Category: ballet
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Leonard Salzedo Birthday post
Leonard Salzedo 24th September 1921 to 6th May 2000 It’s wonderful that in the month of my father’s birth, his 5th String Quartet was brilliantly played by the Halcyon Quartet at the first concert of the Thames Concert series 26/27. Artistic director of Thames Concerts, Ben Costello, is a champion of Leonard’s music. String Quartet…
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Ballet Negres Anniversary
80 years ago on Monday June 24th, Ballet Negres, Europe’s first Black ballet company, performed live on BBC Television. This ground-breaking and innovative company was formed in London in 1946 by Jamaicans Berto Pasuka and Richie Riley, with dancers from the Caribbean, Africa and Britain. There were some non-black members of the company including my…
