Camille A. Brown: A visual history of social dance in 25 moves
Καμίλ Α. Μπράουν: Μια οπτική ιστορία του κοινωνικού χορού μέσα από 25 χορευτικές κινήσεις
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.
που αναδύεται από μια κοινότητα.
by any one person.
από κανέναν άνθρωπο.
that everyone can agree on,
ο καθένας μπορεί να συμφωνεί,
and their creative identity.
και η δημιουργική του ταυτότητα.
γίνει πολύ δημοφιλείς,
traditions influenced our history.
παραδόσεις επηρεάζουν την ιστορία μας.
και το παρελθόν.
το ποιοί είμαστε
from enslaved Africans' experience
εμπειρίες των υπόδουλων Αφρικανών
μιας κοινής ομιλουμενης γλώσσας,
to remember where they're from.
Αφρικανούς να θυμούνται την καταγωγή τους.
the slave owners' ban on drumming,
την απαγόρευση της τυμπανοκρουσίας
with drums in Haiti
με τύμπανα στην Αϊτή
της Δυτικής Αφρικής.
of West Africa.
των παραδόσεων
cultural traditions alive
εσωτερικής ελευθερίας
that created this dance:
που δημιούργησε αυτόν τον χορό:
της καλής κοινωνίας του Νότου -
of Southern high society --
αποδοκιμάσουν τους αφέντες τους δημόσια.
to throw shade at the masters.
was performed for the masters,
γινόταν για τους αφέντες,
they were being made fun of.
ότι τους γελοιοποιούσαν.
improvisation and musicality,
με τον αυτοσχεδιασμό και τη μουσικότητα,
near Charleston, South Carolina,
κοντά στο Τσάρλεστον της Νότιας Καρολίνας,
στις αίθουσες χορού,
the freedom to kick their heels
την ελευθερία να χτυπάνε τα τακούνια τους
με την κοινότητα και τη διασύνδεση.
community and connection;
μια παγκόσμια μανία;
can be traced back to the 19th century,
μπορεί να αποδοθεί στον 19ο αιώνα,
για τα ατομικά δικαιώματα,
by Chubby Checker and Dick Clark.
από τους Τσάμπυ Τσέκερ και Ντικ Κλαρκ.
παιδιά στη Λατινική Αμερική,
become blurred.
γίνονται ασαφή.
στις δεκαετίες του '80 και '90.
took on even more visibility,
τράβηξαν όλο και πιο πολύ τα βλέμματα,
και αντίστροφα.
to evolve, grow and spread.
και να εξαπλώνονται.
να εκφραστούμε.
υπάρχουμε και είμαστε ελεύθεροι».
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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