CABD is a Bessie Award-winning, NYC-based dance company advancing the artistic vision of Camille A. Brown. Founded in 2006, the company performs locally and across the world, inviting audiences into stories and dialogues about race, culture, and identity
CABD is known for an introspective approach to cultural themes through visceral movement and socio-political dialogues.
“Fierce and feisty cast, the dance became alive with individual personalities…just like NYC!"— Deborah Wingert, Eye on the Arts, NY
Camille A. Brown leads her dancers through excavations of ancestral stories, encouraging each dancer to embrace their unique embodiment of the artistic vision and gestural vocabulary.
“Incredibly inventive and energetic dancers.”— Belfast Telgraph
“[Camille A. Brown] cultivates in her dancers truer versions of themselves so that even as they do her movement, they are set apart." — DancePulp
“Sent the audience out of the theater whooping with justifiable delight.”— Danceview Times
“The dancing is fierce, the performers’ stamina impressive, and their performance risky."— World Dance Views
"Placed in an environment of socially conscious choreography that often allows performers freedom of theatricality, Brown’s combination of concept and execution is striking.” — DancePulp