Camille A. Brown is an American dancer, choreographer, director, and dance educator. Four-time Tony nominee as a professional dancer with

Ronald K. Brown Dancer and choreographer Ronald K. Brown founded the dance company Evidence in New York in 1985. Brown's work incorporates modern dance, Senegalese Sabar and other West African movement vocabularies, Afro-Caribbean dance, and contemporary urban d ...

's company in the early 2000s. In 2006 she founded her own dance company, the Camille A. Brown & Dancers, producing several dance productions, winning a

Princess Grace Awards The Princess Grace Foundation – USA is a charity organization named after Princess Grace of Monaco, which supports emerging performers in theater, dance, and film in the form of awards, grants, scholarships, and fellowships. The Foundation hol ...

and a

Bessie Award The New York Dance and Performance Awards, also known as the Bessie Awards, are awarded annually for exceptional achievement by independent dance artists presenting their work in New York City. The broad categories of the awards are: choreography, ...

. Since 2010s Brown worked on

stage musical Musical theatre is a form of theatre, theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, ...

productions, including

Robert O'Hara Robert O'Hara (born 1970) is an American playwright and director. He has written ''Insurrection: Holding History'' and ''Bootycandy''. ''Insurrection'' is a time traveling play exploring racial and sexual identity. ''Bootycandy'' is a series o ...

's '' Bella: An American Tall Tale'',

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's ''

Once On This Island ''Once on This Island'' is a coming-of-age one-act stage musical with a book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty. It is based on the 1985 novel ''My Love, My Love; or, The Peasant Girl'' by Rosa Guy, a Caribbean-set retel ...

'' and

Kenny Leon Kenny Leon is an American director and actor. He is notable for his extensive work on Broadway and television as well as in regional theater. He has received a Tony Award and a Drama League Award as well as nominations for three Primetime Emmy ...

's ''

Much Ado About Nothing ''Much Ado About Nothing'' is a Shakespearean comedy, comedy by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599.See textual notes to ''Much Ado About Nothing'' in ''The Norton Shakespeare'' (W. W. Norton & Company, 1997 ) p. ...

'', winning two

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and being nominated at the

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and

Lucille Lortel Awards The Lucille Lortel Awards recognize excellence in New York Off-Broadway theatre. The Awards are named for Lucille Lortel, an actress and theater producer, and have been awarded since 1986. They are produced by the League of Off-Broadway Theatres ...

. For her choreography direction on 2019 ''

Choir Boy ''Choir Boy'' is a coming-of-age play by American playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney. The play premiered in September 2012 at the Royal Court Theatre, London, before going on to play productions at New York City Center, Alliance Theatre, Geffen ...

'', she was nominated at the

Tony Award for Best Choreography The Tony Award for Best Choreography is awarded to acknowledge the contributions of choreographers in both musicals and plays. The award has been given since 1947, but nominees were not announced until 1956. Winners and nominees 1940s 1950s ...

. Brown made her musical direction debut with '' for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf'' (2022) for which she was nominated for the Best Direction of a Play and

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. She was also nominated for the

for the

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's musical ''Hell's Kitchen'' (2023) and ''

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'' (2024). She worked on the

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special ''

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'' (2018).

Early life and education

Camille A. Brown was born and raised in the neighborhood of

Jamaica, Queens Jamaica is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. It has a popular large commercial and retail area, though part of the neighborhood is also residential. Jamaica is bordered by Hollis, St Albans, and Cambria Heights to the ea ...

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. Since she was a child she studied dance and performing arts at the local Bernice Johnson Dance Center and at the Carolyn DeVore Dance Center. She continued her studying in high school at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and the Performing Arts while simultaneously attending The Ailey School on scholarship. Brown earned a

Bachelor of Fine Arts A Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) is a standard undergraduate degree for students pursuing a professional education in the visual arts, Fine art, or performing arts. In some instances, it is also called a Bachelor of Visual Arts (BVA). Background ...

from the

University of North Carolina School of the Arts The University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) is a public art school in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It grants a high school diploma, in addition to both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Founded in 1963 as the North Carolina Sc ...

Career

After her graduation, Brown danced as professional dancer of

's Evidence, A Dance Company from 2001 to 2007, and was a guest artist with Rennie Harris Puremovement and at the

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Founded in 1958, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT) is the largest modern dance company in the United States.Dance Data Project (October 2024) 2024 Largest Contemporary and Modern Companies Report Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater ...

