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Performing Shange

Ntozake Shange ’70, Dianne McIntyre, Ebonie Smith ’07, and Student Performers
Feb 14, 2013 | 6:00pm
Discussion and Performances
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The Diana Center
Co-Sponsors: Barnard Africana Studies Program and the Consortium for Critical Interdisciplinary Studies (CCIS)

Ntozake Shange at Barnard College

Playwright and poet Ntozake Shange ’70 has been a defining voice of African American experience since the production of her Obie Award winning masterwork, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf, in 1975. To help kickoff the daylong conference, “The Worlds of Ntozake Shange,” Shange joins acclaimed dance artist Dianne McIntyre in a conversation about her life, work, and legacy. Barnard students round out the evening with performances of excerpts from Shange’s work, led by music producer and Barnard Center for Research on Women Alumnae Fellow Ebonie Smith ’07.

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This event is free and open to the public. Venue is wheelchair accessible.

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