Night's Dancer: The Life of Janet Collins

by Janet Collins and Yael Tamar Lewin

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The biography of the first African-American prima ballerina

Winner of the The Marfield Prize / National Award for Arts Writing (2011)

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...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0819571148

ISBN13:9780819571144

Release Date:September 2011

Publisher:Wesleyan University Press

Length:384 Pages

Weight:2.30 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 7.3" x 10.2"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

African-American Studies Arts, Music & Photography Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Performing Arts Specific Demographics

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