Award-winning choreographer and TED Fellow Camille A. Brown brings her company and its irresistible
energy to Peak Performances. "ink," the final installation of her dance trilogy about culture, race and identity,
celebrates the rituals, gestural vocabulary and traditions of the African diaspora. Using the rhythms and sounds
of traditional African music mixed with blues, hip-hop, jazz and swing, "ink" travels through time from the
abolitionist movement to the civil rights struggle, from the Black Power movement to the emergence of
hip-hop. Brown's choreographic gifts and her inherent theatricality and musicality are tools that shape our
understanding of the African-American experience.
Maleek Washington, Juel D. Lane and Timothy Edwards in rehearsal for "ink." Photo by Gennadi Novash
44 www.peakperfs.org
P
R
E
M
I
E
R
E
CAMILLE
A.
BROWN
&
DANCERS
CAMILLE
A.
BROWN
IS
"A
FORCE
OF
NATURE."
—THE
NEW
YORK
TIMES
