Ballet Black - ACE161.4

The reunion: Tony Johnson dances same ballet as is in rehearsal and John Lagey joins him towards the end. Hands and then legs moving rhythmically. VO says it’s a mistake to assume that all black people "have rhythm". Programme from The Dolphin Theatre with notes for The Nine Nights, based on the Jamaican wake or Nine Night vigil custom. Details of photos from the ballet. Rehearsal. Railway tracks as VO names the many places the Ballet Nègres toured in Britain. Postcard images of cities in France, Germany and other European countries visited by the Ballet.