A Silent Pause
Inspired by Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf.
A Silent Pause is an immersive movement piece, a choreopoem that will take the audience on a journey through Nyesha’s mind. The piece is an open diary written in prose and poetry with themes of love, sex, identity, and the intricacies of human emotion. This production of A Silent Pause was a collaborative effort with movement choreography by Kendall Butler (she/her), music composition by Austin D’Adamo (he/him) and Fara Faidzan (she/they); bass played by Remenise Eugene (they/them), direction by Kendall Butler, Mar’Shon Dalton (he/him). Written and directed by Nyesha L. McCormick.
Ensemble: Bethany Cox (she/her), Hernán Coronel (he/they), Nyx Joseph (he/they), Nyesha L. McCormick (they/she), Ta’Lor D’Yonna Mosley (they/them), and Ima Otto-During (she/her).
Friday, June 23
Doors at 6:30pm. Performance at 7pm.
This event is free with RSVP.
Inspired by Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf.
A Silent Pause is an immersive movement piece, a choreopoem that will take the audience on a journey through Nyesha’s mind. The piece is an open diary written in prose and poetry with themes of love, sex, identity, and the intricacies of human emotion. This production of A Silent Pause was a collaborative effort with movement choreography by Kendall Butler (she/her), music composition by Austin D’Adamo (he/him) and Fara Faidzan (she/they); bass played by Remenise Eugene (they/them), direction by Kendall Butler, Mar’Shon Dalton (he/him). Written and directed by Nyesha L. McCormick.
Ensemble: Bethany Cox (she/her), Hernán Coronel (he/they), Nyx Joseph (he/they), Nyesha L. McCormick (they/she), Ta’Lor D’Yonna Mosley (they/them), and Ima Otto-During (she/her).
Friday, June 23
Doors at 6:30pm. Performance at 7pm.
This event is free with RSVP.