"All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience" -Henry Miller...Walk boldly into your future- Me :) CHECK ME OUT @ www.camilleabrown.org
Female
86 years old
New York, New York
United States
: P...Enjoying life to the fullest and mastering the mind (thank you, Micheal Thomas) :)
Check out my interview with Eva Yaa Asantewaa about Fall for Dance and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater!!
http://greatdance.com/podcast/audio/interview_with_choreographer_a_1.php
Audio (mp3) only --
http://greatdance.com/podcasts/audio/camilleabrownfinal.mp3
Music
Jill Scott, Fertile Ground, Erykah Badu, Jazmine Sullivan, Ledisi, Jennifer Hudson. As far as videos go...Thriller was the coolest ever!
Mary Poppins, the musical, is INCREDIBLE!!! I just saw the movie Enchanted and cried. Don't laugh, it was great!!
Books
I love autobiographies :)
Heroes
My Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (Thank YOU!!!), my grandma, mommy, family and friends.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HyItBhMlTU
About me: Thank you God for the love and guidance that You have given me...all of the blessings and lessons are true gifts. I am thankful for the opportunity to speak through dance and choreography and hope that I may continue on that journey.
I seek my stability in the quiet observation of change. When I look at my reflection I want to see growth smiling back at me :)
Camille A. Brown received her early dance training at both the Bernice Johnson and Carolyn Devore Dance Studios. This led to her acceptance by The High School of Performing Arts. She also attended The Ailey School on scholarship and completed her B.F.A. in Dance at the North Carolina School of the Arts. As a performer, Ms. Brown was a member of Evidence Dance Company, under the direction of Ronald K. Brown (2001-2007). During her time there, she had the opportunity to perform the lead role “Mother God” in the acclaimed Grace (1999) and was a dancer on the BET Jazz documentary of Brown’s Blueprint of a Lady: The Once and Future Life- a collaboration with Grammy nominated jazz vocalist Nnenna Freelon. As a guest artist, she performed with Roger C. Jeffrey, Matthew Rushing, Earl Mosely, Debbie Allen and Dancers, Nathan Trice, Hope L. Boykin, Bridget L. Moore, Echoes Dance Company, and at The Hispanic Heritage Awards. In April 2007, Ms. Brown performed with the cast of The Color Purple in the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS benefit performance with choreography by Darrell Grand Moultrie. She is also a dance model for Matthew Karas and has been featured in Dance Magazine, Marie Claire, Gesture Magazine(China), Expressions Dance (Italy) and Dance Spirit.
Ms. Brown has been honored with awards and fellowships that include The Presidential Scholar of the Arts Award in Dance, a NFAA Young Artists’ Award (Level I), THE PROJECT NEXT GENERATION Award, The Helen Tamiris Award, A New York Foundation for the Arts Award, two Fund for New York grants (Harlem Stage’s E-moves), and a 2006 Princess Grace Award (the first woman to receive this honor in Choreography). Her work has been commissioned by Hubbard Street II, Urban Bush Women, Reflections Dance Company, The Queens Museum of Art/Topaz Arts, Inc., Sidra Bell Dance, Earl Mosley’s Diversity of Dance, and The Ailey II. Other performance opportunities include showcases at Dance Theater Workshop, Central Park Summerstage, Dancenow Festival, Dixon Place, The International Association of Blacks in Dance Conference, and This Woman’s Work (which resulted in her being acknowledged in Dance Magazine’s 25 to Watch article). Ms. Brown also returned to NCSA, The Ailey School, and LaGuardia H.S. to set works on the students of these institutions and will begin creating works for NYU's Second Avenue Dance Company and Long Island University's Dance Department.
In December 2006, and to a sold out audience, Ms. Brown showcased her work at Joyce SoHo to which Rosalyn Sulcus of The New York Times observed her work as, “dramatically brilliant…physically exhilarating.”
Future commissions include new works for Philadanco, Ballet Memphis, Dallas Black Dance Theater, and Cleo Parker-Robinson Dance Ensemble
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater premiered Ms. Brown's, The Groove To Nobody's Business, in London, England and Hong Kong and Beijing,China in Fall '07. Viewing this work, Jennifer Dunning of The New York Times observed it as being , “delicious...Ms. Brown's work is both expressive and economical-no words needed” The company continues to perform Brown's work during it's 50th Anniversary season.
As a performer, Ms. Brown is currently a guest with Renni Harris/Puremovement. She is also a dancer in the premiere of Peaches, Plums, and Pomegranates, a new work by celebrated choreographer Dianne McIntyre and legendary jazz artist Olu Dara.
As a teacher, she traveled to Italy to teach in Danza Idadance's Dance Up, served as Adjunct Professor of Dance at Long Island University and Barnard College (Fall ‘o8). In November, Ms. Brown will hold teaching and choreographic residencies in Tokyo, Japan.
This Summer, she is a guest artist at Philadanco, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance, Earl Mosely's Institute of the Arts, Perry Mansfield School of the Arts, and The Ailey School.
Along with her love of choreography, she has worked for Creedmore Psychiatric Center, Columbia University, and the Derek Jeter Foundation’s Turn2Us program as a dance specialist. Thank you God for creating me to worship YOU!
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Hey sis! I really enjoyed the show on Sunday. I've been talking about it ever since! When/where are you performing next? I want to be sure to catch the next one. Bianca
hey camille by the way u were amazing at the performance haha. but yeah contact me if u want some art or something. my clothing myspace is mysoace.com/jusinkinc ill send a request.
Hey Camille! Ursula read us your card the other day in rehearsal and it was so nice to hear from you. :) It really lifted our spirits and got us 10 x more motivated and excited to go to ACDFA! Hope everything is going good, ttyl. -- eileen <3
Thanks, Camille! I met you once when you first taught for Washington Reflections Dance Company (my last year with them). I would love to one day be able to bring you in to teach for my up and coming school in the the DC area in an intensive. You can check us out on myspace. com/cdaofmd.
