Camille A. Brown: A visual history of social dance in 25 moves
كاميل أ. براون: تاريخ مرئي للرقص الشعبي في 25 حركة
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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التي تنتج عن مجتمع ما.
that emerges from a community.
أن تُفشل من قبل شخص واحد
by any one person.
that everyone can agree on,
و التي يتفق عليها الجميع
and their creative identity.
و هوياتهم الإبداعية.
traditions influenced our history.
على تاريخنا.
from enslaved Africans' experience
من تجربة العبودية الإفريقية
to remember where they're from.
للأفارقة المُستعبدين بأصولهم.
the slave owners' ban on drumming,
على قانون منع الطبول من قبل الأسياد
with drums in Haiti
في (هاييتي)
في غرب أفريقيا.
of West Africa.
cultural traditions alive
التقاليد الثقافية على قيد الحياة
داخلي بالحرية
that created this dance:
التي أدت الى نشأة هذه الرقصة
of Southern high society --
نخبة المجتمع من جنوب البلاد
ليتناسوا وجود الأسياد.
to throw shade at the masters.
was performed for the masters,
أمام الأسياد و لأجلهم،
they were being made fun of.
بأن الراقصين يسخرون منهم.
improvisation and musicality,
الارتجال مع الموسيقا،
كال(لاندي هوب)،
near Charleston, South Carolina,
قرب مدينة شارلستون في كارلينا الجنوبية،
the freedom to kick their heels
بالطقطقة بكعوبهم
community and connection;
حول المجتمع والتواصل
can be traced back to the 19th century,
بتاريخ هذه الرقصة الى القرن التاسع عشر،
by Chubby Checker and Dick Clark.
(تشوبي تشيكير) و (ديك كلارك).
become blurred.
موسيقى الـ(هيب هوب)،
took on even more visibility,
تبدو أكثر وضوحا،
to evolve, grow and spread.
بالتطور و النمو، والانتشار
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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