Cyril W. Beaumont

Cyril W. Beaumont
Born
Cyril William Beaumont

(1891-11-01)1 November 1891
London, England
Died24 May 1976(1976-05-24) (aged 84)
Occupations
  • Dance historian
  • critic
  • technical theorist
  • translator
  • bookseller
  • publisher

Cyril W. Beaumont OBE (1 November 1891 – 24 May 1976) was a British dance historian, critic, technical theorist, translator, bookseller, and publisher.[1] Author of more than forty books on ballet, he is considered one of the most important dance historians of the twentieth century.[2]

  1. ^ Katherine M. Adelman, "Beaumont, Cyril," in International Encyclopedia of Dance (New York: Oxford University Press, 1998), vol. 1, p. 398.
  2. ^ Debra Craine and Judith Mackrell, "Beaumont, Cyril William," in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (Oxford University Press, 2000).