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CAMILLE A. BROWN Choreographer, Performer, Teacher, Cultural Innovator

FOUNDER/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAPHER/PERFORMER 2006-present Camille A. Brown & Dancers, contemporary dance based in New York City

www.camilleabrown.org

FILM/TELEVISION Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom George C. Wolfe Jesus Christ Superstar Live David Leveaux NBC

BROADWAY Disney’s (Fall 2020) Schele Williams TBD Soul Train (2021-22) Kamilah Forbes Broadway Theatre TBD Basquiat (TBD) John Doyle Broadway Theatre TBD Pal Joey (TBD) Tony Goldwyn Broadway Theatre TBD Choir Boy Trip Cullman Samuel Friedman Theatre (MTC) *nominee Tony, Drama Desk Awards Once on This Island Michael Arden Circle in the Square Theatre *nominee , Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk Awards A Streetcar Named Desire Emily Mann Broadhurst Theatre

OFF-BROADWAY/NEW YORK The Suffragists (October 2020) Leigh Silverman Thoroughly Modern Millie Lear DeBessonet Encores! City Center For Colored Girls Leah Gardiner The Public Theater Porgy and Bess James Robinson The Metropolitan Opera Kenny Leon Shakespeare in the Park *winner: Audelco Award 2019 Toni Stone Pam McKinnon Roundabout Theatre Company This Ain’t Not Disco Darko Trensjak Atlantic Theatre Company Bella: An American Tall Tale Robert O’Hara Playwrights Horizons *winner: Lucille Lortel Award 2017 Cabin in the Sky Ruben Santiago-Hudson New York City Center (Encores!) Fortress of Solitude Daniel Aukin The Public Theater *nominee Lucille Lortel Award tick, tick…BOOM! Oliver Butler New York City Center (Encores!) The Box: A Black Comedy Seth Bockley The Irondale Soul Doctor Danny Wise New York Theatre Workshop

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REGIONAL Treemonisha (May 2022) Camille A. Brown Opera Theatre of St. Louis Ain’t Misbehavin’ (July 2020) Camille A. Brown Westport Country Playhouse Barrington Stage Company Toni Stone (April 2020) Pam McKinnon Toni Stone (March 2020) Pam McKinnon American Conservatory Theatre Once J. Michael Zygo Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera Denis Jones The MUNY Bella: An American Tall Tale Robert O’Hara Dallas Theater Center Stagger Lee Patricia McGregor Dallas Theater Center Fortress of Solitude Daniel Aukin Dallas Theater Center The Winter’s Tale McCarter Theatre The Winter’s Tale Rebecca Taichman Shakespeare Theatre (D.C.)

CONCERT DANCE/CHOREOGRAPHY EXPERIENCE And So You Must Swing Dormeshia Joyce Theatre ink Camille A. Brown & Dancers The Kennedy Center Joyce Theatre

BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play Camille A. Brown & Dancers Joyce Theatre, Nat’l Tour Mr. TOL E. RAncE (NY Premiere) Camille A. Brown & Dancers The Kitchen, Nat’l Tour Memories Complexions Contemporary Ballet Joyce Theatre, Nat’l Tour The Evolution of a Secured Nancy Wilson Tribute Ailey Citigroup Theater Feminine One Second Past the Future Camille A. Brown & Dancers Joe’s Pub Mr. TOL E. RAncE Camille A. Brown & Dancers Joyce Theatre Strum Toni Pierce Sands & Uri Sands Dance (TU Dance) Bind The Julliard School Peter Jay Sharp Theatre The Evolution of a Secured Kyle Abraham & Camille A. Brown Jacob’s Pillow Feminine 2: By Way of East The Evolution of Secured Camille A. Brown & Dancers The Joyce Theater Feminine City of Rain Been There, Done That Camille A. Brown & Dancers Jacob’s Pillow & The Joyce Theatre Our Honeymoon Is Over Dallas Black Dance Theater Those Who See Light Philadelphia Dance Company Kimmel Center Good Times, Ha! The Youth American Grand Prix New York City Center The Blues on Beale Ballet Memphis Nat’l Tour

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The Groove To Nobody’s Alvin Ailey American Dance Nat’l/Int’l Tour Business Theater’s 50 Anniversary Season Matchstick Camille A. Brown & Dancers Dance Theater Workshop Un Festin Divin Ballet Memphis Saverio Palatella: 3D New York Fashion Week New Yok, NY Wholegarment The Groove To Nobody’s Alvin Ailey American Dance Nat’l/Int’l Tour Business Here We Go…Again? Urban Bush Women More Time Than Anybody Camille A. Brown & Dancers Dance Theater Workshop New Second Line Reflections Dance Company Afro Blu Reflections Dance Company Nahum Ailey II Shelter of Presence Camille A. Brown & Dancers Awakened in Slumber Hubbard Street 2 Nat’l Tour

EDUCATION INITIATIVES (ongoing)

2017 Every Body Move (EBM): A community engagement platform that works to inspire and incite ambitious collective action fueled by the art of social dance. Initiatives include: Black Girl Spectrum (BGS), Black Men Moving (BMM), Black Liberation Moves (BLM), The Gathering and EBM Celebration.

