The Theater: New Revue in Manhattan, Nov. 18, 1946

Bal Nègre (produced by Nelson L. Gross & Daniel Melnick) is the third of handsome Negro Choreographer Katherine Dunham's "revues" and, like her Tropical Revue and Carib Song, is really an evening of dancing. Miss Dunham has a well-nigh unapproached knowledge of the exotic dances of the West Indies and the Caribbean, which she has recreated in forms of her own. Bal Nègre offers a variety of them that, from a theater standpoint, seems badly lacking in variety. On its own terms, however, Bal Nègre often has a good deal of color and excitement,...

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