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Black ballerinas : my journey to our legacy

Title
Black ballerinas : my journey to our legacy / Misty Copeland ; illustrated by Salena Barnes.
Author
Copeland, Misty
Publication
  • New York, New York : Aladdin, [2021]
  • ©2021

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Additional Authors
Barnes, Salena
Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations; 32 cm
Summary
"From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author and American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Misty Copeland comes a nonfiction picture book celebrating dancers of color who have influenced her on and off the stage. As a young girl living in a motel with her mother and her five siblings, Misty Copeland didn't have a lot of exposure to ballet or prominent dancers. She was sixteen when she saw a Black ballerina on a magazine cover for the first time. The experience emboldened Misty and told her that she wasn't alone--and her dream wasn't impossible. In the years since, Misty has only learned more about the trailblazing women who made her own success possible by pushing back against repression and racism with their talent and tenacity. Misty brings these women's stories to a new generation of readers and gives them the recognition they deserve. With an introduction from Misty about the legacy these women have had on dance and on her career itself, this book delves into the lives and careers of women of color who fundamentally changed the landscape of American ballet from the early twentieth century to today"--
Subject
  • Copeland, Misty > Juvenile literature
  • Copeland, Misty
  • African American ballerinas > Biography > Juvenile literature
  • African American women > Biography > Juvenile literature
  • Ballerinas > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature
  • Ballerinas > United States > Biography > Dictionaries
  • Performing arts > United States > Juvenile literature
  • African American women
  • African American ballerinas
  • Ballerinas
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Biographies.
  • Juvenile works.
  • Illustrated works.
Audience (note)
  • Ages 10+
Contents
Lauren Anderson -- Aesha Ash -- Debra Austin -- Joan Myers Brown -- Delores Browne -- Janet Collins -- Marion Cuyjet -- Stephanie Dabney -- Frances Taylor Davis -- Michaela DePrince -- Nikisha Fogo -- Robyn Gardenhire -- Céline Gittens -- Alicia Graf Mack -- Lorraine Graves -- Francesca Hayward -- Tai Jimenez -- Christina Johnson -- Virginia Johnson -- Nora Kimball-Mentzos -- Erica Lall -- Andrea Long-Naidu -- Ashley Murphy-Wilson -- Victoria Rowell -- Anne Benna Sims -- Raven Wilkinson -- Ebony Williams.
Call Number
*MGY+ 22-3
ISBN
  • 9781534474246
  • 1534474242
LCCN
2021008712
OCLC
1237349801
Author
Copeland, Misty, author.
Title
Black ballerinas : my journey to our legacy / Misty Copeland ; illustrated by Salena Barnes.
Publisher
New York, New York : Aladdin, [2021]
Copyright Date
©2021
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Audience
Ages 10+ Aladdin.
Local Note
Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
Local Subject
Black author.
Added Author
Barnes, Salena, illustrator.
Other Form:
Online version: Copeland, Misty, Black ballerinas New York, New York : Aladdin, [2021] 9781534474253 (DLC) 2021008713
Research Call Number
*MGY+ 22-3
Sc+ G 22-8
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