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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Beryl McBurnie was a Trinidadian dance legend. She established the Little Carib Theatre, and promoted the culture and arts of Trinidad and Tobago as her life's work. McBurnie helped to promote the cultural legitimacy of Trinidad and Tobago that would ultimately arm its people to handle independence psychologically and healthily. Beryl McBurnie dedicated her life to dance, becoming one of the greatest influences on modern Trinidadian popular culture. McBurnie began dancing as a child, performing regularly in dances and plays at Tranquility Girls' School, Port-of-Spain. In her youth she performed Scottish reels, jigs, and other British folk dances that the teacher instructed. Though she appreciated their beauty, she yearned for more. In her teens, she decided to focus on promoting the emotions of the folk, and which in some cases gave an insight into the history and the way of life of the ordinary people.

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