Beryl McBurnie
Visual Artist
1915 – 2000
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Who was Beryl McBurnie?
Beryl Eugenia McBurnie was a Trinidadian dance legend. She established the Little Carib Theatre, 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 ultimately arm its people to handle independence psychologically and healthily. McBurnie dedicated her life to dance, becoming one of the greatest influences on modern Trinidadian popular culture.
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- Born
- Nov 2, 1915
Trinidad and Tobago - Nationality
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Education
- Columbia University
- Lived in
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Died
- Mar 3, 2000
Port of Spain
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on July 23, 2013
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