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Namron Yarrum (born Norman Murray, 1945) is a Black British dancer and was one of the first black dancers to be employed by a British professional dance company.[1]

He was born in 1945 in Jamaica and came to the United Kingdom in 1959 aged 13.[1][2] He joined the Willesden Jazz Ballet Group, the only male in the 46 members, in 1961, while studying as an engineering apprentice at AEI. For a year he kept his dancing secret from his parents, and "all hell broke loose" when he invited them to his first performance,[3] but they later allowed him to study at the Rambert Ballet School when he won a scholarship there.

He was one of the founders of the London Contemporary Dance Theatre in 1969, and Alastair Macaulay describes him as "a striking member of its ensemble for its first ten years or more".[1]

In 1985 he was one of the founding members of staff of the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds, West Yorkshire, led by Nadine Senior.[4]

He was appointed O.B.E. in the 2014 Birthday Honours, "For services to Dance".[5]

Namron was given a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2024 Black British Theatre Awards.[6]

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  1. 1 2 3 Macaulay, Alastair (9 February 2021). "Namron - Black History in Dance 2021 - 8". Alastair Macaulay. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
  2. ↑ "Yassmin Foster's film about dancer Namron in his own words aired on BBC". Middlesex University London. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "Well Seasoned - Guests Select - Namron OBE". SadlersWells. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "History of Northern School of Contemporary Dance". NCSD. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "No. 60895". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 2014. p. b16.
  6. ↑ "Winners announced for the Black British Theatre Awards 2024". One Dance UK. 5 November 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
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