E59. Camille A. Brown: For Colored Girls.

Today’s episode is with award-winning choreographer + director Camille A. Brown. Do you know Camille?  You know Camille. You may recognize her work, on Broadway in Once On This Island or on television choreographing Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert! Camille’s work is an ode to reclamation and staying connected to ancestral ties with her deep passion to empower Black bodies by allowing them to tell their own stories. Camille is literally history in the making. In 2021 she became the first Black artist to direct a mainstage production at the Metropolitan Opera, doing double-duty as co-director and choreographer. She repeated this dual act in the latest adaptation of Ntozke Shange’s “for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf,” making her the first Black woman to Direct and Choreograph a Broadway show in 67 years.In today’s episode, Camille reminds us just how vital resilience and listening to your own voice can be. She shares lessons from rejection and struggle and encourages us to be ourselves regardless of the stakes. Things mentionedDarius Barnes - Dancer + ChoreographerFire Shut Up in My Bones - Camille A. Brown performed at the Met OperaDeVore Dance Center, founded by Choreographer + Dancer Carolyn DeVore Ronald K. Brown/ EVIDENCE, A Dance CompanyRoger Jeffrey - School of Dance - George Mason UniversityWhat to ReadKatherine Dunham: Dance and the African Diaspora by Joanna Dee DasModern Dance, Negro Dance: Race in Motion by Susan ManningAlvin Ailey: A Life in Dance by Jennifer DunningWhat to listen toMo’ Better Blues - Branford Marsalis Quartet (feat. Terence Blanchard)Rhythm Nation - Janet JacksonRemember The Time - Michael Jackson Dancing In The Street - Martha and The VandellasSo into You - SWVWho to followFollow Camille A. Brown on IG @camilleabrownLearn more about her upcoming events at Camille A. BrownThis conversation was recorded on...