Camille A. Brown: A visual history of social dance in 25 moves
Camille A. Brown: Die Geschichte des afroamerikanischen Gesellschaftstanzes in 25 Bewegungen
Camille A. Brown leads her dance company through excavations of ancestral stories, both timeless and traditional, that connect history with contemporary culture. Full bio
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that emerges from a community.
heraus entwickelt.
einer einzigen Person choreographiert.
by any one person.
einzelne Bewegung zurückführen.
that everyone can agree on,
auf die sich jeder einigen kann,
and their creative identity.
und seine kreative Identität.
Gesellschaftstänzen sehen wir,
afroamerikanische Traditionen
traditions influenced our history.
200 Jahre lang beeinflusst haben.
Teil der Gegenwart.
den Erfahrungen versklavter Afrikaner
from enslaved Africans' experience
gesprochenen Sprache abgelöst wurde,
to remember where they're from.
für die versklavten Afrikaner
the slave owners' ban on drumming,
des Sklavenhalters umgehen,
improvisierten,
with drums in Haiti
mit Trommeln auf Haiti taten,
of West Africa.
der Yoruba in Westafrika.
cultural traditions alive
am Leben zu erhalten
ein Gefühl innerer Freiheit zu bewahren.
that created this dance:
der diesen Tanz erfunden hat:
of Southern high society --
der südlichen High Society veralberte --
to throw shade at the masters.
ihre Herren lustig zu machen.
was performed for the masters,
die Herren aufgeführt wurde,
dass man sich über sie lustig macht.
they were being made fun of.
improvisation and musicality,
Improvisation und Musikalität,
near Charleston, South Carolina,
schwarzen Gemeinschaft
erfundene Tanz durchdrang Tanzsäle,
the freedom to kick their heels
hatten, auf den Putz zu hauen
community and connection;
um Gemeinschaft und Verbindung.
weltweite Modeerscheinung wird?
can be traced back to the 19th century,
ins 19. Jh. zurückverfolgt werden kann,
by Chubby Checker and Dick Clark.
und Dick Clark wiederbeliebt.
und Filmen findet man ihn.
die Grenzen zwischen Gruppen.
become blurred.
1980ern und '90ern weiter.
took on even more visibility,
immer sichtbarer,
Vergangenheit bedienten
so wie sie von ihr geformt wurden.
to evolve, grow and spread.
und verbreiten sich diese Tänze weiter.
eine gemeinsame Sprache.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Camille A. Brown - Choreographer, educatorCamille A. Brown leads her dance company through excavations of ancestral stories, both timeless and traditional, that connect history with contemporary culture.
Why you should listen
Camille A. Brown is a prolific Black female choreographer reclaiming the cultural narrative of African American identity. She is a Ford Foundation Art of Change Fellow, Audelco Award recipient, four-time Princess Grace Award winner, Guggenheim Fellow, Jacob's Pillow Dance Award recipient, USA Jay Franke & David Herro Fellow, TED Fellow and Doris Duke Artist Award recipient.
Her Company, Camille A. Brown & Dancers (CABD), tours nationally and internationally. The repertory includes the Bessie award-winning Mr. TOL E. RAncE (2012), the Bessie-nominated BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play (2015) and ink (2017), which premiered at The Kennedy Center. CABD's community engagement platform, EVERY BODY MOVE, inspires collective action through the art of social dance and includes initiatives such as Black Girl Spectrum, Black Men Moving, The Gathering and more.
Brown has been commissioned to create concert dance works for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Philadanco!, Urban Bush Women, Complexions, Ailey II, Ballet Memphis and Hubbard Street II.
In addition to her company works, Brown brings a passion for storytelling to her choreography for Broadway and Off-Broadway theater productions. Notable theater credits for her choreography include: Tony-winning Broadway revival Once On This Island, The Emmy-winning Jesus Christ Superstar Live on NBC as well as A Streetcar Named Desire, The Fortress of Solitude (Lortel Nomination) and BELLA: An American Tall Tale (Lortel Nomination), among others.
Brown graduated from LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts in New York City and she has a BFA from UNC School of the Arts. She is the choreographer for the upcoming Magic Mike The Musical and PAL JOEY, and she is movement director for Broadway's Choir Boy and Toni Stone.
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