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Beryl McBurnie
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ABOUT BERYL
MCBURNIE
Beryl Eugenia McBurnie, a
pioneer of Trinidad and
Tobago's folk dance scene. Born
in Trinidad and lived from
November 2nd till March
30
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A child with a natural aptitude Although initially sent to study n those days Trinidad's fo
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Beryl McBurnie
Determined, imperious, flighty, charming, Beryl McBurnie was born in Trinidad and went to New York in the early s to study dance and teaterpjäs. She also made a name for herself as a dancer and singer, Belle Rosette. But she turned her back on the bright lights to return to Trinidad. There she continued the work she had begun before World War II, researching and performing the dances of the Caribbean, especially those that drew on African traditions. She was part of an anticolonial movement that recognized the unique culture of the country and the region and eventually led Trinidad and Tobago to independence.
Artistically, McBurnie’s work influenced dancers throughout the region and beyond. She also devoted years to building the Little Carib Theatre. Intended as a home for folk dance, it also housed Derek Walcott’s Theatre kurs and became a crucible for the performing arts.
This book portrays the woman, explores the influences that shaped McBurnie and those who
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McBurnie, Beryl
November 2,
March 30,
Beryl Eugenia McBurnie, a pioneer of Trinidad and Tobago's folk dance scene, was born in Trinidad. A child with a natural aptitude for dance who converted her parents' backyard into a theater, McBurnie resented the British colonial school system that promoted "foreign" culture, as opposed to her indigenous heritage. Native mores and influences were deemed substandard at best, and were scorned at worst.
In the early s, during a stint at New York's Columbia University studying cultural anthropology with Melville Herskovitz, McBurnie refined her dance techniques with Martha Graham, all the while continuing to build a name for herself in her native country. She collaborated with several ardent Pan-Caribbeanists there. Eric Williams, a scholar and the first prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, and C. L. R. James, a noted Marxist intellectual, persuaded her to apply her talent to the cause of West Indian unity and independence. Local folklo