The Color Of Dance Av Takiyah Wallace-mcmillian

<P><B>From the photographer behind the Instagram sensation<I> Brown Girls Do Ballet, </I>this stunning coffee-table book showcases breathtaking images of ballerinas of color of all ages and levels</B> <B>that reflect today’s beautifully diverse world of dance. </B><BR/><BR/> 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 danc

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