Daily Archives: October 20, 2015

Tuesday Open Thread | Black Dancers Week : Janet Collins

Who Was the 1st Black Prima Ballerina at the Met? They Did It First: An extraordinarily gifted dancer, Janet Collins was a groundbreaking artist of the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s, who dazzled Broadway and made history on the Metropolitan Opera … Continue reading

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