Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
To Host Panel Discussion on
The Creative Process in the Face of Adversity With Dancer Camille A. Brown & Local Artists
Saturday, February 14 at 11 am
Admission is Free
(West Palm Beach, FL – January 29, 2015) The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts will be hosting a panel discussion on The Creative Process in the Face of Adversity. Camille A. Brown of Camille A. Brown & Dancers will lead the thought-provoking and admission-free event in the Rinker Playhouse on Saturday, February 14, at 11 am.
Ms. Brown’s discussion will cover contemporary social issues and race relations as they relate to the arts and dance community. The PEAK performance by Camille A. Brown & Dancers opens that night at the Kravis Center and runs through Sunday.
The panel will be hosted by AnEta Sewell, who spent 20 years in television, primarily at WPEC News 12, and was the first African American to anchor and report the news in the West Palm Beach/Treasure Coast market. Panel members will include:
+ Camille A Brown, a force in the national concert dance world for more than a decade
+ Shanique Scott, Artistic Director of Street Beat, Inc.
+ Clarence Brooks, Associate Professor/Director of Dance at Florida Atlantic University
+ Sean Green, the founder of Sean’s Dance Factory
“I am inspired to continue pushing the boundaries of arts and activism,” says Ms. Brown. “I constantly ask myself, what more can be done? How can I activate my work in a way that moves beyond performance and impacts my community? Dance can be seen as a community’s embodied visioning, storytelling, and resistance practice. My hope is to create a dialogue that sparks larger shifts.”
Camille A. Brown & Dancers draws upon modern hip-hop, African and ballet aesthetics to make a personal claim on history through the lens of Ms. Brown’s contemporary female perspective. The company’s mission is to present authentic performances that foster dialogue among audience and local communities.
Those interested in attending the panel discussion should RSVP at kraviscenterinvite@kravis.org.
February 14-15 at 7:30 pm (Saturday and Sunday)
Camille A. Brown & Dancers
Black Girl *
(PEAK)
Known for high theatricality, gutsy moves and virtuosic musicality, Camille A. Brown & Dancers soar through history like a whirlwind. The company’s work explores typical, real life situations ranging from literal relationships to more complex themes with an eye on the past and present. Featuring a preview of Black Girl which draws on Melissa Harris-Perry’s Sister Citizen, the spellbinding photography of Carrie Mae Weems, the fantastical imagery depicted in Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, and Daniel Silberberg’s Wonderland: The Zen of Alice, to create a work to depict the complexities of carving out a positive identity as a black female in urban American culture. This work seeks to interrogate the full spectrum of the black female and how we negotiate ourselves in this racially and politically charged world.
Marshall E. Rinker Sr. Playhouse
Tickets $30
Made possible by a grant from the MLDauray Arts Initiative in honor of Leonard and Sophie Davis
Beyond the Stage: Join us on February 14 for a free post-performance discussion by Clarence Brooks, Associate Professor/Director of Dance at Florida Atlantic University.