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FREE MASTER CLASS WITH CAMILLE A. BROWN DANCE COMPANY

Come experience the technique of Camille A. Brown in a Master Class for Miamis dance community.

Camille A. Brown is a prolific choreographer who started her own dance company at 25, and by 35, received multiple accolades and awards for her daring works, including a Bessie Award, Doris Duke Artist Award, two Princess Grace Awards, two NEFAs National Dance Project: Production Grants, and was named a TED fellow and nominated for a Lucille Lortel Outstanding Choreographer Award. She is informed by her music background as a clarinetist, and tells stories through a modern Black female perspective. Brown leads her dancers through works which connect history with contemporary culture. Her versatility is demonstrated in works that range from light-hearted (Groove to Nobodys Business; Been There, Done That) to spiritually based (New Second Line; City of Rain) and politically charged with comedic flare (Mr. TOL E. RAncE) to personal (BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play).

Ms. Brown also founded two initiatives: The Gathering, an annual open forum for intergenerational Black female artists to advocate for greater cultural equity and acknowledgement in the contemporary dance world; and BLACK GIRL SPECTRUM, a multi-faceted community engagement initiative that seeks to amplify the cultural and creative empowerment of Black girls and women through dance, dialogue, and popular education tools.

Ms. Brown was a member of Ronald K. Browns Evidence, A Dance Company, and was a guest artist with Rennie Harris Puremovement, and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. She has commissioned works for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Philadanco!, Urban Bush Women, Complexions, Ailey II, Ballet Memphis, and Hubbard Street II, among others. She is a graduate of the LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts and received a B.F.A. from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.