Black Ballerinas: My Journey to Our Legacy Cover:Hardcover with support from the broader

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Black Ballerinas: My Journey to Our Legacy Cover:Hardcover with support from the broaderFrom New York Times bestselling and award winning author and American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Misty Copeland comes an illustrated nonfiction collection celebrating dancers of color who have influenced her on and off the stage. As a young girl living in a motel with her mother and her five siblings, Misty Copeland didnt have a lot of exposure to ballet or prominent dancers. She was sixteen when she saw a black ballerina on a magazine cover for