Camille A. Brown

Camille A. Brown is a prolific choreographer making a personal claim on history through the lens of the modern Black Female perspective; all the while leading her dancers through excavations of ancestral stories, both timeless and traditional, that emphasize the connection between Black History and contemporary culture. Her work has been commissioned by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Philadanco!, Complexions, and Urban Bush Women, among others. The Ford Foundation awarded Camille an Art of Change Fellowship for the 2017-18 season. She is a four-time Princess Grace Award winner (2016 “Statue,” 2016 “Choreographic Mentorship Co-Commission,” 2013 “Works in Progress Residency”, 2006 “Choreography”), a 2016 Jacob's Pillow Dance Award recipient, a 2016 Guggenheim Fellowship recipient, a 2015 USA Jay Franke & David Herro Fellow, a 2015 TED Fellow, and a 2015 Doris Duke Artist Award recipient. Camille’s concert dance company, Camille A. Brown & Dancers, received a 2014 Bessie Award for “Outstanding Production” for Mr. TOL E. RAncE, and another 2016 Bessie Award nomination for “Outstanding Production” for the work BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play. She is co-represented by Susan Weaving at WME.

Broadway Credits Include: Fire Shut Up in My Bones (Met Opera, NYT’s “Best Dance” 2021), Porgy & Bess (Met Opera), Choir Boy (Tony nominee, Drama Desk nominee), Once on This Island Revival (Drama Desk nominee, Outer Critics Circle nominee, Chita Rivera Nominee, National Tour), A Streetcar Named Desire. Off-Broadway Credits Include: ink (Joyce Theater), For Colored Girls… (Public Theater), Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare in the Park), Toni Stone (Roundabout), This Ain’t No Disco (Atlantic), Bella: An American Tall Tale (Playwrights Horizons, Lucille Lortel nominee), Fortress of Solitude (Public Theater, Lucille Lortel nominee, Cabin in the Sky, Tick, Tick...BOOM! (Encores! NY City Center). Regional Credits Include: Fire Shut Up in My Bones (Lyric Opera Chicago), Once (Pittsburgh CLO), The Wiz (MUNY), ink (Joyce Theatre, Kennedy Center), Bella: An American Tall Tale, Stagger Lee (Dallas Theatre Center). TV Credits Include: Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert, New Year’s Eve in Rockefeller Center (NBC).