. Between 2004 and 2005 she worked for two

concert dance Concert dance (also known as performance dance or theatre dance in the United Kingdom) is dance performed for an audience. It is frequently performed in a theatre setting, though this is not a requirement, and it is usually choreographed and perf ...

with

Urban Bush Women Urban Bush Women (UBW), founded in 1984 by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, is a Brooklyn, New York-based non-profit dance company and professional African-American women's dance company. The ensemble performs choreography by Zollar and several other chore ...

. In 2006 Brown founded her company Camille A. Brown & Dancers. The group has performed works such as ''ink'',

winning ''Mr. TOL E. RAncE'',

nominated ''BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play, City of Rain, Good & Grown'', and ''The Groove to Nobody's Business'', among others. The company has performed these works in national and international venues, including The

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, The

Joyce Theater The Joyce Theatre Foundation is a leading presenter of dance in New York City and nationally. It is runs, in part, from the Joyce Theater, a 472-seat dance performance venue located in the Chelsea, Manhattan, Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan in ...

New York City Center New York City Center (previously known as the Mecca Temple, City Center of Music and Drama, and the New York City Center 55th Street Theater) is a performing arts center at 131 West 55th Street (Manhattan), 55th Street between Sixth Avenue, Six ...

Fall for Dance Festival Fall for Dance is an annual dance festival presented by New York City Center New York City Center (previously known as the Mecca Temple, City Center of Music and Drama, and the New York City Center 55th Street Theater) is a performing arts c ...

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (also simply known as Lincoln Center) is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. It has thirty indoor and outdoor facilities and is host to 5 ...

Jacob's Pillow Jacob's Pillow is a Dance studio, dance center, school and performance space located in Becket, Massachusetts, in the Berkshires. The facility itself was listed as a National Historic Landmark District in 2003. History The site of Jacob's Pi ...

Dance Festival,

Bates Dance Festival Bates College () is a private liberal arts college in Lewiston, Maine. Anchored by the Historic Quad, the campus of Bates totals with a small urban campus which includes 33 Victorian Houses as some of the dormitories. It maintains of nature ...

, The Yard, White Bird,

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, and

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, among others. Informed by her music background as a clarinetist, Brown creates choreography that utilizes musical composition as storytelling. Brown has choreographed for various commercial and theater projects including

, Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert!,

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, '' BELLA: An American Tall Tale'' (Director: Kirsten Childs),

Cabin in the Sky (musical) ''Cabin in the Sky'' is a musical with music by Vernon Duke, book by Lynn Root, and lyrics by John Latouche. The musical opened on Broadway in 1940. The show is described as a "parable of Southern Negro Life with echoes of Ferenc Molnár's ''Li ...

(Director: Ruben Santiago-Hudson), and Broadway's

A Streetcar Named Desire ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' is a play written by Tennessee Williams and first performed on Broadway on December 3, 1947. The play dramatizes the experiences of Blanche DuBois, a former Southern belle who, after encountering a series of pe ...

. Dance companies that have commissioned her work include:

Philadanco The Philadelphia Dance Company (also known as Philadanco) is a professional dance company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that specializes in contemporary dance. The organization was founded in 1970 by artistic director Joan Myers Brown. The ...

, Complexions, Ailey II, and

Ballet Memphis Ballet Memphis is an American ballet company based in Memphis, Tennessee. It was founded as Memphis Concert Ballet in 1986 by Dorothy Gunther Pugh. Ballet Memphis regularly performs at their Midtown home, at Playhouse on the Square, Crosstown Th ...

. Her works have been performed at

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Apollo Theatre The Apollo Theatre is a listed building, Grade II listed West End theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue in the City of Westminster, in central London.

Brooklyn Academy of Music The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) is a multi-arts center in Brooklyn, New York City. It hosts progressive and avant-garde performances, with theater, dance, music, opera, film programming across multiple nearby venues. BAM was chartered in 18 ...

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, and

. She also was the

choreographer Choreography is the art of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which Motion (physics), motion or Visual appearance, form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design itself. A chor ...

for Saverio Palatella's line, Wholegarment 3D, for

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in 2008. In 2018 Brown choreographed ''

'' at the

Samuel J. Friedman Theatre The Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, formerly the Biltmore Theatre, is a Broadway theater at 261 West 47th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. Opened in 1925, it was designed by Herbert J. Krapp i ...

by Trip Cullman, for which she was nominated at the

. In 2019 Brown debuted at

The Public Theater The Public Theater is an arts organization in New York City. Founded by Joseph Papp, The Public Theater was originally the Shakespeare Workshop in 1954; its mission was to support emerging playwrights and performers.Epstein, Helen. ''Joe Papp: ...

