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Ladies of Hip Hop
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Ladies of Hip Hop at the Guggenheim
Part of an ongoing performance and documentary
effort focused on Black women in street and
club dance culture, this session of Black Dancing
Bodies continues to explore the power of the
choreopoem; first coined in 1975 by writer Ntozake
Shange (for colored girls who have considered
suicide/when the rainbow is enuf); Each member
of the collective responds to the question:
“If I could speak my mind, what would I say?”
In this world premiere, experience new writings,
music, and movement spanning dance styles
from African, to waacking, vogue, Hip-hop, and
house; all curated under the direction of
Michele Byrd-McPhee.
