A Deaf, Mixed-Race Dancer Finds Her Dream Role In 'For Colored Girls …'
Ntozake Shange didn't write the role of the Lady in Purple in her "choreopoem" for a deaf performer, but she happily approved casting Alexandria Wailes in the current New York revival. Gia Kourlas talks with Wailes about integrating American Sign Language with choreographed movement and how dancing has helped her communicate all her life. " […]
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