Off-Broadway An off-Broadway theatre is any professional theatre venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive. These theatres are smaller than Broadway theatres, but larger than off-off-Broadway theatres, which seat fewer tha ...

musical director and choreographer with production of

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's '' for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf.'' In 2021 was announced that the production was moved to Broadway

Booth Theatre The Booth Theatre is a Broadway theater at 222 West 45th Street ( George Abbott Way) in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. Opened in 1913, the theater was designed by Henry Beaumont Herts in the It ...

, becoming the first black woman to direct and choreograph a Broadway production in six decades. The musical was praised by critics, being nominated at the

Drama Desk Award The Drama Desk Awards are among the most esteemed honors in New York theater, recognizing outstanding achievements across Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway productions within the same categories. The awards are considered a signific ...

Drama League Award The Drama League Awards, created in 1922, honor distinguished productions and performances both on Broadway and Off-Broadway, in addition to recognizing exemplary career achievements in theatre, musical theatre, and directing. Each May, the awards ...

and received seven nominations at the

75th Tony Awards The 75th Tony Awards were held on June 12, 2022, to recognize achievement in Broadway theatre, Broadway productions during the 2021–22 season. The ceremony was held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, with Ariana DeBose serving as host ...

, including for Best Direction of a Play and

. In 2023 she was involved as choreographer for

's Off-Broadway mucial ''Hell's Kitchen''. In April 2024 the production move to Broadway at the Shubert Theatre, being critical acclaimed and earning thirteen nominations at the

77th Tony Awards The 77th Tony Awards were held on June 16, 2024, to recognize achievement in Broadway productions during the 2023–24 season. The ceremony was held at Lincoln Center's David H. Koch Theater in New York City, and aired on CBS. Ariana DeBose hos ...

, including for Best Choreography for Brown. She also won her first

and Chita Rivera Award.

Activism and charity

In 2014, Brown founded two initiatives: The Gathering, an annual open forum for intergenerational Black female artists to advocate for greater cultural equity and acknowledgement in the dance world; and BLACK GIRL SPECTRUM (BGS), a community engagement initiative. On June 4, 2016, BGS had its inaugural symposium with the theme “Social Dance for Social Change” at

Barbara Ann Teer Barbara Ann Teer (June 18, 1937 – July 21, 2008) was an American writer, producer, teacher, actress and social visionary. In 1968, she founded Harlem's National Black Theatre, the first revenue-generating black theater arts complex in the U.S. ...

National Black Theatre The National Black Theatre is a not-for-profit organization, non-profit cultural and educational corporation, and community-based theatre company located on 5th Avenue in Harlem, New York (state), New York. History The National Black Theatre (N ...

in Harlem, NY. In 2018, Brown created a community engagement platform, Every Body Move (EBM), to serve as the umbrella for all initiatives that bring the artistic rigor of Camille A. Brown & Dancers’ beyond the stage and into communities. Every Body Move works to cultivate the creative capacity of its participants through workshops, summer intensives, artistic encounters, educational experiences, public actions, and celebrations for people of diverse abilities, identities, and ages. The initiative includes: Black Girl Spectrum (BGS); Black Men Moving (BMM); The Gathering; Creative Action Lab; Every Body Move Celebration. In 2022 Brown partnered with

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on a project for

Black History Month Black History Month is an annually observed commemorative month originating in the United States, where it is also known as African-American History Month. It began as a way of remembering important people and events in the history of the Af ...

exploring the story of Black history and culture through dance where "ink" was highlighted and filmed at

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. Brown also teaches dance and gives lectures to audiences at various universities such as

