A Dance Like Starlight

Media Type:Video
Genre(s):Educational
African-American
ISBN:9781633794481
Director(s):Andy T. Jones
Illustrator(s):Floyd Cooper
Run Time:8 Minutes
Language:English

Video

Little ballerinas have big dreams. Dreams of pirouettes and grande jetes, dreams of attending the best ballet schools and of dancing starring roles on stage. But in Harlem in the 1950s, dreams don’t always come true – they take a lot of work and a lot of hope. And sometimes hope is hard to come by. But the first African-American prima ballerina, Janet Collins, did make her dreams come true. And those dreams inspired ballerinas everywhere, showing them that the color of their skin couldn’t stop them from becoming a star.