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For fans of Hidden Figures and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

'The kind of history I wish I learned as a child dreaming of the stage!' MISTY COPELAND

'Vibrant, propulsive and inspiring' TIA WILLIAMS

Harlem 1969; it's the height of the Civil Rights era and the community is still reeling from the assassination of Martin Luther King. Arthur Mitchell, the first Black principal dancer at the New York City Ballet, takes his protest to the stage and establishes the Dance Theatre of Harlem. Here begins the story of the five extraordinary women at the heart of this book.

Both a group biography and a story of a particular time, this is a book about ballet, the enduring allure of ballet for young girls, and about how these pioneers broke into a world that was closed to them and changed ideas of what a classical dancer could be. It is about the heart-breaking impact of the AIDS epidemic which claimed the

The Swans of Harlem

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For fans of Hidden Figures and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks'The kind of history I wish I learned as... Read more

    Publisher: Bonnier Books Ltd
    Publication Date: 4/30/2024
    ISBN13: 9781786582492, 978-1786582492
    ISBN10: 178658249X

    Non Fiction , Art & Photography

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    For fans of Hidden Figures and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

    'The kind of history I wish I learned as a child dreaming of the stage!' MISTY COPELAND

    'Vibrant, propulsive and inspiring' TIA WILLIAMS

    Harlem 1969; it's the height of the Civil Rights era and the community is still reeling from the assassination of Martin Luther King. Arthur Mitchell, the first Black principal dancer at the New York City Ballet, takes his protest to the stage and establishes the Dance Theatre of Harlem. Here begins the story of the five extraordinary women at the heart of this book.

    Both a group biography and a story of a particular time, this is a book about ballet, the enduring allure of ballet for young girls, and about how these pioneers broke into a world that was closed to them and changed ideas of what a classical dancer could be. It is about the heart-breaking impact of the AIDS epidemic which claimed the

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