| Code | DS/UK/11122 |
| Dates | 1908-1985 |
| Person Name | Burrowes; Lucie Leslie (1908-1985); dancer; teacher |
| Surname | Burrowes |
| Forenames | Lucie Leslie |
| Epithet | dancer; teacher |
| Activity | An English dancer/teacher whose career bridged the typically British styles of the 'Pioneer Women' of Hellenic-influenced dance and the predominantly German modern dance (Ausdruckstanz), imported into Britain from the 1930s. Trained in Margaret Morris Movement from 1924, and became a performer and assistant teacher for Morris. In 1928 she became the first dance teacher at the progressive school and community at Dartington Hall in Devon. Began at the school of the famous German dancer Mary Wigman in January 1930. First British woman to receive the Wigman School's teaching certificate in 1931. In 1933 she opened the Leslie Burrowes Studio of the Dance in the Chelsea home she shared with her husband, the oboist Leon Goossens. In 1938 opened The Dance Centre with Louise Soelberg, (an American dancer formerly with Ballets Jooss). The outbreak of war closed the centre, however Burrowes continued to teach and perform. |
| Relationships | Married and had two daughters with Leon Jean Goossens, oboist and conductor, in 1933. |
| Gender | Female |
| Other Forms Of Name | Leslie Goossens; Leslie Burrowes |
| Dates and Places | Born 16 April 1908. Died 25 August 1985. Married the famous oboeist Leon Goossens.
Worked and trained in Britain and trained in Germany. |
| Source | Obituary by family member (given to archive by Jennie Goossens, Leslie's daughter) and notes by Dr Larraine Nicholas November 2009.
http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/39907?docPos=2 17/11/08 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| LB/E/3/1 | The Little Mermaid | c1930 |
| LB/B/35 | Dancing in all ages |
| LB/B/5 | Moving and Growing: Physical Education in the Primary School Part One |
| LB/B/6 | America dancing |
| LB/B/8 | New Ballet, The \ Kurt Jooss and his work |
| LB/B/1 | Modern Dance, The |
| LB/B/9 | La Danse artistique aux USA tendances modernes |
| LB/C | Artwork | c1930s |
| LB/B/10 | Das Mary Wigman-Werk |
| LB/E/3 | Writings | 1930-1975 |
| LB/N/4 | Scrapbook - Untitled | 1930s |
| LB/H | Theatre programmes | 1920s-1930s |
| LB/B/32 | Dancing Catalans |
| LB/H/1 | Leslie Burrowes programmes | 1923-1930s |
| LB/E/2/1 | Mary Wigman School Dresden | 1930-1935 |
| LB/T | Notation scores | c1930s |
| LB/B/22 | Life of Christ, The |
| LB/B/16 | Theatre Street: The Reminiscences of Tamara Karsavina |
| LB/B/21 | Call of the Daed, The, A dramatic chorale for speech, dance and light |
| LB/B/17 | Ballet-Hoo |
| LB/E/3/7 | Modern Dance | July 1936 |
| LB/B/27 | Japanese Dance, The |
| LB/B/30 | Deutsche Tanzkunst |
| LB/B/39 | My Life in Movement |
| LB/H/1/2 | Leslie Burrowes in her second London dance recital at the Fortune Theatre | 14 July 1932 |
| LB/E/3/2 | Experiences of first days in Dresden | 7 January 1930 - 1931 |
| LB/H/2/2 | Dance congress programme | 1930 |
| LB/E/2 | Teaching and education | 1930s |
| LB/C/4 | Form and Movement Dresden | c1930-1931 |
| LB/B/11 | Martha Graham |
| LB/B/14 | Ballet Then and Now: A history of the ballet in Europe |
| LB/F/1 | Portraits of Leslie Burrowes | c1930s |
| LB/B | Books | 1899-1985 |
| LB/N/3 | Number 1 | 1930s |
| LB/N/2 | Wigman School Dresden | January 1929 - July 1931 |
| LB/N | Scrapbooks | 1924-1959 |
| LB/N/5 | Dresden | 1930s |
| LB/N/10 | Letters, programmes and publicity | 1930s-1950 |
| LB/E/2/6 | Leslie Burrowes Studio of Dance | 1930s |
| LB/N/6 | Schools | 1930s-1959 |
| LB/T/1 | Handwritten score | c1930s |
| LB/C/2 | Pencil sketches | Undated |
| LB/F/4 | Personal photographs | c1930s |
| LB/E/2/2 | Course and lesson preparation | Undated |
| LB/E/2/3 | Theatrical Organisation | c1930 |
| LB/B/36 | Dance, The. Its place in art and life |
| LB/E/3/3 | History of Modern Dance | 1974 |
| LB/B/34 | Tragedy of Nijinksky, The |
| LB/E/3/4 | Biographical information by Leslie Burrowes | 1975 |
| LB/E | Papers | 1930s |
| LB/H/1/5 | Leslie Burrowes | 1930s |
| LB/F/2 | Leslie Burrowes in performance | c1930s |
| LB/F | Photographs | c1930s-1960s |
| LB/H/1/1 | Margaret Morris School performances by students and children | 14 December 1923 |
| LB/H/1/4 | Dance Centre | March 1939 |
| LB/E/1/2 | Other letters | 1930s-1979 |
| LB/N/11 | First performances | 1931-1935 |
| LB/C/3 | Lino cut prints | Undated |
| LB/B/13 | The Dance, the story of the dance told in pictures and text |
| LB/N/7 | Performances | 1930s-1955 |
| LB/N/9 | Scrapbook entitled "Letters" | 1932-1954 |
| LB/B/26 | Die Verwandlungen der Mary Wigman |
| LB/B/31 | Balletomania: The Story of an Obsession |
| LB/B/29 | Isadora Duncan's Russian Days & her last years in France |
| LB/E/2/5/1 | Dance Centre papers | 1938-1941 |
| LB/H/1/3 | Leslie Burrowes Dance Recital at the Fortune Theatre | 4-5 December 1933 |
| LB/E/6 | Publicity | 1930s |
| LB/B/38 | Dancing \ Ancient and Modern |
| LB/E/5 | Outside articles of interest | 1930s |
| LB/F/3 | Mary Wigman photographs | c1930s-1960s |
| LB/E/4 | Press and reviews | c1930s |
| LB/E/1/1 | Letters from Mary Wigman | 1931-1966 |
| LB/N/8 | Mary Wigman and Dancers | 1930s |
| LB/N/1 | Margaret Morris scrapbook | 1924-1929 |
| LB | Leslie Burrowes Archive | 1899-1985 |