A choreopoem is a form of dramatic expression that combines poetry, dance, music and song. The term was coined in 1975 by the American writer Ntozake Shange to describe her own work, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf, which departed from traditional Western poetry and storytelling to build an emotional response in the audience without a conventional plot or set characters.
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Place of OriginBerkeley, California, United States 1 Defining TraitCombines poetry, dance, music and song 1 Defining Trait In the Other Atlases
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1. Wikipedia: Choreopoem
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Ntozake Shange innovated the genre in 1974 in Berkeley, California at the women's bar "Bacchanal".
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A choreopoem is a form of dramatic expression that combines poetry, dance, music, and song.
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The term was first coined in 1975
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A choreopoem is a form of dramatic expression that combines poetry, dance, music, and song.
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