Camille A. Brown- Thoughts and Inspiration

University of Michigan- 2nd Mural from performance on Feb 13th, 2016 THANK YOU for the LOVE, UM! The women of CABD made the mural that is part of the set for BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play, but why should we have all the fun? Each night we invite our audiences to contribute to a mural that represented their thoughts about Black girls, BG: LP. etc. Here is the audience mural created after our performance on Feb 13th, 2016! "Let music take over" "Culture is joy" "Find your groove" #blackgirlLP #Blackgirljoy #blackgirlmagic #universityofmichigan #goblue #cabtour2016

University of Michigan- Mural from performance on Feb 13th, 2016 THANK YOU for the LOVE, UM! The women of CABD made the mural that is part of the set for BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play, but why should we have all the fun? Each night we invite our audiences to contribute to a mural that represented their thoughts about Black girls, BG: LP. etc. Here is the audience mural created after our performance on Feb 13th, 2016! "I am more than how I look" "Brooklyn Bridge" "Obama gets to appoint another justice" #blackgirlLP #Blackgirljoy #blackgirlmagic #universityofmichigan #goblue #cabtour2016

University of Michigan- Mural from student performance on Feb 12th, 2016 THANK YOU for the LOVE, UM! The women of CABD made the mural that is part of the set for BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play, but why should we have all the fun? Each night we invite our audiences to contribute to a mural that represented their thoughts about Black girls, BG: LP. etc. Here is the audience mural created after our student performance on Feb 12th, 2016! "Me" "I am creative" "Boss" #blackgirlLP #Blackgirljoy #blackgirlmagic #universityofmichigan #goblue #cabtour2016

Toshi Reagon has curated a fantastic show- coming in March! Do you live in the New York metropolitan area? If so, this is an event that you will not want to miss! Please share!! The Beat in Between showcases the relationship between dance, rhythm and music from across the globe and features performances by Camille A. Brown, Christelle Durandy, Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, Meklit Hadero and Millicent Jhonnie! The Schomburg Center's Women’s Jazz Festival 2016 #toshireagon #ChristelleDurandy #DormeshiaSumbryEdwards #MeklitHadero #MillicentJhonnie #theschomburg #theschomburgcenter #womensjazzfestival #womensjazzfestival2016

#MIAMIDADE got ready for CABD's #blackgirlLP in a GREAT way! People joined the double Dutch fun! We are excited to perform for the Miami community tonight! Shout to the students who attended our school show yesterday morning! Their questions were brilliant! "Are you wearing special sneakers?" "You asked the question, 'When you hear the phrase "black girl", what comes to mind." For me, it means different." "People sometimes only see black girls as being one way, and you challenged that." "How much freedom do the musicians have?" #cabtour2016 #camilleabrown #bglinguisticplay #doubledutch #handclapgames #blackgirljoy #letthechildrenspeak

Sending LOVE to the cast of Cabin in the Sky! Have a fantastic closing show!!! I am tremendously honored to have had the opportunity to work you and watch you in your craft. Thank you for this gift, Ruben Santiago- Hudson! Shout out to my choreo team- Rickey Tripp (Associate Choreographer) and Catherine Foster (Assistant Choreographer). Thankful for you! "This is... Cabin in the Sky!" :-) #dembones #cabininthesky #choreographer #katherinedunham #georgebalanchine

Juniata College- Mural on Jan 29th, 2016 THANK YOU for the LOVE, Juniata! The women of CABD made the mural that is part of the set for BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play, but why should we have all the fun? Each night we invite our audiences to contribute to a mural that represented their thoughts about Black girls, BG: LP. etc. Here is the audience mural created after our performance on Jan 29th, 2016! "#Facts" "Bass!!" "Bangin Beats" blackgirlLP #Blackgirljoy #blackgirlmagic #juniatacollege #juniata #cabtour2016

CABD is in Michigan this week performing at UMS! Shout out to Mayte Natalio (aka "CABs translator") for her amazing work setting City of Rain on the students of UMS!!! You're amazing, Meets xoxo If you're in the area, come check out BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play on Feb 13th . Photo of Catherine Foster by Christopher Duggan Dance Cat!!! #cabtour #cabtour2016 #camilleabrownanddancers #camilleabrown #ums #umsdance #mayteknowsmesowell

First day in the theater! Cabin in the Sky at NYCC Encore opens next week!!! :-D #cabininthesky #rubensantiagohudson #NormLewis #LaChanze #ChuckCooper #MarvaHicks #CarlyHughes #ForrestMcClendon #JDWebster #bahiyahhibah

Break time selfie!!! I am having such a great time working with the cast of Cabin in the Sky- opening the season of NYCC Encores! Special thanks to my choreo department, Rickey Tripp (Associate Choreographer) and Cat Foster (Assistant Choreographer) ! More pics coming soon :-) #cabininthesky #choreographer #dembones #approvedpic

#TBT Hair change #2,078 This hairstyle is 3 weeks old. What do you think? #hairstories #ichangemyhairallthetime

CABD is back at Juniata College tonight! #cabtour #cabtour2016 #juniatacollege

#FBF I have amazing teachers in my Company! Timothy Edwards (above) with students of Plainfield Academy in NJ two weeks ago, and Beatrice Capote (below) with participants from the CABD community class at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center in Indiana last week :-) #cabtour2016 #cabtour #debartoloperformingartscenter #plainfieldacademy

Indiana- Mural 3 on Jan 23rd, 2016 THANK YOU for the LOVE Notre Dame! The women of CABD made the mural that is part of the set for BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play, but why should we have all the fun? Each night we invite our audiences to contribute to a mural that represented their thoughts about Black girls, BG: LP. etc. Here is the audience mural created after our performance on Jan 23rd, 2016! "Make light" "To bridge a gap" "Chi-town steppin!" #blackgirlLP #Blackgirljoy #blackgirlmagic #debartoloperformingartscenter #indiana #cabtour2016 #notredame

Indiana- Mural 2 on Jan 22nd, 2016 THANK YOU for the LOVE Notre Dame! The women of CABD made the mural that is part of the set for BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play, but why should we have all the fun? Each night we invite our audiences to contribute to a mural that represented their thoughts about Black girls, BG: LP. etc. Here is the audience mural created after our performance on Jan 22nd, 2016! "A hard head makes a soft behind" "Shakespeare" "Innocence" #blackgirlLP #Blackgirljoy #blackgirlmagic #debartoloperformingartscenter #indiana #cabtour2016 #notredame

Indiana- Mural 1 on Jan 21st, 2016 THANK YOU for the LOVE Notre Dame! The women of CABD made the mural that is part of the set for BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play, but why should we have all the fun? Each night we invite our audiences to contribute to a mural that represented their thoughts about Black girls, BG: LP. etc. Here is the audience mural created after our performance on Jan 21st, 2016! "All is well" "Strength in movement and dialogue" "Thanks for showing me this- an old white guy" #blackgirlLP #Blackgirljoy #blackgirlmagic #debartoloperformingartscenter #indiana #cabtour2016 #notredame

Our last show at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center at Notre Dame is tonight! So thrilled Teneise joined us for this tour, and added her tags to our mural :-) Thank you, Teneise! #anincredibleartist #cabtour #camilleabrownanddancers #blackgirlLP