Beryl McBurnie was a choreographer and dance teacher, born in 1915 in Port of Spain, who died in 2000.
Biography
Beryl Eugenia McBurnie OBE (2 November 1913 – 30 March 2000) was a Trinidadian dancer, who also performed as La Belle Rosette. She established the Little Carib Theatre in Woodbrook, Port of Spain, and promoted the culture and arts of Trinidad and Tobago as her life's work. She helped to promote the cultural legitimacy of Trinidad and Tobago that would shift the country into the age of independence. McBurnie dedicated her life to dance, becoming one of the greatest influences on modern Trinidadian pop culture.
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Contemporaries
Pearl Primus
American dancer and choreographer (1919-1994)
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Boscoe Holder
Trinidadian artist, dancer, and musician (1921-2007)
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