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The choreopoem is performed by a cast of seven nameless women only identified by the colors they are assigned. They are the lady in red, lady in orange, lady in yellow, lady in green, lady in blue, lady in brown, and lady in purple.
- Lynn F. Miller, Ntozake Shange
- 1975
A choreopoem is a choregraphed series of poems that integrates performance poetry, dance, music, song, live art, and other creative media. The term was coined by Ntozake Shange in 1975 with her choreopoem, For colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf.
The various women in red, blue, brown, and green each have a deeply important set of experiences and emotions to share with the audience. Their names (or lack thereof) create a sense...
Oct 9, 2019 · Her word was “choreopoem,” and any production of “For Colored Girls,” like the major revival now in previews at the Public Theater, has to figure out what the term means.
1 day ago · Called a choreopoem by its author, the twenty-poem drama tells the stories of the joy, pain, suffering, abuse, strength, and resilience of African American women. Its seven female characters dress in colors representing the rainbow plus brown.
As the title of the choreopoem implies, the rainbow is a predominant symbol in the play, one consciously applied to the ladies' costumes, which are the colors of the rainbow, plus brown.
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The term “colored girls” in the title refers to all females of color, though Shange’s focus in the choreopoem is particularly on black girls. In the only monologue spoken from a child’s point of view, the speaker does not find it easy to be a young black girl in St. Louis in 1955.