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and ACDFA (

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Credits

Theatre

Other productions *2002 (Hubbard Street 2) *2004 Demetia's Serenity (Camille A. Brown) *2005 More Time Than Anybody (Camille A. Brown & Dancers) *2005 Shelter of Presence (Camille A. Brown) *2005 Nahum (Ailey II) *2006 Afro Blue (Reflections Dance Company) *2006 New Second Line (Reflections Dance Company) *2006 More Time Than Anybody (Camille A. Brown & Dancers) *2007 The Evolution of a Secured Feminine (Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater) *2007 Here We Go...Again?! (Urban Bush Women) *2007 The Groove To Nobody's Business (Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater) *2008 Saverio Palatella's line – Wholegarment 3D (New York Fashion Week) *2008 Un Festin Divin (Ballet Memphis) *2008 Matchstick (Camille A. Brown & Dancers) *2009 The Groove To Nobody's Business (Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater) *2009 The Blues On Beale (Ballet Memphis) *2009 Good Times, Ha! (The Youth American Grand Prix) *2009 Those Who See Light (Philadelphia Dance Company – Philadanco!) *2010 Our Honeymoon Is Over (Dallas Black Dance Theater) *2010 Been There, Done That (Camille A. Brown & Dancers) *2010 City of Rain (Camille A. Brown & Dancers) *2010 By Way of East (Kyle Abraham & Camille A. Brown) *2010 The Evolution of a Secured Feminine (Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater) *2012 Strum (Toni Pierce Sands and Uri Sands Dance (TU Dance)) *2012 One Second Past the Future (Camille A. Brown & Dancers) *2012 Memories (Complexions Contemporary Ballet) *2012 Bind (The

Juilliard School The Juilliard School ( ) is a Private university, private performing arts music school, conservatory in New York City. Founded by Frank Damrosch as the Institute of Musical Art in 1905, the school later added dance and drama programs and became ...

) *2012 Pins & Needles: FUREE (Director Ken Rus Schmoll) *2012 HOUSE (Director

Saheem Ali Saheem Ali is a Kenyan theatre director. He is Associate Artistic Director at The Public Theater in New York City. Early life and education Ali was born in Nairobi, Kenya. He earned his undergraduate degree from Northeastern University and he ...

) *2012 Fortress of Solitude (Director Daniel Aukin) *2012

(Director Emily Mann) *2013 William Shakespeare's

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(Director Rebecca Taichman) *2013 MR. TOL. E R''A''nc''E'' (Camille A. Brown & Dancers) *2014 The Box: A Black Comedy (Director: Seth Bockley) *2014 tick, tick...BOOM! (Director: Oliver Butler) *2014 GALOIS (Director: Victor Maog) *2014 ''

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'' (

) *2015 Blood Quilt (Director:

Kamilah Forbes Kamilah Forbes is an American curator, producer, and director. She created and directed the Hip Hop Theater Festival from 2000 to 2016. She has held directing roles for television and theater productions such as ''Holler if Ya Hear Me'', ''The Wi ...

) *2015

Stagger Lee "Stagger Lee" (Roud 4183), also known as "Stagolee" and other variants, is a popular American folk song about the murder of Billy Lyons by "Stag" Lee Shelton, in St. Louis, Missouri, on Christmas 1895. The song was first published in 1911 and f ...

(Director: Patricia McGregor) *2015

(Director: Ruben Santiago-Hudson) *2015 BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play (Camille A. Brown & Dancers) *2016 BELLA: An American Tall Tale (Director: Robert O'Hara) *2016

Web Commercial with Russell Westbrook *2017 ink (Camille A. Brown & Dancers) *2018 Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert! on NBC *2019 Toni Stone (

Roundabout Theatre The Roundabout Theatre Company is a non-profit theatre company based in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, affiliated with the League of Resident Theatres. History The company was founded in 1965 by Gene Feist, Michael Fried and Elizabeth Owen ...

, Director:

Pam MacKinnon Pam MacKinnon (born January 9, 1968) is an American theatre director. She has directed for the stage Off-Broadway, on Broadway theatre, Broadway and in regional theatre. She won the Obie Award for Directing and received a Tony Award nomination, B ...

) *2019 Much Ado About Nothing (

Shakespeare in the Park Shakespeare in the Park is a term for outdoor festivals featuring productions of William Shakespeare's plays. The term originated with the New York Shakespeare Festival in New York City's Central Park, originally created by Joseph Papp. This conc ...

, Director:

) *2019 Once (

Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera (Pittsburgh CLO) is a nonprofit professional theater company based in the Cultural District of Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Despite its name, the organization presents musical theatre classics rather tha ...

, Director: J. Michael Zygo) *2019

Porgy & Bess ''Porgy and Bess'' ( ) is an English-language opera by American composer George Gershwin, with a libretto written by author DuBose Heyward and lyricist Ira Gershwin. It was adapted from Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward's play '' Porgy'', its ...

