Black Swans - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Laurel Van Der Linde, Sawyer Cloud (Illustrator)Audience:Ages 4-8Publish date:2022-11-08Pages:40
Language:EnglishPublisher:Sunbird BooksISBN-13:9781503764095ISBN-10:1503764095UPC:9781503764095Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Performing Arts, Diversity & Multicultural, African American & BlackBook Topic:DanceSize:10.24 x 10.24 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.9899Product ID:SCAQ5DD7C7
The stories of six daring, groundbreaking Black ballet dancers leap off the pages of this beautifully illustrated nonfiction picture book. Meet Essie Marie Dorsey, who in 1926 opened one of the first ballet schools for Black students; Arthur Mitchell, the first Black dancer with the New York City Ballet; Christian Holder, a principal dancer with the Joffrey Ballet; choreographer Dwight Rhoden;...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Sunbird BooksISBN-13:9781503764095ISBN-10:1503764095UPC:9781503764095Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Performing Arts, Diversity & Multicultural, African American & BlackBook Topic:DanceSize:10.24 x 10.24 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.9899Product ID:SCAQ5DD7C7
Author Laurel van der Linde began ballet class at age four. At seventeen, she toured with Oukhtomsky Ballet Classique and Los Angeles Ballet. She loved dancing en pointe, but her feet did not. So she traded her pointe shoes for character heels and danced on Broadway in My Fair Lady, A Chorus Line, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, and Gower Champion's Annie Get Your Gun. Now she teaches creative...
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