Tag: #balletmusic
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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…
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Leonard Salzedo Birthday Stories
Celebrating 24th September – the birthday of my father Leonard Salzedo – with some stories from his autobiography: “At eleven o’clock on the morning of Saturday 24th September 1921 I was born at a small private nursing home at 46 Amhurst Park, Stamford Hill, in North London. It was a large Victorian House and has…
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Leonard Salzedo and the Nutcracker
My father Leonard Salzedo was a student at Royal College of Music (RCM) in the 1940s and I was delighted to watch this 2024 RCM Christmas video with highlights of the Nutcracker arranged by and for RCM students, because both the RCM Concert Hall and the Nutcracker had a particular significance for my father. The…
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