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Hardcover Brave Ballerina: The Story of Janet Collins Book
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ISBN: 1250127734

ISBN13: 9781250127730

Brave Ballerina: The Story of Janet Collins

(Part of the Who Did It First? Series)

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A lyrical picture book biography of Janet Collins, the first African American principal dancer at the Metropolitan Opera House.

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...

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