Life in motion : an unlikely ballerina / Misty Copeland with Charisse Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Copeland, Misty, author.

Contributor:

Jones, Charisse, editor.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Touchstone book

A Touchstone book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Copeland, Misty.

Ballet dancers--United States--Biography.

Ballet dancers.

African American ballerinas.

African American dancers.

Ballerinas.

United States.

Ballerinas--United States--Biography.

African American dancers--Biography.

African American ballerinas--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

12 unnumbered pages, 278 pages, 14 unnumbered pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm.

Edition:

First Touchstone trade paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Touchstone Books, published by Simon & Schuster, 2014.

Summary:

In this instant New York Times bestseller, Misty Copeland makes history as the only African American soloist dancing with the prestigious American Ballet Theatre. But when she first placed her hands on the barre at an after-school community center, no one expected the undersized, anxious thirteen-year-old to become a groundbreaking ballerina. When she discovered ballet, Misty was living in a shabby motel room, struggling with her five siblings for a place to sleep on the floor. A true prodigy, she was dancing en pointe within three months of taking her first dance class and performing professionally in just over a year: a feat unheard of for any classical dancer. But when Misty became caught between the control and comfort she found in the world of ballet and the harsh realities of her own life (culminating in a highly publicized custody battle), she had to choose to embrace both her identity and her dreams, and find the courage to be one of a kind. Life in Motion is an insider's look at the cutthroat world of professional ballet, as well as a moving story of passion and grace for anyone who has dared to dream of a different life.--Publisher description.

Notes:

"First Touchstone trade paperback edition December 2014."

"Interior design by Ruth Lee-Mui."

Includes index.

Contains Touchstone Reading Group Guide (14 pages) at end.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Image Awards Outstanding Literary Work - Biography/Autobiography, Winner, 2015

Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Awards - Nonfiction , Honor, 2015

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy has [3] leaves of topics and questions for discussion of this book laid in.

ISBN:

9781476737997

1476737991

OCLC:

1119668169