Camille A. Brown: A visual history of social dance in 25 moves
Camille A. Brown: O istorie vizuală a dansului social în 25 de mișcări
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.
ce emerge dintr-o comunitate.
by any one person.
de nicio persoană.
that everyone can agree on,
cu care toată lumea poate fi de acord,
and their creative identity.
și identitatea sa creativă.
traditions influenced our history.
afro-americane ne-au influențat istoria.
from enslaved Africans' experience
din experiența de subjugare a africanilor
to remember where they're from.
înrobiți de a-și aminti de unde vin.
the slave owners' ban on drumming,
stăpânilor de a folosi tobele,
with drums in Haiti
făcuseră cu tobele la Haiti
of West Africa.
din Africa Occidentală.
cultural traditions alive
a ține în viață tradițiile culturale
that created this dance:
a creat acest dans:
of Southern high society --
înaltei societăți din Sud -
to throw shade at the masters.
de a-și vorbi de rău stăpânii.
was performed for the masters,
se făcea pentru stăpâni,
they were being made fun of.
că erau luați peste picior.
improvisation and musicality,
improvizație și muzicalitate,
near Charleston, South Carolina,
de lângă Charleston, South Carolina,
the freedom to kick their heels
libertatea de a bate din tocuri
community and connection;
comunitate și conectare;
dacă devine o modă globală?
can be traced back to the 19th century,
se atestă din secolul XIX,
Lupta pentru Drepturile Civile,
by Chubby Checker and Dick Clark.
datorită lui Chubby Checker și Dick Clark.
become blurred.
took on even more visibility,
a devenit și mai vizibil,
și lăsându-se modelat de aceasta.
to evolve, grow and spread.
să evolueze, să crească și să se extindă.
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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