I AM by Camille A. Brown & Dancers
Continuing her explorations of Black joy, director and choreographer Camille A. Brown creates a new work for her company that launches new queries into the possibilities of imagination and boldly investigates the future. In this new work, she imagines a creative space for cultural liberation, conjuring new ways of being. Inspired by the “I Am” episode of the HBO series Lovecraft Country, she blasts into a universe where anything is possible, featuring several dance genres of the African diaspora.
This performance may include loud sounds, flashing lights, and theatrical haze.
The joy of ‘I AM’ is the joy of being entirely yourself, entirely present in the moment. ‘We are here,’ Brown and the performers seem to say—and we’ll keep being here, together, dancing into the future.
Credits
I AM
“Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.” - Octavia Butler
Directed and Choreographed by Camille A. Brown
in collaboration with the dancers and musicians of CABD
Original music by Deah Love Harriott, Juliette Jones, Jaylen Petinaud, Martine G. Mauro-Wade, Frédérique Gnaman, Monique Brooks Roberts
Music Credits:
“Beauty” by Dru Hill
“Optimistic” by Sounds of Blackness
“Crush On You” by Lil Kim ft Lil Cease
“Gypsy (La Da Dee) [Homeless] Women” by Crystal Waters
“I'll Be There For You / You're All I Need To Get By" by Method Man ft Mary J. Blige
“Papa Was A Rollin' Stone” by The Temptations
“Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See” by Busta Rhymes.
Lighting and Scenic Designer David L. Arsenault
Sound Designer Justin Ellington
Costume Designer Ashley Soliman
Projection Designer Aaron Rhyne
Playback Engineering & Synchronization Specialist Enrico de Trizio
Music Director Juliette Jones
Music Supervisor Zane Mark
Lighting Supervisor Alex Fetchko
Sound Supervisor DJ Potts
Sound Engineer Kaileykielle Hoga
Rehearsal Director Mora-Amina Parker
Assistant to Choreographer Jay Staten
Production Stage Manager: Robert McIntyre
General Manager: Leticia D. Baratta
