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Skin colored pointes : interviews with women of color in ballet /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McCarthy-Brown, Nyama (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Other Authors: Allen, Zita (writer of foreword.), Dixon, Melanye White (writer of afterword.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2024.
Subjects:
Ballerinas > United States > Interviews.
Ballet > Social aspects > United States.
Dance and race > United States.
African American dancers.
African American ballerinas.
Ballet teaching > Social aspects > United States.
Ballet > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Danse et race > États-Unis.
Danseurs noirs américains.
PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Classical & Ballet.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Background of ballet in the United States
  • Herstories: The interviews
  • Lauren Anderson
  • Lourdes Lopez
  • Caridad Martinez
  • Crystal Michelle Perkins
  • Stephanie Marie Powell
  • Endalyn Taylor
  • Shelby Colona
  • Monike Cristina
  • Yinet Fernandez
  • Kristie Latham
  • Claudia Monja
  • Margaret Severin-Hansen
  • Melissa Verdecia
  • Reflections
  • Themes and variations : in the experiences of the women interviewed
  • A liberatory approach to teaching ballet.