Rodeo Caldonia

Rodeo Caldonia also known as Rodeo Caldonia High Fidelty Performance Theater was a black feminist arts collective based in Fort Greene, Brooklyn during the 1980s.[1][2][3] The collective, which operated from about 1985-1988, included nearly 20 African American women who wanted to create feminist work that focused on their identities as Black women.[4] The collective was founded by Lisa Jones and Alva Rogers.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Black Artstory - Remembering Rodeo Caldonia | Lisa Jones + Alva Rogers in conversation with Culture Critic Greg Tate". Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  2. ^ "Members of '80s Theater Collective Reunite for the First Time". DNAinfo New York. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  3. ^ Taumann, Beatrix (1999). "Strange Orphans": Contemporary African American Women Playwrights. Königshausen & Neumann. ISBN 978-3-8260-1681-3.
  4. ^ Jones, Lisa (1995). Bulletproof diva: tales of race, sex, and hair. Anchor Books. pp. 127–128. ISBN 978-0-385-47123-7. OCLC 31328410.
  5. ^ "We Wanted a Revolution docent packet" (PDF). albrightknox.org. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  6. ^ Ellis, Trey (1989). "The New Black Aesthetic". Callaloo (38): 233–243. doi:10.2307/2931157. ISSN 0161-2492. JSTOR 2931157.