Camille A. Brown: A visual history of social dance in 25 moves
Camille A. Brown: Een visuele geschiedenis van sociale dans in 25 moves
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.
die voortkomt uit een gemeenschap.
by any one person.
gechoreografeerd door één persoon.
worden tot één enkel moment.
that everyone can agree on,
waar iedereen het over eens kan zijn,
and their creative identity.
en hun creatieve identiteit.
als een lopend vuur.
die wij ons herinneren.
traditions influenced our history.
invloed op onze geschiedenis.
from enslaved Africans' experience
van Afrikaanse slaven op de plantages.
om zich aan hun herkomst te herinneren.
to remember where they're from.
the slave owners' ban on drumming,
van de slaveneigenaren.
with drums in Haiti
met hun trommels in Haïti,
of West Africa.
van West-Afrika.
cultural traditions alive
in leven te houden
van innerlijke vrijheid te scheppen
that created this dance:
creëerde deze dans:
van de hogere stand uit het Zuiden --
of Southern high society --
to throw shade at the masters.
om hun meesters belachelijk te maken.
was performed for the masters,
opgevoerd voor de meesters,
they were being made fun of.
dat ze voor gek gezet werden.
improvisation and musicality,
over improvisatie en musicaliteit
near Charleston, South Carolina,
bij Charleston, South Carolina,
the freedom to kick their heels
met de voetjes van de vloer konden
community and connection;
over gemeenschap en verbinding.
een wereldwijde rage wordt?
can be traced back to the 19th century,
kan worden getraceerd tot de 19de eeuw,
vanuit Congo naar Amerika werd gebracht.
by Chubby Checker and Dick Clark.
door Chubby Checker en Dick Clark.
become blurred.
in de jaren 80 en 90.
took on even more visibility,
sociale dans nog zichtbaarder.
wordt door cultuur gevormd.
to evolve, grow and spread.
groeien en zich verspreiden.
"Wij spreken een gedeelde taal.
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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