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Antonio Brown
Contemporary
Biography:
Antonio Brown is the artistic force behind AntonioBrownDance. Born and raised in Cleveland Ohio, Mr. Brown studied at the Cleveland School of the Arts & The Juilliard School. He was a member of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company for over a decade and has also worked with Camille A. Brown & Dancers, Sidra Bell Dance New York & The Dash Ensemble to name a few. Antonio’s choreography continues to spread across the country choreographing works for Verb Ballets, August Wilson Center Dance Ensemble, Cleveland State University, Jacksonville University, Perry Mansfield Performing Arts School and Camp, Lehigh Valley Dance Exchange "LVDE", Theatre Askew, Arden Theater Company, Drama League DirectorFest, MOVE(NYC), Earl Mosley’s Diversity of Dance & Hearts or Men and is currently the movement director for The Public Theater’s Shakespeare Initiative and Associate Choreographer for upcoming musical “Black No More”. Mr. Brown also teaches regularly in New York City and at various schools and intensives across the country.
AntonioBrownDance was founded in 2013, and is composed of an
incredibly talented group of performing artists from various
cultural
and training backgrounds. Connected together with a provocative
movement vocabulary and emphasis on sound, the works of the
company blend common human behavior with elements of social
and
political topics. Producing works that allow for the growing socio-
political international climate to become conversation within our
versatile communities. AntonioBrownDance aims to bring its
versatile
audiences closer to dance and movement with unique
performance
works and is always so grateful to be sharing their gifts and
talents
around the world.
Antonio Brown Dance is a NYC-based Dance Company founded in
2013. Composed of performing artists from various cultural and
training backgrounds, blending movement aesthetics of
Contemporary, Modern, Ballet, Jazz, African, and HipHop to share
stories of human behaviors and push boundaries of social and
political topics in today's climate. ABD aims to bring its versatile
audiences closer to dance and movement with unique
performance
works.
The company has created and performed various works around the US including IABD (International Association of Blacks in Dance), Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s Open Air Series; 10th Annual Pepatian Bronx Artists Now: APAP Showcase, NYU Tisch, CPR (Center for Performance Research) presented by 651 Arts, Cleveland State University, Gallim Dance, The Grier School Gala Concert, Earl Mosley's Diversity of Dance & Hearts of Men, Manhattan Movement Arts Center, Kelly Strayhorn Theatre, White Wave Rising Series & Dumbo Dance Festival, and the Martin Luther King Day of Dance Celebration in Hartford, Connecticut and many more. In addition to ABD’s performances, the company has also embarked on residencies across the US such as; Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School & Camp, NYU Tisch, Arts on Site, Tri-C Performing Arts Dance Academy, Attack Theatre in Pittsburgh, PA and at Cleveland State University. The company is always so grateful to be sharing their gifts and talents to the world.
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