Camille A. Brown: A visual history of social dance in 25 moves
Камілла А. Браун: Наочна історія соціального танцю у 25-ти рухах
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.
це вираз стану громади.
by any one person.
єдиного хореографа,
будь-хто щомиті.
that everyone can agree on,
з якими усі можуть погодитись,
and their creative identity.
та її творче самоусвідомлення.
traditions influenced our history.
традиції впливали на історію.
from enslaved Africans' experience
з досвіду поневолених африканців
to remember where they're from.
пам'ятали, звідки вони родом.
the slave owners' ban on drumming,
рабовласників на барабани,
with drums in Haiti
за допомогою барабанів на Гаїті
of West Africa.
у Західній Африці.
cultural traditions alive
культурних традицій
that created this dance:
що створив оцей танець:
of Southern high society --
південного високого світу, —
to throw shade at the masters.
кинути тінь на своїх господарів.
was performed for the masters,
they were being made fun of.
що з них глузують.
improvisation and musicality,
імпровізацією та відчуттям музики,
near Charleston, South Carolina,
поруч із Чарлстоном у Південній Кароліні,
танцювальні зали,
the freedom to kick their heels
тупцювати п'ятами
community and connection;
громади і зв'язку,
can be traced back to the 19th century,
аж до ХІХ сторіччя,
за громадянські права,
by Chubby Checker and Dick Clark.
Чаббі Чекеру та Діку Кларку.
become blurred.
took on even more visibility,
стають навіть відоміші,
а культура окреслює їх.
to evolve, grow and spread.
розвиваються і поширюються.
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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