Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina
- ISBN-10
- 1476737983
- ISBN-13
- 9781476737980
- Series
- Life in Motion
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 278
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-03-04
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Authors
- Misty Copeland, Charisse Jones
Description
Profiles the life and career of the professional ballerina, covering from when she began dance classes at age thirteen in an after-school community center through becoming the only African American soloist dancing with the American Ballet Theatre.
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