How They Became Famous Dancers for young readers tells the story of twelve dancers - six women and six men - who became famous, some against all odds. Coming from different parts of the world and displaying a variety of physical sizes, body shapes and skin colours, their lives spanned the seventeenth to the twenty first centuries. Placed in chronological order, each biographical sketch mirrors the subject’s historical and cultural context. Featured dancers include: Anna Pavlova, Marie Taglioni, Pearl Primus and Arthur Mitchell.
