The ever-expanding universe of Camille A. Brown
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on October 16, 2023
From UNCSA to Broadway and beyond, Brown stays true to her own voice as her vision
grows
In Terence Blanchard’s opera “Champion,” seen this past spring as part of the Metropolitan
Opera season, dance is integral to telling boxer Emile Griffith’s profoundly moving
life story. In a magnificently jubilant early number, choreographer Camille A. Brown (B.F.A. Dance ’01) uses the rhythms and dances of the African diaspora to drop the audience right . . .