Name: The Swans of Harlem
Start: 2024-10-09T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-10-09T20:00:00-04:00
Location: Charles E. Miller Branch Library

Hear the story of the Swans of Harlem directly from Sheila Rohan, a founding member of the Dance Theatre of Harlem. These ground-breaking dancers performed for the Queen of England, Mick Jagger, and Stevie Wonder, on the same bill as Josephine Baker, at the White House, and beyond.
Karen Valby's book, The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History, tells the captivating tale in vivid detail, steeped in the glamour and grit of professional ballet.
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