Camille A. Brown Talks Collaborating With Alicia Keys on Hell’s Kitchen
If there are two artists you can be sure are proud New Yorkers, they’re choreographer Camille A. Brown and singer-songwriter Alicia Keys.
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Dance Magazine Award Honoree: Camille A. Brown
This week we’re sharing tributes to all the 2020 Dance Magazine Award honorees. For tickets to our virtual ceremony taking place December 7, visit dancemediafoundation.org. Although Camille A. Brown has been well praised by fans, colleagues and critics, although the sheer number of awards, commissions and other honors she has received over the past two […]
My Career Was Taking Off, But My Life Was In Danger: Camille A. Brown Shares Her Untold Story
It was one of the most exciting times of my career. I was in the midst of creating the last installment of my trilogy on identity—ink—which would be my company’s Kennedy Center debut, and just booked my first Broadway musical, Once On This Island. ink would premiere on December 2, and OOTI would open on […]
Let's Talk About How Camille A. Brown Didn't Get a Tony Nom
As one of the most celebrated concert dance choreographers working today, a Broadway musical felt like a natural next step for Camille A. Brown. She’d already dabbled in choreography for musical theater and plays. Plus, she tells rich, vivid stories in her concert work about the struggles and triumphs of being a black woman in […]
Camille A. Brown Choreographs Once On This Island, Her First Broadway Musical
“Should I watch it to get a sense of what happened, or should I go with my own vision and understanding of the culture?” That’s what choreographer Camille A. Brown was wondering in June, when she started work on the Broadway revival of the Antilles-themed musical Once on This Island. The 1990 show, directed originally […]
Camille A. Brown Takes Off With Two Awards in Two Weeks
Sometimes with artists, when it rains, it pours. That’s certainly the case for choreographer Camille A. Brown, who in the past two weeks has won two high-profile awards, in addition to keeping busy with her #BlackGirlMovement activism. Two weeks ago, Jacob’s Pillow announced they would be honoring Brown with the 10th Annual Jacob’s Pillow Award, […]
10 Minutes with Camille A. Brown
The choreographer’s year of outreach work with her Black Girl Spectrum initiative culminates in a premiere. Photo by Christopher Duggan, courtesy Camille A. Brown. Camille A. Brown’s pieces have unflinchingly addressed cultural, racial, gender and social justice issues. Her new work, BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play, takes her mission a step farther. Over the last year […]
"Choreography in Focus" with Camille A. Brown
Like her work, Camille A. Brown is sweet, funky, and socially aware.