Blackness, Performance, Freedom
Recall a time/event in your life in which you went through a transition. This transition can be physical or mental/emotional. Then, try to represent this experience through a creative medium of your choice. You might want to give a brief summary of your transition prior to your artistic take to give the viewer context. After…
The Fits centers around Toni, a child on the verge of becoming a teenage girl. Throughout the film, it is clear that Toni is different; stoic and awkward, she does not fit in with the dance crew. This is only exaggerated by the arrival of a mysterious ailments that is causing the girls to have…
Pick a stage direction from Lydia Diamond’s “Harriet Jacobs” that shows how a certain character should be feeling. Consider its meaning; how does it change our view of the play, Harriet’s story, and/or the overarching themes of the play? Also consider it through the lens of Sandra Richards’ article “Writing the Absent Potential.” Do you…
A few weeks ago, we worked in small groups to imagine how we would might stage a performance depicted in Sassafrass, Cypress, and Indigo. In my group, we looked at the performance titled “Blackout” which starts on page 102. It is unclear when the performance ends, but we assumed that it ends on the chapter…
Two of my journals have looked at how fashion impacts the message of music videos such as Beyoncé’s “Formation” and Childish Gambino’s “This is America”; for this post, I want to look at the clothing – or lack of clothing – in Erykah Badu’s “Window Seat” music video; in light of reading “Sound Gestures” by…
In one of my journal assignments, I performed a healing ritual from Ntozake Shange’s Sassafrass, Cypress, and Indigo titled “Suitors with the Moon’s Blessing” and discovered the importance of learning about the world through many types of mediums. For this post, I want to look at a different healing ritual found on page 25; I…
For my post, I have decided to tackle prompt 3: does the difference in setting affect how we understand the dancing and lyrical performances in the music video “This is America” versus Guava Island? I want to think through this question because I find it intriguing that the exact same song and dancing can be…