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Night's dancer : the life of Janet Collins / Yaël Tamar Lewin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lewin, Yaël, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Collins, Janet.
- African American ballerinas--Biography.
- African American ballerinas.
- African American women choreographers--Biography.
- African American women choreographers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (399 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The biography of the first African-American prima ballerina
- Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Prologue; Foreword; Act One; 1. In the Beginning; 2. About Art; Intermission; Act Two; 3. Modern à la Mode; 4. Creation; 5. Exodus East; 6. Out of This World; 7. Enter Egypt; 8. The Trouble I've Seen; 9. Eye of the Storm; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Chronology; Appendix 1: Genesis "Argument," by Janet Collins; Appendix 2: Black Dancers in Ballet; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786613345844
- 9781283345842
- 1283345846
- 9780819571151
- 0819571156
- OCLC:
- 763158213
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