From Ballet to Broadway and Black and Helen Taitt
Helen Taitt is a native of British Guyana and trained at the School of American Ballet for five years, as well as the Ballet Russes School. Her teachers included Maria Nevelska and George Chaffee. Taitt performed on Broadway in Four Saints in Three Acts in 1952 and was featured on the CBS show The Best of Broadway as a part of its Stage Door production.
Sources:
Women in History: Helen Taitt, Guyanese Girls Rock
More about Helen Taitt
Helen Taitt trained at the School of American Ballet for five years as well as the Ballet Russes School. Her teachers included Maria Nevelska and George Chaffee. As a member of the New York Negro Ballet, Taitt performed with the company at the International Exposition of Arts in Paris, France and was awarded first place at the International Dansconcours in Holland. She choreographed a ballet for the company, which was performed in 1959.
She additionally performed on Broadway in Four Saints in Three Acts in 1952 and was featured on the CBS show The Best of Broadway as a part of its Stage Door production.
Taitt was described as looking “old-fashioned” and “Pavlova-like.”
She was the founder and director of the School of Guyana Ballet, which trained many of the teachers with the Guyana National School of Dance.
Sources:
Women in History: Helen Taitt, Guyanese Girls Rock
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