For fans of Hidden Figures and The Immortal Life of Henrietta
Lacks'The kind of history I wish I learned as a child dreaming of
the stage!' MISTY COPELAND'Vibrant, propulsive and inspiring' TIA
WILLIAMSHarlem 1969, it's the height of the Civil Rights era and
the community is still reeling from the assassination of Martin
Luther King. Arthur Mitchell, the first Black principal dancer at
the New York City Ballet, takes his protest to the stage and
establishes the Dance Theatre of Harlem. Here begins the story of
the five extraordinary women at the heart of this book.Both a group
biography and a story of a particular time, this is a book about
ballet, the enduring allure of ballet for young girls, and about
how these pioneers broke into a world that was closed to them and
changed ideas of what a classical dancer could be. It is about the
heart-breaking impact of the AIDS epidemic which claimed the lives
of so many of the male dancers. It's about racism and activism
through art.And it's about the eternal glamour of ballet, these
swans appeared at the grandest opera houses and theatres, dancing
at the White House, and even for the Queen. Their fans included
Mick Jagger and they performed alongside the likes of Michael
Jackson and Josephine Baker. But most importantly it tells the
universal story of female friendship, and in particular how these
five young women formed a bond - while experimenting with different
ways of dying ballet shoes and tights to match their skin tones -
which still endures many decades later.
Úprimná spoveď matky – manželky, ktorú zlé rozhodnutia vženú priamo
do náruče odborníkov. Ako žena, matka a manželka si je vedomá
svojich chýb, ťarcha rozhodnutí je však oveľa silnejšia. Stráca
nielen svoju rodinu, ale aj to, čo jej bolo najbližšie. Svoje deti.
Skutočný príbeh, tak trochu drsný, trochu podaný s vtipom o ženách,
mužoch a deťoch, ktorým jediné rozhodnutie zmenilo život. V poradí
štrnásta kniha od obľúbenej Evity Urbaníkovej prináša príbeh, ktorý
je zasadený do prostredia rodiny a medziľudských vzťahov. Citát:
Niekedy máme v živote jednoducho smolu. Niekedy sa dostaneme do
prúseru, ani nevieme ako. Ale niekedy si za všetko, čo sa deje,
môžeme sami.
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