Theodore Crum/Duncan

First Negro Classic Ballet
Ballet Americana/New York Negro Ballet

Theodore Crum, later known by his stage name Theodore Duncan, was a member of First Negro Classic Ballet and later Ballet Americana/New York Negro Ballet. FNCB founder Joseph Rickard is said to have discovered Crum in a record shop while purchasing Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake.

Crum’s repertoire with First Negro Classic Ballet included the role of an Ugly Sister in Cinderella as well as roles in Harlot’s House, Pagliacci (1949), and Symphonic Etudes. He appeared as a dancer in the film version of Carmen Jones (1954).

After New York Negro Ballet disbanded, there are no further records of Crum.

Sources:

Ballet in Black: Louis Johnson and African American Vernacular Humour in Ballet, Thomas F. Defrantz
Dance Moves: An African American Ballet Company in Postwar Los Angeles by Kenneth H. Marcus
Vaulted Ambitions: Stories From Where We Were to How We Got Here, Stage Raw

See also:

Ward Flemying founds Ballet Americana/New York Negro Ballet, MoBBallet