For Immediate Release Contact: Susan Weiler phone: (617) 876-4275 email: [email protected] To download high resolution digital photos go to www.WorldMusic.org and click “PRESS CENTER.” WORLD MUSIC/CRASHarts PRESENTS THE BOSTON DEBUT OF CAMILLE A. BROWN & DANCERS Performing the Boston premieres of New Second Line, City of Rain, and excerpts from Mr. Tol.e.rance Friday March 14, 7:30pm & Saturday, March 15, 8pm The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston "Gutsy. Wild. Smart. Original.”—Dance Magazine BOSTON, MA -- World Music/CRASHarts presents the Boston debut of Camille A. Brown & Dancers on Friday, March 14, 7:30pm and Saturday, March 15, 8pm at the Institute of Contemporary Art, 100 Northern Ave., Boston. Tickets are $40. For tickets and information call World Music/CRASHarts at (617) 876-4275 or buy online at www.WorldMusic.org. Camille A. Brown has rapidly made a name for herself as a virtuosic dancer and provocative choreographer. Her dazzling company soars through history utilizing comedy, original music, animation, theater, and a poignantly retrospective dance vocabulary. Brown is a prolific choreographer who has been commissioned by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Philadanco, Urban Bush Women, Complexions, and Hubbard Street 2, to list a few. She has achieved multiple accolades and awards for her daring works, including The International Association of Blacks in Dance Founders Award in 2013, the prestigious Princess Grace Award, and a Bessie nomination for Best Performance. Known for high theatricality, gutsy moves and virtuosic musicality, Camille A. Brown & Dancers explores typical, real life situations ranging from literal relationships to more complex themes with an eye on the past and present. Making a personal claim on history, through the lens of a modern female perspective, Brown leads her dancers through dazzling excavations of ancestral stories, both timeless and traditional, as well as immediate contemporary issues. The company will perform the Boston premiere of New Second Line (2006), commissioned by Reflections Dance Company. Inspired by the events of Hurricane Katrina, it is a celebration of the spirit and culture of the people of New Orleans. City of Rain premiered at the Joyce Theater in 2010 and is dedicated to Greg ‘Blyes’ Boomer. The company will also perform excerpts from Mr. Tol.e.rance (2012), a work that celebrates the humor and perseverance of the black performer and examines stereotypical roles dominating current popular Black culture. Camille A. Brown is a prolific choreographer who has achieved multiple accolades and awards for her daring works. A graduate of the LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts, Brown earned a B.F.A. from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. From 2001-2007, she was a member of Ronald K. Brown’s Evidence, A Dance Company, and was a guest artist with Rennie Harris’ Puremovement and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (2008 and 2011). She is the 2013 recipient of The International Association of Blacks in Dance Founders Award, winner of the prestigious Princess Grace Award (Choreography), the Mariam McGlone Emerging Choreographer Award (Wesleyan University), and the 2012 City College of New York Women & Culture Award. Her choreography and dynamic performances have led her to receive a Bessie nomination for Best Performance in her work, The Evolution of a Secured Feminine, and a Best Choreography nomination from the Black Theater Arts Alliance for her debut work set on the Ailey company, The Groove To Nobody’s Business. Dance companies that have commissioned her work include: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Philadanco, Urban Bush Women, Complexions, Ailey II, Ballet Memphis, TU Dance, and Hubbard Street 2, among others. Camille A. Brown and Dancers have performed at major dance venues around the country, including The Joyce Theater, Bates Dance Festival, Whitebird Dance, and Jacob's Pillow. Her works have been performed at The Kennedy Center, The Apollo, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Madison Square Garden, and New York City Center. She was the Choreographer for Saverio Palatella's line, Wholegarment 3D, for New York Fashion Week in 2008. A career highlight for Brown, was being named choreographer for the Broadway revival of A Streetcar Named Desire in 2012, along with the Off-Broadway musical production, Soul Doctor. She also choreographed a production of Pins & Needles in 2011 presented by The Foundry Theater. Brown choreographed William Shakespeare’s The Winter's Tale for The McCarter Theater in Princeton, NJ, which also ran in Washington, D.C at the Shakespeare Theater last spring. Fortress of Solitude, also featuring her choreography, will debut at the Public Theater this fall. Recently, Brown was awarded a New York City Center Choreography Fellowship and a 2014 Joyce Award to collaborate with DANCECleveland to create Black Girl, a dance and music composition that depicts the challenges faced by African- American women and girls trying to carve out a positive identity in urban American culture. Free preperformance talks with dance critic Debra Cash 30 minutes prior to curtain in the ICA lobby. Free postperformance Q&A with the company Friday, March 14. For More Information visit: www.camilleabrown.org About World Music/CRASHarts World Music, a non-profit organization established in 1990, is New England’s premier presenter of global culture, featuring music and dance from the far and near corners of the globe. In 2001, World Music launched CRASHarts as a division of World Music dedicated to presenting a contemporary performing arts series in greater Boston. World Music/CRASHarts strives to offer audiences an opportunity to share in many different cultural and artistic expressions and seeks to foster an atmosphere of discovery and exploration. The organization presents approximately 70 concerts and 15 educational programs per year. For more information, call (617) 876-4275 or visit www.WorldMusic.org World Music/CRASHarts is funded in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency which also receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts. To: .