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Ntozake Shanges dance-theater theatrical masterpiece she coined the termchoreopoemto describe it thrives there.
Its not a transfer, though; its a new production.
Crucially, the productions choreographer, Camille A.
The production embraces a heat-dazed 70s look and sound.
The paint changes under Jiyoun Changs lights.
Sometimes it seems gold, other times black.
They tell tales, sometimes raucously, sometimes with a tender concern.
Men do not handle them gently, though they often handle men for their own delight.
The conclusions that the poemslead to, though, are even more mystical.
And there is a lot of weight to carry.
For the duration, Brown leaves Miller alone onstage, unaccompanied and blazing like a bonfire.
But then, thank God, she brings the women back.
Dance, said Shange, allowed her to understand the planet the way atomic particles experience space.
If thats so, then atomic particles must love each other wildly.
for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enufis at the Booth Theatre.
