Camille A. Brown: A visual history of social dance in 25 moves
カミーユ・A・ブラウン: 25のムーブから見る、アメリカの大衆ダンスの歴史
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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スタイルの一つです
that emerges from a community.
コミュニティが生んだ表現です
by any one person.
従うものではありません
that everyone can agree on,
決まったステップがありますが
and their creative identity.
自由に表現することです
昔にさかのぼります
大衆ダンスを見れば
traditions influenced our history.
歴史に及ぼしてきた影響がわかります
from enslaved Africans' experience
プランテーション農園での
to remember where they're from.
踊ったダンスです
the slave owners' ban on drumming,
主人のドラム禁止令をかいくぐり
with drums in Haiti
ドラムを使って
of West Africa.
していたことです
cultural traditions alive
文化的伝統を存続させ
自由の感覚を保つことでした
that created this dance:
生み出したダンスがあります
of Southern high society --
振る舞い方を風刺したダンスです
to throw shade at the masters.
公然と茶化す方法の一つでした
was performed for the masters,
踊るダンスだったことです
they were being made fun of.
疑ってもいないのですからね
improvisation and musicality,
即興と音楽性が全てでした
「リンディーホップ」や
と呼ばれていたものです
near Charleston, South Carolina,
結束の固い黒人コミュニティで生まれ
ダンスホールを席巻しました
the freedom to kick their heels
かかとを振り上げ 足をバタつかせ
community and connection;
コミュニティと絆にあります
意味しました
どうでしょう?
can be traced back to the 19th century,
たどれるのは驚きに値しません
アメリカに持ち込まれました
by Chubby Checker and Dick Clark.
ディック・クラークにより有名になりました
ツイストを踊りだしました
音楽や映画にも登場し始めました
become blurred.
薄れていくものなのです
そして90年代に続きます
took on even more visibility,
いっそう注目されるようになり
文化によって形づくられます
to evolve, grow and spread.
広がり続けています
「私たちは共通のことばを話し
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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