Debuting in September 2004 and Remixed in 2006, Aqua Beats and Moon
Verses, Vol I upholds its stature as a “must see” production for women. The
playwrights present an uncompromising and edgy compilation of poetry and
prose, which celebrates womanhood, sisterhood, and highlights the sexual,
racial and social inequalities experienced by girls and women. “Aqua Beats and
Moon Verses, Vol. I” has sparked affirmative and relevant discourse on girl and
women-centered topics.
In 1974, Ntosake Shange, best known for her phenomenal choreopoem “For
Colored Girls Who Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf”, coined the
choreopoem and describes it as a play that combines the elements of poetry,
sound and movement.
On a similar path, AquaMoon delivers a riveting, unique experience of poetry,
sound and movement that delves into the lives and minds of the urban black
female.
Aqua Beats and Moon Verses: Volume I:
▪ Highlights women’s proactive role in activism and political
struggle.
▪ Explores God as a feminine entity.
▪ Self-defines sistas place in the Black community, Hip Hop
culture, and overall society.
▪ Challenges the notion that only black boys need their fathers.
The audience is asked to think about motherless and fatherless
daughters.
▪ Gives voice to women who have survived and overcome
sexual assault and substance abuse.
▪ Addresses Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, the most common
endocrine/metabolic disorders among childbearing women, and
sexually transmitted diseases.
▪ Explores sistahood and friendship among black women.
