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092			_a792.8097 _bV139
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aValby, Karen, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe swans of Harlem : _bfive Black ballerinas, fifty years of sisterhood, and their reclamation of a groundbreaking history / _cKaren Valby.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bPantheon Books, _c[2024]
264		4	_c©2024
300			_a292 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 263-271) and index.
520			_a"The forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas, the first principals in the Dance Theatre of Harlem, who traveled the world as highly celebrated stars in their field and whose legacy was erased from history until now. At the height of the Civil Rights movement, Lydia Abarça was a Black prima ballerina with a major international dance company-the Dance Theatre of Harlem. She was the first Black ballerina on the cover of Dance magazine, an Essence cover star, cast in The Wiz and on Broadway with Bob Fosse. She performed in some of ballet's most iconic works with her closest friends-founding members of the company, the Swans of Harlem, Gayle McKinney, Sheila Rohan, Marcia Sells, and Karlya Shelton-for the Queen of England and Mick Jagger, with Josephine Baker, at the White House, and beyond. Some forty years later, when Lydia's granddaughter wanted to show her own ballet class evidence of her grandmother's success, she found almost none, but for some yellowing photographs and programs in the family basement. Lydia had struggled for years to reckon with the erasure of her success, as all the Swans had. Still united as sisters in the present, they decided it was time to share their story themselves. Captivating, rich in vivid detail and character, and steeped in the glamor and grit of professional ballet, The Swans of Harlem is a riveting account of five extraordinarily accomplished women, a celebration of their historic careers, and a window into the robust history of Black ballet, hidden for too long"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aAfrican American ballerinas _vBiography.
610	2	0	_aDance Theatre of Harlem _xHistory.
600	1	0	_aAbarca, Lydia.
600	1	0	_aMcKinney, Gayle.
600	1	0	_aRohan, Sheila.
600	1	0	_aSells, Marcia Lynn.
600	1	0	_aShelton, Karlya.
650		0	_aBallet _zUnited States _xHistory.
655		7	_aBiographies. _2lcgft _9870
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