Location
Jamaica, NY
Project Title
BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play
Fiscal Year Awarded
2014
Grant or Program
National Dance Project Production Grant
Grant Amount
$63,540

Camille A. Brown will work in collaboration with dramaturg Kamilah Forbes and a team of musicians and designers to create “Black Girl” – a multimedia work that depicts the complexities of carving out a positive identity as a young, Black female in urban American culture. Inspired by Toni Morrison's book, “The Bluest Eye,” and imagery from the fairytale “Alice in Wonderland,” the works seeks to dismantle the self-loathing prejudices that exist within African American communities and to challenge the contemporary notions of “Eurocentric” beauty.

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