CAMILLE A. BROWN is a prolific Black female director / choreographer, who has received numerous honors including a Guggenheim Award, Bessie Award, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award, Doris Duke Artist Award, United States Artists Award, two Audelco Awards, five Princess Grace Awards, and a New York City Center Award. She has received a Tony nomination, three Drama Desk nominations, three Lortel nominations and an Obie award for her work in theater. She is an Emerson Collective fellow, a TED fellow and the recipient of a Ford Foundation Art of Change Fellowship. Brown is the 2021 Distinguished Artist, presented by The International Society for the Performing Arts.
Broadway and off-Broadway credits include: Choir Boy, Once On This Island, Toni Stone, A Streetcar Named Desire, Much Ado About Nothing, for colored girls… Film/Television: Academy Award-winning Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Emmy Award-winning “Jesus Christ Superstar Live.” Ms. Brown choreographed the critically acclaimed Porgy and Bess for The Metropolitan Opera and this September became the first Black woman director for the main stage at the MET with Fire Shut Up In My Bones. Brown is the founder and Artistic Director of Camille A. Brown & Dancers.
Camille A. Brown, Hell's Kitchen
Camille A. Brown, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Camille A. Brown, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Camille A. Brown, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Camille A. Brown, for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf
Camille A. Brown, for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf
Camille A. Brown, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Camille A. Brown
Camille A. Brown, Choir Boy
Camille A. Brown, Choir Boy
Camille A. Brown, Once on this Island
Camille A. Brown, Once on this Island
Camille A. Brown, Once on this Island
Camille A. Brown, Bella: An American Tall Tale
Camille A. Brown, The Fortress of Solitude
Camille A. Brown has been nominated for various awards for her work in Broadway shows. These nominations include Outstanding Direction of a Play at the Drama League Awards, Outstanding Choreography at the Outer Critics Circle Awards, and Best Choreography at the Tony Awards for "for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf." She has also received nominations for Outstanding Choreography at the Drama Desk Awards for "Choir Boy," Best Choreography at the Tony Awards for "Choir Boy" and "Once on this Island," and Outstanding Choreographer at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Once on this Island." Additionally, she has won the Choreography Award at the Obie Awards, The LaDuca Award for Outstanding Choreography at the Drama Desk Awards for "Once on this Island," and Outstanding Choreographer at The Lortels for "Bella: An American Tall Tale" and "The Fortress of Solitude."
Camille A. Brown has won the Choreography Award at the Obie Awards and Best Choreography at the BroadwayWorld Awards for Once on this Island.
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