New Revue in Manhattan

Bal Negre (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 Negre offers a variety of them that, from a theater standpoint, seems badly lacking in variety. On its own terms, however, Bal Negre often has a good deal of color and excitement, and in their own way Miss Dunham and her company dance, slither and writhe expertly.

Initiates may find the real meat of Bal Negre in its elaborate ritual dances and act-long, story-crammed ballets. More casual observers may find these somewhat arty, and cotton much more to Bal Negre's gay, stylish folk dances--and to its spoof of the ragtime and jazz cavortings of not-so-tropical climes.

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