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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.
for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf is a 1976 work by Ntozake Shange. It consists of a series of poetic monologues to be accompanied by dance movements and music, a form which Shange coined the word choreopoem to describe.
- Lynn F. Miller, Ntozake Shange
- 1975
Ntosake Shange’s “choreopoem” for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf is a dramatic spectacle structured around a series of poetic monologues and dialogues ...
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.
Oct 28, 2019 · The characters in “for colored girls” are a swarm of unnamed women, identified only by the color each wears: there’s Lady in Yellow (Moore), Lady in Brown (Celia Chevalier), Lady in Red...
- Vinson Cunningham
Jun 29, 2021 · The stories take on added meaning when recited and danced by a sisterhood in rainbow colored clothing. The rainbow offers hope for rainy days. Crowd pleasing favorites include the poems “somebody almost walked off wid alla my stuff” and “a nite with beau willie brown.”
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Oct 28, 2018 · Shange coined “choreopoem” to describe her work in “For Colored Girls,” a dramatic expression blending poetry, dance, music and song. Perhaps her most famous lines were these: i found god ...
