The Rainbow is Enuf
Inspired by legendary playwright Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls..., The Rainbow is Enuf is a modern circus show illuminated by the experiences of people of color. Using circus arts, dance, and original text, The Rainbow Is Enuf peers into the lives of six people of African descent as they share intimate stories of existing in a world shaped by patriarchy, sexism, racism and the community that grows from these shared experiences.
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Choreography by Veronica Blair
Acrobatic Design by Chloé Farah
Funded by The Gerbode Foundation's Choreography Award and the San Francisco Arts Commission. With support from Zaccho Dance Theater and Circus Center San Francisco.
Presented in Brooklyn with support from the Brooklyn Arts Council.
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Our show will take place at The Muse Brooklyn, 350 Moffat St, Brooklyn, NY 11237
on Friday, August 26th and Saturday, August 27th at 8pm.
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Colored Grrls
2021 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Film
Inspired by legendary playwright/poet Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf, COLORED GRRLs tells the stories of African-American women through circus, dance and original text. With unflinching honesty and emotion, each woman expresses her story using physical theater, Zoom, and circus.
Made possible by support from Bindlestiff Family Variety Arts, Inc., the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the National Black Arts Forward Artist Project Relief Fund, and the City Artist Corps Grants program, presented by The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), with support from the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) as well as Queens Theatre.
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