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03013aam a2200409 i 4500 001 DCE70040305C11EFB38D90F13EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240622010036 008 240423r20242024nyua db 001 0ceng d 010 $a bl2024008603 020 $a 0593862740 : PAP 020 $a 9780593862742 : PAP 040 $a IMmBT $b eng $c IMmBT $e rda $d SILO 050 14 $a GV1785.A1 $b V34 2024b 082 04 $a 792.809747/1 082 04 $a B $2 23/eng/20240423 100 1 $a Valby, Karen, $e author. 245 14 $a The swans of Harlem : $b five Black ballerinas, fifty years of sisterhood, and their reclamation of a groundbreaking history / $c Karen Valby. 250 $a First large print edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Random House Large Print, $c [2024] 300 $a 453 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-420) 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 ofthe 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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a African American ballerinas $v Biography. 610 20 $a Dance Theatre of Harlem $x History. 600 10 $a Abarca, Lydia. 600 10 $a McKinney, Gayle. 600 10 $a Rohan, Sheila. 600 10 $a Sells, Marcia Lynn. 600 10 $a Shelton, Karlya. 650 0 $a Ballet $z United States $x History. 655 7 $a Large print books. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 1 945 $a lpt 952 $l ZKPC437 $d 20240622013755.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DCE70040305C11EFB38D90F13EECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search