Camille A. Brown & Dancers

"Every aspect of the dance-making here is thoroughly accomplished." - New York Times

Camille A. Brown & Dancers - Company Photo, Photo Credit: Matt Karas, From the collection of: Camille A. Brown & Dancers
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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

Maleek Washington, Photo Credit: Eric Politzer, From the collection of: Camille A. Brown & Dancers
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CABD is known for an introspective approach to cultural themes through visceral movement and socio-political dialogues.

Fana Fraser, Photo Credit: Matt Karas, From the collection of: Camille A. Brown & Dancers
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“Fierce and feisty cast, the dance became alive with individual personalities…just like NYC!"— Deborah Wingert, Eye on the Arts, NY

Camille A. Brown, Photo Credit: Whitney Browne, From the collection of: Camille A. Brown & Dancers
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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.

Juel D. Lane, Photo Credit: Matt Karas, From the collection of: Camille A. Brown & Dancers
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“Incredibly inventive and energetic dancers.”— Belfast Telgraph

Catherine Foster, From the collection of: Camille A. Brown & Dancers
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“[Camille A. Brown] cultivates in her dancers truer versions of themselves so that even as they do her movement, they are set apart." — DancePulp

Timothy Edwards, Photo Credit: Matt Karas, From the collection of: Camille A. Brown & Dancers
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“Sent the audience out of the theater whooping with justifiable delight.”— Danceview Times

Mayte Natalio, Photo Credit: Matt Karas, From the collection of: Camille A. Brown & Dancers
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“The dancing is fierce, the performers’ stamina impressive, and their performance risky."— World Dance Views

Mora-Amina Parker, Photo Credit: Matt Karas, From the collection of: Camille A. Brown & Dancers
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"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

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