{"product_id":"searching-for-eastman-9781774150535","title":"Searching for Eastman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003esearching for eastman\u003c\/i\u003e is a multidisciplinary performance in 4 acts, based on the interpretation of four of Julius Eastman's compositions through poetry, theatre, music, dance, video and digital. (\"Julius Eastman  October 27, 1940 - May 28, 1990] was the great Black American composer, pianist, vocalist, and dancer whose work fell under minimalism.\"--Wikipedia) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese pieces are: (1) evil nigger; (2) prelude to st joan; (3) stay on it; and (4) gay guerrilla. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003esearching for eastman\u003c\/i\u003e is a choreopoem whose roots trace through the African griot tradition, the harlem renaissance (e.g. the work of Langston Hughes with jazz and Kurt Weil), the black arts movement (e.g., Amiri Baraka's work with sun ra). It is a form of dramatic expression that combines poetry, dance, music, and song...(as) first coined in 1975 by Ntozake Shange in a description of her work, \u003ci\u003eFor Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide \/ When the Rainbow Is Enuf.\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Smith, Charles C.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mawenzi House Publishers Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781774150535\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112","brand":"Charles C. Smith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39389779984459,"sku":"9781774150535","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_fbb44ccf-1e9c-4d94-ac3d-e4afff4b806e.jpg?v=1623122868","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/searching-for-eastman-9781774150535","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}