Brave Ballerina : The Story of Janet Collins

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  • Author:
    MEADOWS Michelle / GLENN Ebony
  • ISBN:
    9781250127730
  • Publication Date:
    January 2019
  • Edition:
    1
  • Pages:
    32
  • Binding:
    Hardback
  • Publisher:
    Henry Holt
  • Country of Publication:
Brave Ballerina : The Story of Janet Collins
Brave Ballerina : The Story of Janet Collins

Brave Ballerina : The Story of Janet Collins

SKU: 9781250127730
Regular price $29.99
Unit price
per
  • Author:
    MEADOWS Michelle / GLENN Ebony
  • ISBN:
    9781250127730
  • Publication Date:
    January 2019
  • Edition:
    1
  • Pages:
    32
  • Binding:
    Hardback
  • Publisher:
    Henry Holt
  • Country of Publication:

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Janet Collins wanted to be a ballerina in the 1930s and 40s, a time when racial segregation was widespread in the United States. Janet pursued dance with a passion, despite being rejected from discriminatory dance schools. When she was accepted into the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo as a teenager on the condition that she paint her skin white for performances, Janet refused. She continued to go after her dreams, never compromising her values along the way.

From her early childhood lessons to the height of her success as the first African American prima ballerina in the Metropolitan Opera, this is the story of a remarkable pioneer.

For fans of Misty Copeland's Firebird and Javaka Steptoe's Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.

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  • Janet Collins wanted to be a ballerina in the 1930s and 40s, a time when racial segregation was widespread in the United States. Janet pursued dance with a passion, despite being rejected from discriminatory dance schools. When she was accepted into the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo as a teenager on the condition that she paint her skin white for performances, Janet refused. She continued to go after her dreams, never compromising her values along the way.

    From her early childhood lessons to the height of her success as the first African American prima ballerina in the Metropolitan Opera, this is the story of a remarkable pioneer.

    For fans of Misty Copeland's Firebird and Javaka Steptoe's Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Janet Collins wanted to be a ballerina in the 1930s and 40s, a time when racial segregation was widespread in the United States. Janet pursued dance with a passion, despite being rejected from discriminatory dance schools. When she was accepted into the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo as a teenager on the condition that she paint her skin white for performances, Janet refused. She continued to go after her dreams, never compromising her values along the way.

From her early childhood lessons to the height of her success as the first African American prima ballerina in the Metropolitan Opera, this is the story of a remarkable pioneer.

For fans of Misty Copeland's Firebird and Javaka Steptoe's Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.