Why So BLuE

Why so BLuE is based on an excerpt from Ntozake Shange’s “For Colored Girls Who Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Was Enuff,” this dance explores experiences within the squalor of African American ghettos. Why so BLuE uses raw physicality and a sincere vulnerable movement approach accompanied by Shange’s eloquent text. The young dancer portrays the heartfelt events of the mature speaker’s past life.