Ballet Black - ACE161.8

Photos from various productions: VO reads a 1947 description of the attraction of the Ballets Nègres for the European audience. Rehearsal and practice session. VO lists the eight dance-dramas of the company’s repertoire: They Came, De Prophet, Market Day, Aggrey, Blood, Bride Cry, Nine Nights, Cabaret 1920. Another VO explains the ideas on which these ballets were based. VO says that Pasuka wanted to produce a larger ballet about King Christophe of Haiti. Curtained stage. Photos of Pasuka and others. VO says that after the company’s last performance in late 1952, Pasuka went to Paris. He returned to London in 1959. He starred in Sean O’Casey’s play, Cock-a-doodle Dandy in 1963. Photos from Cock-a-doodle Dandy. Dancers in costume. VO talks about the magic of dancers moving in rhythm.