An Evening-Length Work with Choreography and Storytelling Concepts by
Shaness D. Kemp
Why does my brown skin have a bruise? Why do we have to stay cemented as the enslaved and not humans? Why can’t my story be told before the cotton fields, or the sugarcane, or the Portuguese, or the ENGLISH.... the DUTCH. Why can’t I ROAM to a place where I’m not reminded of how much you hate me?! You hate me! And stole from me. Hell…you STOLE ME! You took my drum and made the whole world FEEL liberated! No... but my clap, MY stomp, MY MOAN gets muffled and forgotten. Black Power! Where is it at? Cuz if we are so black, then WHY do I feel stuck like this, huh? Stuck in this cycle of dehumanization, danger, and fear!
We need to declare a world that we may never see…but our children will play there…they will love there. It's never too late. It's never too late for Tomorrow. It's never too late. Never too late to wonder, never too late to learn, never too late to live the life we all were promised. Peace is on the horizon, all we have to do is release the fear. Release it! Be courageous enough to think like a child again! IMAGINE! Wisdom and Creativity births imagination! Our Prophecy can start right now! Tomorrow can come if we are all ready to turn the page!
And Promise me…that in that world. It will be beautiful… for everyone.