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past lectures
"Don’t Drink Bush Tea for Someone Else’s Fever: Decolonial Practice for the Black Practitioner” followed by a live Q&A with CABD Alum, Francine Ott. Originally aired on Facebook 6/23/2023.
"Polyspirit Practices: Staying Centered on the Westernized Stage” followed by a live Q&A with CABD Alum, Francine Ott. Originally aired on Facebook 6/16/2023.
"Doing the Inside Work” followed by a live Q&A with CABD Alum, Francine Ott. Originally aired on Facebook 6/9/2023.
"On the Threshold, Dancing Flamenco as a Woman of African Descent” followed by a live Q&A with CABD Alum, Francine Ott. Originally aired on Facebook 7/22/2022.
"Riddim is our Method: Polyrhythmic Dance Practice & that Voudou that We Do. Contextualizing Rhythm Works for the Practitioner” followed by a live Q&A with CABD Company Dancer, Beatrice Capote. Originally aired on Facebook 7/15/2022.
“The Impact of Women in Street & Club Dance” followed by a live Q&A with CABD Company Dancer, Cat Foster Originally aired on Facebook 7/8/2022.
“Marauding Beats & Shaking Systems: Inciting Joy to Free the Future” followed by a live Q&A with CABD Alum, Clarice Young Originally aired on Facebook 7/1/2022.
“Bringing People of Color from their ‘BARRIOS’ into a Variety of Spaces” followed by a live Q&A with CABD Alum, Clarice Young Originally aired on Facebook 06/24/2022.
“Keeping the Light On: The Underrepresentation of Historical Black Dance in Higher Academia” followed by a live Q&A with CABD Alum, Francine Ott Originally aired on Facebook 12/21/2021.
“Dancing Into Cultural Peace & Humanity” followed by a live Q&A with CABD Company Dancer, Winston Dynamite Brown. Originally aired on Facebook 12/17/2021.
“Dancing Into Cultural Peace & Humanity” followed by a live Q&A with CABD Company Dancer, Maleek Washington. Originally aired on Facebook 12/14/2021.
“African Dance: A Total Metamorphose” followed by a live Q&A with CABD Alum, Mora-Amina Parker. Originally aired on Facebook 12/10/2021.
“Flamenco, Embodied Spirituality, & the African Diaspora” followed by a live Q&A with CABD Alum, Clarice Young. Originally aired on Facebook 12/7/2021.
“Flamenco for an Afro-Descended Woman: Trauma, Transformation and Embodying Social Justice” followed by a live Q&A with CABD Alum, Clarice Young. Originally aired on Facebook 12/3/2021.
“The Black Joy Sessions- A Performance Lecture” followed by a live Q&A with CABD Company Dancer, Winston Dynamite Brown. Originally aired on Facebook 11/30/2021.
“Lessons from the Cypher: A Blueprint for Radical Inclusion” followed by a live Q&A with CABD Alum, Francine Ott. Originally aired on Facebook 11/23/2021.
“No One Can Teach You How To Write About Dance” followed by a live Q&A with CABD Alum, Mora-Amina Parker. Originally aired on Facebook 11/19/2021.
“Stories: Pointe, Pumps, Flats & Tap…If My Feet Could Speak…” followed by a live Q&A with CABD Alum, Francine Ott. Originally aired on Facebook 11/12/2021.
“Improvisation Matters: Africa and the Diaspora” followed by a live Q&A with CABD Alum, Mora-Amina Parker. Originally aired on Facebook 11/5/2021.
“Choreography, Manifestation and Healing: Practicing Positive Self-Talk Through Dance” followed by a live Q&A with CABD Company Dancer, Courtney Ross. Originally aired on Facebook 10/29/2021
“The Cultivation of Hip-Hop Theater & Hip-Hop Concert Dance,” followed by a live Q&A with CABD Company Dancer, Maleek Washington. Originally aired live on Zoom 4/30/2021
“Dances Then & Now,” followed by a live Q&A with CABD Company Dancer, Courtney Ross. Originally aired live on Zoom 4/16/2021
“DNAWORKS: Dance & Memorial Activism,” followed by a live Q&A with CABD Company Dancer, Chloe Davis. Originally aired live on Zoom 4/2/2021
“The Embodied Process,” followed by a live Q&A. Originally aired live on Zoom 3/19/2021
“Earthseed Movement,” followed by a live Q+A. Originally aired live on Zoom 3/5/2021
“The History of Race and Racism in the Dance Field,” followed by a live Q+A with CABD Company Dancer, Beatrice Capote. Originally aired live on Zoom 2/19/2021
“Charting My Course: Crews, Clubs & Curtain Time”, followed by a Q&A with CABD Company Dancer, Quilan ‘Cue’ Arnold. Originally aired live on Zoom 2/5/21.
“In Conversation with Dr. Brenda Dixon-Gottschild & Dr. Halifu Osumare”, followed by a Q&A with CABD Company Dancer, Winston Dynamite Brown. Originally aired live on Zoom 12/18/20.
“Swing Dance Part 2: Frankie, Norma & Mama Lou” with Dexter Jones, followed by a Q&A with CABD Company Dancer, Jay Staten. Originally aired live on Instagram @camilleabrown 12/11/20.