(

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, Director: James Robinson) *2019 for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf (

, Director: Leah C. Gardiner) *2020

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom ''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'' is a 1982 play by August Wilson, set in a recording studio in 1920s Chicago during a recording session for the titular song by the blues singer Ma Rainey. The play deals with issues of race, art, religion, and the ...

(Netflix) *2021 Angry, Raucous and Shamelessly Gorgeous (Spotlight On Plays) *2021

Fire Shut Up in My Bones ''Fire Shut Up in My Bones'' is an English-language opera in three acts, with music by Terence Blanchard and libretto by Kasi Lemmons. The opera was first performed at the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis in 2019, and is based on the 2014 memoir o ...

(

) *2021 Toni Stone (Arena Stage) *2023 ''Hell's Kitchen'' (

) *2024 ''Gypsy'' (

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)

Film and television

* 2022 ''

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'' (

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)

Awards and nominations

Recognition

Brown has received awards and accolades including being a five-time

Princess Grace Award The Princess Grace Foundation – USA is a charity organization named after Princess Grace of Monaco, which supports emerging performers in theater, dance, and film in the form of awards, grants, scholarships, and fellowships. The Foundation hol ...

recipient,

Tony Award The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ce ...

Nominee for best Choreography for

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Guggenheim Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowships are Grant (money), grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, endowed by the late Simon Guggenheim, Simon and Olga Hirsh Guggenheim. These awards are bestowed upon indiv ...

Doris Duke Performing Artist Award The Doris Duke Artist Award is undertaken by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and designed to "empower, invest in and celebrate artists by offering multi-year, unrestricted funding as a response to financial and funding challenges both unique t ...

Obie Award The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards given since 1956 by ''The Village Voice'' newspaper to theater artists and groups involved in off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City. Starting just after th ...

Dance Magazine ''Dance Magazine'' is an American trade publication for dance. It was first published in June 1927 as ''The American Dancer''. ''Dance Magazine'' is currently part of Dance Media, led by longtime arts publisher Joanna Harp as president, and has mu ...

Award Honoree, USA Jay Franke & David Herro Fellow, and a

. She has been featured on the cover of

(April 2018) and Dance Teacher Magazine (August 2015). She has also been recognized with the: *1997 - The Helen Tamiris Award – Performance *1997 - Young Artist's Award – Performance *1997 - Presidential Scholar of the Arts Award – Dance Performance; Young Artist's Award – Performance; The Helen Tamiris Award – Performance *2013 - Princess Grace Works in Progress Residency *2015 - USA Jay Franke & David Herro Fellow *2015 -

*2016 -

Jacob's Pillow Dance Jacob's Pillow is a Dance studio, dance center, school and performance space located in Becket, Massachusetts, in the Berkshires. The facility itself was listed as a National Historic Landmark District in 2003. History The site of Jacob's Pi ...

Award *2016 -

*2017 -

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Art of Change Fellow *2017 - Irma P. Hall Black Theater Nomination (BELLA: An American Tall Tale) *2017 - Black Woman Scholar Warrior Award (

Montclair State University Montclair State University (MSU) is a public research university in Montclair, New Jersey, with parts of the campus extending into Clifton and into Little Falls. As of fall 2018, Montclair State was, by enrollment, the second largest public un ...

) *2018 - Cover Girl of

(April) *2019 - Choreography Mentorship Co-Commission (CMCC) Award (

) *2020 -

Award Honoree *2020 - Emerson Collective Fellow *2021 - ISPA Distinguished Artist Award *2022- Kennedy Center Next 50 *2024- Dance Lab New York Honoree

References

External links

* *
Archival footage of Camille A. Brown performing her work The Evolution of a Secured Feminine at Jacob's Pillow in 2010Archival footage of Camille A. Brown and Kyle Abraham performing in their work ''How We Process'' Jacob's Pillow in 2011Archival footage of Camille A. Brown & Dancers performing ''BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play'' in 2017 at Jacob's PillowCamille A. Brown
on the

American Theatre Wing The American Theatre Wing (the Wing for short) is a New York City–based non-profit organization "dedicated to supporting excellence and education in theatre", according to its mission statement. Originally known as the Stage Women's War Relief ...

's documentary series "Working in the Theatre" on

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in 2016. {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Camille A. Living people 1979 births University of North Carolina School of the Arts alumni American female dancers American dancers American modern dancers American choreographers African-American female dancers African-American dancers African-American choreographers Princess Grace Awards winners Barnard College faculty Bessie Award winners Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School alumni Musical theatre choreographers