Evidence, A Dance Company by Julieta Cervantes
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Movement, music, and spoken word are seamlessly combined by
this Brooklyn-based group to explore the traditions and
contemporary expressions of the African Diaspora.
Touring in Africa: Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa from February 15 - March 15,
2010
About the Company
Powerful, physical, and uplifting, Evidence, A Dance Company was
founded by choreographer Ronald K. Brown in 1985. The Company's
mission is to promote understanding of the human experience in the
African Diaspora through dance and storytelling and to provide
sensory connections to history and tradition through music,
movement, and spoken word. Brown uses movement as a way to
reinforce the importance of community in contemporary culture.
Evidence now tours to some 30 communities in the United States
annually. It has also traveled overseas to Cuba, Brazil, England,
France, Greece, Hungary, Mexico, and Senegal to perform, teach
master classes, and conduct lectures/demonstrations for young
people, reaching more than 30,000 people annually.
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About the Artistic Director
Praised by The New York Times as "one of the most
profound choreographers of his modern dance generation," Ronald K.
Brown has created works for his company Evidence, A Dance Company
as well as works for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Cinque
Folkloric Dance Theater, and Jeune Ballet d'Afrique Noire, among
others. He has received numerous awards and fellowships including a
Guggenheim Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts
Choreographer's Fellowship, a New York Foundation for the Arts
Fellowship, and a New York Dance and Performance Award (Bessie),
among many others. In 2003, Brown received an AUDELCO (Black
Theatre Award) for his choreography for Crowns: Portraits of
Black Women in Church Hats, originally produced by the
McCarter Theater and presented off-Broadway. In fall 2006 Brown
received the inaugural United States Artists Rose Fellowship.
For more information on Evidence, A Dance Compnay,
including program notes and print materials, please visit Resources.
