Night's Dancer
Dancer Janet Collins, born in New Orleans in 1917 and raised in Los Angeles, soared high over the color line as the first African-American prima ballerina at the Metropolitan Opera. Night's Dancer chronicles the life of this extraordinary and elusive woman, who became a unique concert dance soloist as well as a black trailblazer in the white world of classical ballet. During her career, Collins endured an era in which racial bias prevailed, and subsequently prevented her from appearing in the South. Nonetheless, her brilliant performances transformed the way black dancers were viewed in ballet. The book begins with an unfinished memoir writte…
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Weitere Autoren: Collins, Janet
- ISBN: 978-0-8195-7596-8
- EAN: 9780819575968
- Produktnummer: 17999125
- Verlag: University Press of New England
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 384 S.
- Abbildungen: 70 illus. (19 colour)
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
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