Dance We Do // A Poet Explores Black Dance

Dance We Do // A Poet Explores Black Dance

Ntozake Shange • Ntozake Shange

ISBN-10: 0807091871 · ISBN-13: 978‑0807091876 · 2020

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The Nile on eBay Dance We Do by Ntozake Shange "Shange crafts a personal history of Black dance and captures the careers of legendary dancers along with her own rhythmic beginnings"-- FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In her first posthumous work, the revered poet crafts a personal history of Black dance and captures the careers of legendary dancers along with her own rhythmic her first posthumous work, the revered poet crafts a personal history of Black dance and captures the careers of legendary dancers along with her own rhythmic learned of Ntozake Shange's ability to blend movement with words when her acclaimed choreopoem for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf made its way to Broadway in 1976, eventually winning an Obie Award the following year. But before she found fame as a writer, poet, performer, dancer, and storyteller, she was an untrained student who found her footing in others' classrooms. Dance We Do is a tribute to those who taught her and her passion for rhythm, movement, and 20 years of research, writing, and devotion, Ntozake Shange tells her history of Black dance through a series of portraits of the dancers who trained her, moved with her, and inspired her to share the power of the Black body with her audience. Shange celebrates and honors the contributions of the often unrecognized pioneers who continued the path Katherine Dunham paved through the twentieth century. Dance We Do features a stunning photo insert along with personal interviews with Mickey Davidson, Halifu Osumare, Camille Brown, and Dianne McIntyre. In what is now one of her final works, Ntozake Shange welcomes the reader into the world she loved best. Table of Contents Outlive: Dance and the Eternal Life of Ntozake Shange Foreword by Alexis Pauline Gumbs Introduction Dance in My Life Fred Benjamin Raymond Sawyer Dianne McIntyre Mickey Davidson Halifu Osumare Ed Mock An Interview with Dyane Harvey Eleo Pomare Otis Sallid An Interview with Camille A. Brown An Interview with Davalois Fearon Afterword by Reneé L. Charlow Biographies of Dancers and Choreographers by Mickey Davidson Glossary by Mickey Davidson, Dianne McIntyre, and Halifu Osumare A Note from the Ntozake Shange Revocable Trust Photo Credits Notes Review "Of interest to those familiar with Shange's written work, and generally to dancers and dance historians." —Library Journal "An elegant and eloquent work by an artist who left us too soon that recognizes and celebrates the unique contributions of Black dancers and choreographers." —Booklist "An absolute 'must read' for the legions of Ntozake Shange fans, Dance We Do: A Poet Explores Black Dance is a much appreciated posthumous publication of her work in which a truly revered poet crafts a personal history of Black dance and captures the careers of legendary dancers along with her own rhythmic beginnings. While especially and unreservedly recommended addition to community, college, and university library Black Studies collections in general, and Dance Studies/History collections in particular." —Midwest Book Review "An essential addition to our cultural history and to Ntozake Shange's legacy as a pioneering creative force." —Rain Taxi "Through Ntozake Shange's personal memories of dance—what it has meant to her, how she came to know, understand, and feel it—we are taken on a journey that chronicles some of the greatest dancers and choreographers of the latter part of the twentieth century." —Phylicia Rashad "A gorgeous last offering from one of our most gifted and multifaceted artists.

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