Research Catalog

Title

The color of dance : a celebration of diversity and inclusion in the world of ballet / Takiyah Wallace-McMillian.

Author

Wallace-McMillian, TaKiyah

Publication

• New York, NY : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers ; 2023.
• ©2023

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Details

Additional Authors

Ash, Aesha

Description

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, portraits; 27 x 22 cm

Summary

"For decades the prominent image of a ballet dancer has been a white body with pale clothing. It took 75 years for American Ballet Theatre to have its first African American female principal dancer, Misty Copeland. When TaKiyah Wallace-McMillian went to enroll her three-year-old daughter into her first ballet class, she immediately saw this lack of diversity and representation--even on her local dance studio's website. Within weeks TaKiyah, a freelance photographer, began shooting a project she called Brown Girls Do Ballet, which eventually became an Instagram hit and a nonprofit organization that provides resources, mentorship, inspiration, and encouragement to young dancers of color worldwide. For her first book, The Color of Dance, TaKiyah traveled around the United States seeking out dancers of African, Asian, East Indian, Hispanic, and Native American ancestry. With these more than 190 breathtaking images of colorful ballerinas of all ages and levels, both amateur and professional, TaKiyah gives a voice to dancers who have been underrepresented for too long. With dozens of quotes throughout from ballerinas themselves, The Color of Dance redefines what this classically Eurocentric art form has looked like for centuries and will inspire dancers--and all of us--to pursue our dreams no matter what barriers are put in front of us" --

Subject

• African American ballerinas > Pictorial works
• African American dancers > Pictorial works
• Ballet
• Ballerinas
• Photographs
• African American dancers
• Ballerinas
• Ballet
• Photographs

Genre/Form

• Illustrated works
• Illustrated works.

Note

• Introduction written by the photographer.
• Foreword by Aesha Ash.

Call Number

Sc F 24-97

ISBN

• 9780762479559
• 0762479558

OCLC

1399968352

Author

Wallace-McMillian, TaKiyah, photographer.

Title

The color of dance : a celebration of diversity and inclusion in the world of ballet / Takiyah Wallace-McMillian.

Publisher

New York, NY : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers ; 2023.

Copyright Date

©2023

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

still image

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Local Note

Schomburg copy with dust jacket.

Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

Ash, Aesha, writer of foreword.

Research Call Number

Sc F 24-97