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04262aam a22006978i 4500 001 9EA60D5AF0B811EE9EC0998A3BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240402011628 008 230725s2024 nyu b 001 0ceng 010 $a 2023028575 020 $a 0593317521 020 $a 9780593317525 035 $a (OCoLC)1391136136 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d LJW $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-ny $a n-us-ny 050 00 $a GV1785.A1 $b V34 2024 082 00 $a 792.809747/1 $2 23/eng/20230725 100 1 $a Valby, Karen, $e author. 245 14 $a The swans of Harlem : $b five Black ballerinas, fifty years of sisterhood, and the reclamation of their groundbreaking history / $c Karen Valby. 250 $a First edition. 263 $a 2404 264 1 $a New York : $b Pantheon Books, $c 2024. 300 $a pages cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references 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"-- $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. 650 6 $a Ballet $0 (CaQQLa)201-0378888 $z Ãtats-Unis $0 (CaQQLa)201-0407727 $x Histoire. $0 (CaQQLa)201-0378888 600 17 $a Abarca, Lydia. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00404580 600 17 $a McKinney, Gayle. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00405483 600 17 $a Rohan, Sheila. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00405485 610 27 $a Dance Theatre of Harlem. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00511970 650 7 $a African American ballerinas. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst02005850 650 7 $a Ballet. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00826017 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Valby, Karen. $t Swans of Harlem $b First edition. $d New York : Pantheon Books, 2024 $z 9780593317532 $w (DLC) 2023028576 941 $a 13 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20240702025435.0 952 $l TFPI826 $d 20240604012422.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20240604011322.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20240529010236.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20240524010626.0 952 $l BJPD251 $d 20240523010255.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20240510010142.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20240509012050.0 952 $l DBPE173 $d 20240507010403.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20240502012115.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20240502011756.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20240430010740.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20240402013353.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9EA60D5AF0B811EE9EC0998A3BECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b LJWInitiate Another SILO Locator Search