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Book

The swans of Harlem : five Black ballerinas, a legacy of sisterhood, and their reclamation of a groundbreaking history

Call Number

  • 792.8 V139P TEEN (CEN, EAS, OSH, POW, WSQ)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Delacorte Press, [2025]

Physical Description

275 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm

Audience

Ages 12 up Delacorte Press.

Summary

"A full accounting of five incredibly talented Black ballerinas from The Dance Theater of Harlem, founding members among them, that illuminates their hard-fought, historic, and overlooked contributions to the world of classical dance at a time when racism shut out Black dancers from major dance companies"--

Notes

Includes index.

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