Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Ash, Aesha

Description

1. 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, portraits; 27 x 22 cm

Summary

1. "For decades the prominent image of a ballet dancer has been a white body with pale clothing. It took 75 years for American Ballet Theatre to have its first African American female principal dancer, Misty Copeland. When TaKiyah Wallace-McMillian went to enroll her three-year-old daughter into her first ballet class, she immediately saw this lack of diversity and representation--even on her local dance studio's website. Within weeks TaKiyah, a freelance photographer, began shooting a project she called Brown Girls Do Ballet, which eventually became an Instagram hit and a nonprofit organization that provides resources, mentorship, inspiration, and encouragement to young dancers of color worldwide. For her first book, The Color of Dance, TaKiyah traveled around the United States seeking out dancers of African, Asian, East Indian, Hispanic, and Native American ancestry. With these more than 190 breathtaking images of colorful ballerinas of all ages and levels, both amateur and professional, TaKiyah gives a voice to dancers who have been underrepresented for too long. With dozens of quotes throughout from ballerinas themselves, The Color of Dance redefines what this classically Eurocentric art form has looked like for centuries and will inspire dancers--and all of us--to pursue our dreams no matter what barriers are put in front of us" --

Subject

1. Black author
2. Illustrated works
3. Photographs
4. Ballet
5. Ballerinas
6. African American dancers > Pictorial works
7. African American ballerinas > Pictorial works

Genre/Form

1. Illustrated works
2. Illustrated works.

Call number

1. Sc F 24-97

Note

1. Introduction written by the photographer.
2. Foreword by Aesha Ash.

Author

1. Wallace-McMillian, TaKiyah, photographer.

Title

1. The color of dance : a celebration of diversity and inclusion in the world of ballet / Takiyah Wallace-McMillian.

Publisher

1. New York, NY : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers ; 2023.

Copyright date

1. ©2023

Edition

1. First edition.

Type of content

1. still image
2. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Local note

1. Schomburg copy with dust jacket.

Local subject

1. Black author.

Added author

1. Ash, Aesha, writer of foreword.

ISBN

1. 9780762479559 hardcover
2. 0762479558 hardcover

Research call number

1. Sc F 24-97