Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Berto Pasuka NPG Ax183877

© estate of Angus McBean / National Portrait Gallery, London

by Angus McBean

Born Wilbert Passerley in Jamaica, Pasuka ignored his family's wishes for him to become a dentist, instead following his own desire to dance. He studied classical ballet in Kingston, where he first saw a group of descendants of runaway slaves dancing to the rhythmic beat of a drum. Feeling inspired to take black dance to new audiences, he moved to London in 1939, enrolling at the Astafieva dance school to polish off his choreography skills. Following his work on the movie Men of Two Worlds... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.