers from the West Indies, Africa, England and the United States. Due to fiscal mismanagement, Les Ballets Nègres gradually dissolved by 1953.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of Les Ballets Nègres Scrapbook, 1946-1986.
- Call Number
- Sc Photo Les Ballets Nègres Collection
- OCLC
- 1286075727
- Author
- Ballets nègres, compiler.
- Title
- Les Ballets nègres photograph collection.
- Production
- [between 1946 and 1953?]
- Type of Content
- still image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheet
- Terms Of Use
- Some items are under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.
- Biography
- Les Ballets Nègres (1946-1953) was the first Black dance company in Great Britain. It was co-founded in London by Jamaican dancers Berto Pasuka and Richie Riley, with Pasuka serving as the company's director and choreographer. The company produced ballet drawing from African and Caribbean folk traditions, and featured African drumming, often incorporated into the music composed by Leonard Salzedo. The company consisted of dancers from the West Indies, Africa, England and the United States. Due to fiscal mismanagement, Les Ballets Nègres gradually dissolved by 1953.
- Linking Entry
- Forms part of Les Ballets Nègres Scrapbook, 1946-1986.
- Local Note
- Sc MG 526
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- McBean, Angus, 1904-1990, photographer.Van Bueren, Joh, photographer.Wilson, Paul, photographer.
- Found In:
- c2pc Ballets nègres Les Ballets nègres scrapbook, 1946-1986 (OCoLC)502149971
- Research Call Number
- Sc Photo Les Ballets Nègres Collection