“Social Work: Work Songs & Social Dance” with Rashida Bumbray, followed by a Q&A with CABD Company Dancer, Winston Dynamite Brown. Originally aired live on Instagram @camilleabrown 8/14/20
“Breathing Together: Creativity, Politics & Healing” with Daniel Banks, followed by a Q&A with CABD Company Dancer, Yusha-Marie Sorzano. Originally aired live on Instagram @camilleabrown 8/12/20
“Conceptualizations in Caribbean Dance” with Candace Thomson-Zachery, followed by a Q&A with CABD Company Dancer, Winston Dynamite Brown. Originally aired live on Instagram @camilleabrown 8/7/20
“Celebration, Rest & Protest: Affirming Black Women in Dance” with Afaliah Tribune, followed by a Q&A with CABD Company Dancer, Maleek Washington. Originally aired live on Instagram @camilleabrown 8/5/20
“Dancing in Blackness, A Memoir: The Power of Telling Your Own Story” with Dr. Halifu Osumare. Originally aired live on the Camille A. Brown Facebook Page 8/3/20
“A Low End Theory: The Silencing & Reemergence of the Drum” with Justin Ellington, followed by a Q&A with CABD Company Dancer, Maleek Washington. Originally aired live on Instagram @camilleabrown 7/31/20
“Haitian Folkloric Movement & it’s Influence on Dance in the United States” with Maxine Montilus, followed by a Q&A with CABD Company Dancer, Quilan ‘Cue’ Arnold. Originally aired live on Instagram @camilleabrown 7/29/20
“The Legacy of Henry LeTang” with Dexter Jones, followed by a Q&A with CABD Company Dancer, Winston Dynamite Brown. Originally aired live on Instagram @camilleabrown 7/24/20
“The Legacy of Henry LeTang” with Dexter Jones, followed by a Q&A with CABD Company Dancer, Winston Dynamite Brown. Originally aired live on Instagram @camilleabrown 7/24/20
“Growing Up at the D.C. Black Repertory Theater. How I witnessed Glory & Liberated My Path” with Toshi Reagon, followed by a Q&A with CABD Company Dancer, Maleek Washington. Originally aired live on Instagram @camilleabrown 7/22/20
“I AM HEALER: Living Healthy in this America” with Marlies Yearby, followed by a Q&A with CABD Company Dancer, Chloe Davis. Originally aired live on Instagram @camilleabrown 7/17/20
“Hip Hop Dance Journey to the Studio & Today’s COVID Reinvention” with Robin Dunn, followed by a Q&A with CABD Company Dancer, Jay Staten . Originally aired live on Instagram @camilleabrown 7/15/20
“Rhythm is our Method: Rhythm Culture as a Mobile Institution” with Thomas Talawa Presto, followed by a Q&A with CABD Company Dancer, Jay Staten. Originally aired live on Instagram @camilleabrown 7/10/20
“Rhythm is our Method: Rhythm Culture as a Mobile Institution” with Thomas Talawa Presto, followed by a Q&A with CABD Company Dancer, Jay Staten. Originally aired live on Instagram @camilleabrown 7/10/20
“AFROBIQUITY: Kinetic Meditations on Radical Black Joy” with d. Sabela Grimes, followed by a Q&A with CABD Company Dancer, Courtney Ross. Originally aired live on Instagram @camilleabrown 7/8/20
“Reclaiming the Narrative of Tap Dance” with Jason Samuels Smith, followed by a Q&A with CABD Company Dancer, Winston Dynamite Brown. Originally aired live on Instagram @camilleabrown 7/3/20
“True Stories: Dr. Brenda Dixon Gottschild Reads Selected Passages from her Biographies of Margot Webb & Joan Myers Brown” with Dr. Brenda Dixon Gottschild. Originally aired live on the Camille A. Brown Facebook Page 7/1/20
“A Love Song for June Jordan’s Skyrise: Notes on a Womanist Public Performance Praxis” with Ebony Golden, followed by a Q&A with CABD Company Dancer, Winston Dynamite Brown. Originally aired live on Instagram @camilleabrown 6/17/20
“First Nations & the African Diaspora in 21st Century Music & Dance” with Martha Redbone, followed by a Q&A with CABD Company Dancer, Chloe Davis. Originally aired live on Instagram @camilleabrown 6/10/20.
“Charting My Course: Crews, Clubs & Curtain Time” with Adesola Osakalumi, followed by a Q&A with CABD Company Dancer, Maleek Washington. Originally aired live on Instagram @camilleabrown 6/3/20.
“Afro-Caribbean & Indigenous Practices in the Making of Musical Theater” with Maija Garcia, followed by a Q&A with CABD Company Dancer, Beatrice Capote. Originally aired live on Instagram @camilleabrown 5/27/20.
“Swing Dance & the Commercialization & Codification of the Dance in the Modern Age ” with Dexter Jones, followed by a Q&A with CABD Company Dancer, Chloe Davis. Originally aired live on Instagram @camilleabrown 5/20/20.
“Black American Dance Through the Lens of Hip-Hop & Commercial Studies” with Duane Lee Holland. Originally aired live on Instagram @camilleabrown 5/13/20.
“Black American Dance Through the Lens of Hip-Hop & Commercial Studies” with Duane Lee Holland, followed by a Q&A with CABD Company Dancer, Winston Dynamite Brown. Originally aired live on Instagram @camilleabrown 5/13/20.
“The Journey from Negro Spirituals to Blues Music & Dance” with Moncell Durden. Originally aired live on Instagram, 5/6/2020