Camille A. Brown & Dancers at DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, University of Notre Dame

Using African American social dancing, rhythmic play and mesmerizing movement, Brown's new work, Black Girl: Linguistic Play, opens up the complexities of carving out a positive identity as a Black female in an urban American culture that is racially and politically charged. At their core, her choreographic gifts, as well as her inherent theatricality and musicality, are dynamic and richly emotive tools that she uses to shape an understanding of the “Black girl” underneath the stereotyping and programming. Brown draws from Melissa Harris-Perry's Sister Citizen, Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Daniel Silberberg's Wonderland: The Zen of Alice and Slide: Games as Lessons in Black Musical Style as resources and inspiration.

The planned program also includes Brown's tribute to New Orleans, New Second Line. Complete program to be announced.