Camille A. Brown and Dancers
Company:
Camille A. Brown and Dancers
Camille A. Brown is noted for mixing modern dance techniques with West African dance and hip-hop elements to produce “focused bursts of energy and frozen positions that explode into motion” (The New York Times). The company’s three performances at The Joyce Theater will include Ms. Brown’s dances “The Evolution of a Secured Feminine;” “The Groove To Nobody's Business” featuring guest artists Christopher Huggins and Matthew Rushing; “Been There, Done That;” sections from “Mr. TOL E. RAncE,” a new work in development to premiere in 2012/2013; as well as a new solo performed by Carmen de Lavallade.
Camille A. Brown & Dancers will perform January 27-29, 2012 at The Joyce Theater, with shows on Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 2pm, and Sunday at 7:30pm. The Joyce Theater is located at 175 Eighth Avenue (at 19th Street), NYC. Tickets begin at 0 and are available by calling JoyceCharge at 212-242-0800, in person at the Box Office (Monday-Friday, 12-6pm), or online by visiting Joyce.org.
CAMILLE A. BROWN, Artistic Director and choreographer of the company, is a Princess Grace Award winning Choreographer. She received a 2011 Bessie nomination for Outstanding Individual Performance in her work, The Evolution Of A Secured Feminine, and is 1 of 4 choreographers selected as a Choreographic Fellow for Ailey’s New Directions Choreography Lab. Commissions include works for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Philadanco, Ballet Memphis, Hubbard Street II, Urban Bush Women, among others. She was a guest performer with The Ailey Company in 2008 and 2011, and currently guests with Rennie Harris/Puremovement. Images of Camille (in her signature explosive jumps) were featured in the artwork for both City Center's 2007 Fall for Dance series and Jacob's Pillow's 2011 season.
Her work has been showcased at Sadler's Wells (London, England), The Apollo, The Joyce Theater, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Central Park's Summerstage, Dance Theater Workshop, Symphony Space, Dancenow Festival, and New York Fall for Dance Festival (City Center). Other performances include Dancing From The Heart and The Fire Island Dance Festival, annual benefits produced by Dancer's Responding to AIDS (DRA). She also choreographed a duet for Tony nominated artist Karine Plantadit and Danny Tidwell for The Youth American Grand Prix Gala (City Center) and for New York Fashion Week for Saverio Paletella's line, WholeGarment 3D (2008).
Camille danced with Ronald K. Brown/Evidence from 2001-2007. She is rapidly making a name for herself in the musical theater world, choreographing the new musical, Fortress Of Solitude, directed by Obie Award Winning Director, Daniel Aukin, and gearing up for her company's first solo season at The Joyce Theater. She graduated from LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts, attended The Ailey School, and received her BFA from The University of North Carolina School of the Arts.