{"product_id":"dance-we-do-9780807091876","title":"Dance We Do","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn 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 beginnings.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany learned of Ntozake Shange’s ability to blend movement with words when her acclaimed choreopoem \u003ci\u003efor colored girls who have considered suicide\/when the rainbow is enuf\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eDance We Do\u003c\/i\u003e is a tribute to those who taught her and her passion for rhythm, movement, and dance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter 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. \u003ci\u003eDance We Do\u003c\/i\u003e 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.","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"STANDARD","offer_id":58198159163779,"sku":"9780807091876","price":19.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/8456\/3587\/files\/9780807091876.jpg?v=1780858831","url":"https:\/\/shopcomics.eu\/products\/dance-we-do-9780807091876","provider":"Shop Comics EU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}