2016 TED-Ed Talk: A Visual History of Social Dance in 25 Moves (Over 15+ Million Views on Facebook; Selected as one of the most notable talks of 2016)

Black Girl Spectrum Symposium – Theme: Social Dance for Social Change

2014 Black Girl Spectrum: Multifaceted community engagement initiative that uses the tool of dance and dialogue to amplify the cultural & creative empowerment of Black girls and women; and

The Gathering: An open forum for intergenerational black female artists to support one another and to advocate for greater cultural equity and acknowledgement in the contemporary dance world

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2017 Teaching while on U.S. tour at institutions such as: Grinnell College, UNC Wilmington, UNC Asheville, NC State Live, University of Mississippi, Jacob’s Pillow Dance, The Yard

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2016 Teaching while on U.S tour at institutions such as: University of Notre Dame, Juniata College, University of Michigan, Miami Dade College, Reading Area Community College, Wesleyan University, White Bird, Lincoln Center Education, Journey Home

2015 Jacob’s Pillow, Program Co-Director of new program “Social Dances: Jazz to Hip Hop”

2014 Conservatory, City Center (Connections Program), Princess Mhoon Dance Institute, University of the Arts, Collage Studios, Bates Dance Festival, Tree Street Youth, Wesleyan University, Virginia Commonwealth University

2013 STEPS on Broadway, American Dance Festival, The Yard, Rutgers University, Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences, Danville Correctional Facility, Bucknell University, Union College, Boys & Girls High School

2012 Carolyn Dorfman Dance Intensive, ACDFA/Missouri, New York City Department of Education, The Joyce Theater

2011 STEPS on Broadway – Masters in Contemporary Dance Series (’11, ’12), Peridance Center Residency, Broadway Dance Center, Susan B. Anthony School Dance

Department, Springfield Academy (MA), Carolyn DeVore Dance Center, ACDFA/Akron, Jacob’s Pillow, Bates Dance Festival, Winston- Salem/Forsyth County Schools, University of Massachusetts/Amherst, Mount Holyoke College, Colby College, Syracuse University, Elisa Monte Dance Workshop, The University of The North Carolina School of the Arts, Appomattox Reg. Gov. School, Wesleyan University, Stony Brook University, Sarah Lawrence College, SUNY College at Brockport, YoungArts Foundation

2010 Hunter College*, Dallas Black Dance Theater – Visiting Teacher, Virginia Commonwealth University Center of Creative Arts (COCA), Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, Carolyn DeVore Dance Center, Peridance Center Residency, The Joyce Theater – Dance Series, Harlem Stage, The University of Richmond

2009 Cd Forum, ESOTA School of the Arts, Harlem Stage/Bloomberg Initiative, The University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee, Georgetown University, Princeton University, Milwaukee Ballet II, Cleo Parker Robinson, Philadanco!, Cd Forum (Seattle), Howard University* (’09, ’11), Slippery Rock University, New Orleans Dance Festival, New Orleans Ballet Association, Perry- Mansfield, Divine Dance Institute (’09-’11)

2008 Dance Up! (Italy), Barnard University*, Long Island University*, New York University -- Tisch School of the Arts, Broadway Dance Center Contemporary Dance Series (Japan)

2007 Howard University Intensive (’07, ’08), Booker T. Washington School of the Performing Arts, The University of The North Carolina School of the Arts, City Parks Foundation (’07, ’09, ’11)

2006 Urban Bush Women, Reflections Dance Company, Oasis Dance Summer Program,

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Columbia University/Creedmore Psychiatric Center

2005 Harlem Stage/Bloomberg Initiative, Ailey II

2004 Derek Jeter Foundation’s Turn2US Program (’04-’06)

2003 Earl Mosley’s Institute of the Arts (’03-’10), The Litchfield Jazz Festival (’03-’10), The Queens Museum of Art

2002 Hubbard Street II, The Dance Center of

2001 Ronald K. Brown/Evidence, A Dance Company (’01-’07)

* Adjunct Professor

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