Hello, friends! Our book today is Black Ballerinas: My Journey to Our Legacy, written by Misty Copeland and illustrated by Salena Barnes, a striking celebration of women of color in the world of dance, past and present. Historically, dancers of color have often been marginalized in, if not outright excluded from, the world of ballet, … Continue reading Black Ballerinas: My Journey to Our Legacy (Misty Copeland)
Hello, friends! Today, we read Firebird, written by Misty Copeland and illustrated by Christopher Myers, a gorgeously unique ballerina book to inspire young dreamers. An abstractly autobiographical story, Copeland, the first African-American ballerina to become a principal dancer of the American Ballet Theater, uses the story of her own rise to encourage a young dancer … Continue reading Firebird (Misty Copeland)
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