Promotion of Dance, Arts and Culture of Trinidad & Tobago
Awards
Doctor of Laws, University of the West Indies; Hummingbird Gold Medal (Republic of Trinidad and Tobago); Trinity Cross (Republic of Trinidad and Tobago)
Patron(s)
Katharine Dunham, Martha Graham, Paul Robeson, Sam Manning, Carmen Miranda, Charles Weidman, Louise Crane, Doris Humphrey
Beryl Eugenia McBurnie OBE (2 November 1913 – 30 March 2000)[1] was a Trinidadian dancer. She established the Little Carib Theatre in Woodbrook, Port of Spain, and promoted the culture and arts of Trinidad and Tobago as her life's work. She helped to promote the cultural legitimacy of Trinidad and Tobago that would shift the country into the age independence.[2] McBurnie dedicated her life to dance, becoming one of the greatest influences on modern Trinidadian pop culture.
^"McBurnie, Beryl", Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History.
^"People of the Century: Beryl McBurnie". Archived 19 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine, The Trinidad Express, 12 April 2000.
Beryl Eugenia McBurnie OBE (2 November 1913 – 30 March 2000) was a Trinidadian dancer. She established the Little Carib Theatre in Woodbrook, Port of Spain...
Look up McBurnie in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. McBurnie is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: BerylMcBurnie (1913–2000), Trinidadian...
(LCT) was established in Woodbrook, Port of Spain, Trinidad, in 1947 by BerylMcBurnie "to showcase the vibrant and rich culture of the Trinbagonian people"...
Françoise Quéré, born 1959), a French actress La Belle Rosette, real name BerylMcBurnie (1915–2000), a Trinidadian dance legend Rosette Bir (1926–1992), French...
oldest theatres in the country, established by local dance legend, BerylMcBurnie, in 1947. Queen's Hall was built in 1959 through the efforts of the...
old, and from the age of 13 she studied with such local luminaries as BerylMcBurnie, and regularly attended performances at the Little Carib Theatre. At...
Walcott, with his twin brother Roderick Walcott and performers including BerylMcBurnie, Errol Jones and Stanley Marshall, and started at the Little Carib Theatre...
company and theatre in Trinidad was the Little Carib Theatre. See also: BerylMcBurnie. Indian plays, such as Ram Leela has been incorporated into Trinidad...
Trevor Carter, and her friends Nadia Cattouse, Amy Ashwood Garvey, BerylMcBurnie, Pearl Prescod and her lifelong mentor Paul Robeson, Jones campaigned...
Hawaiian dance, Hadassah taught Indian dance forms, and Pearl Primus and BerylMcBurnie offered classes in Caribbean and African dance forms. Ballet was eventually...
Morgan Lloyd, DSO, Dean of Gibraltar. BerylMcBurnie. For cultural services in The West Indies. Ian Alexander McGregor, Director, Medical Research Council...
Pretender, Mighty Growler and Roaring Lion. He was also pianist for BerylMcBurnie's dance troupe at the Little Carib Theatre in Woodbrook, and taught melodies...
Cheryl Byron, Winifred Atwell, Daisy Voisin, Jean Coggins-Simmons, BerylMcBurnie and Beulah "Lady B" Bobb. A collection of her memorabilia is held by...
Rodionova defeated Jarmila Wolfe in the final of a $25k tournament in Burnie. In doubles, she advanced to the final of the WTA Tour-level Malaysian Open...
2001: Scotland Question Time with SNP leader John Swinney. Presented by Anne McKenzie. 30 May 2001: During the 2001 General Election campaign, the main political...
series of Challenger events throughout February and March in Hong Kong, Burnie, Launceston, Shimadzu, Guangzhou, Shezhen and Israel with limited success...
William Edward Carne. For services to Sport and to Charity in Pembrokeshire. Beryl Carr, NHS Volunteer, League of Friends Café, Ealing Hospital, London Borough...
the $25k Burnie and a quarterfinalist at the Mildura ITF. She also had success in doubles with a semifinal and final showings at the Burnie and Mildura...
three to fourth seed and compatriot player Elina Svitolina. Kostyuk won the Burnie International, a $60k tournament in Australia, in February 2018, and reached...
won his second medal. 1980 Quentin Blake, Mr Magnolia (Jonathan Cape) @ – Beryl Cook, Seven Years and a Day (Collins), by Colette O'Hare + Michael Foreman...
of Subiaco, Western Australia. For services to the community. Florence McBurnie, of Blighty, New South Wales. For services to the community. Flora Marie...
OBE, British Resident Commissioner, New Hebrides Condominium Margaret Beryl, Mrs Chitty, Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office The Most Reverend...
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