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Dance News: The First Black Ballerina, Janet Collins at 100: A Special Birthday Celebration | The Dance Enthusiast
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After Six Decades, Janet Collins Still the First and Only Black Prima Ballerina at the Metropolitan Opera
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Black ThenDecades Before Misty Copeland There Was A Prima Ballerina Named Janet Faye Collins - Black Then
![NatCivilRightsMuseum on Twitter: "#OnThisDay in 1951, Black ballerina Janet Collins made her Metropolitan Opera debut as the premier dancer in Aida, making her the first Black ballerina to dance a lead role NatCivilRightsMuseum on Twitter: "#OnThisDay in 1951, Black ballerina Janet Collins made her Metropolitan Opera debut as the premier dancer in Aida, making her the first Black ballerina to dance a lead role](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FEGjJkaXwAMpAgj.png)
NatCivilRightsMuseum on Twitter: "#OnThisDay in 1951, Black ballerina Janet Collins made her Metropolitan Opera debut as the premier dancer in Aida, making her the first Black ballerina to dance a lead role
National Civil Rights Museum - #OnThisDay in 1951 ballerina Janet Collins became the first African-American ballerina to appear with the Metropolitan Opera Company. She stayed with the Metropolitan Opera Company until 1955.
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