BLACK GIRL: LINGUISTIC PLAY

Across three dynamic duets, the rhythmic play of schoolyard games and adolescent feuds gives way to nurturing friendships forged in common struggle. Through live music and a mix of modern and ancestral African-American movement traditions which include stepping, double dutch, Juba, and ring shout, BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play evokes memories of self-discovery and resonates with the humanity of young women whose experiences deserve to be danced. “Linguistic Play” in the show's title refers to the playfulness of dance, gesture, rhythm, and rhyme as a common language of Black girlhood, rather than a theatrical play.