Cyril W. Beaumont: Dance Writer And Publisher

From a small specialist bookshop in London's Charing Cross Road, Cyril W. Beaumont established an international reputation as a pioneer dance historian, writer and publisher. His career stretched from 1910, when as a 19-year-old he opened his bookshop, to his death in 1976. A quiet and modest man of great purpose and dedication, he was also a mentor and friend to dancers, teachers, and dance researchers throughout the world. Kathrine Sorley Walker's study of his life and work draws on his own memoirs and letters as well as the recollection of friends (including herself) of a memorable and many-faceted personality.