Ronald K. Brown

Ronald K Brown
Born	1967 (age 56–57)
Occupation(s)	Dancer, choreographer
Years active	28 years

Dancer and choreographer Ronald K. Brown founded the dance company Evidence in New York in 1985.^[1] Brown's work incorporates modern dance, Senegalese Sabar and other West African movement vocabularies, Afro-Caribbean dance, and contemporary urban dance from around the world. He has choreographed numerous works for his own company, as well as for Philadanco, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, the Maimouna Keita West African Dance Company, and many others. Brown has received numerous awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship,^[2] a Bessie Award,^[3] a Black Theater Alliance Award,^[4] and an Audelco Award for the choreography of Regina Taylor's musical Crowns. He has also been a guest artist at The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance at CalArts. He studied dance with Mary Anthony.

References

^ Gantz, Jeffrey (2022-06-05). "Ronald K. Brown/Evidence moves in every way - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
^ "Ronald K. Brown". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation... Retrieved 2024-02-05.
^ Campbell, Karen (2000-04-23). "Ronald K. Brown, Full of "Grace"". Boston Globe. pp. M5.
^ Looseleaf, Victoria (2007-02-04). "Dance: At peace with his place; Choreographer Ronald K. Brown's style reflects his world travel and homegrown truths". Los Angeles Times. pp. F7.

External links

New York Times - Ronald K Brown - Making Rich Tales of Diaspora Take Flight
Evidence Dance Profile
Archive film of Ronald K. Brown's In Gratitude performed in 2002 at Jacob's Pillow
Archive footage of Ronald K. Brown performing Awassa Astrige (Ostrich) in 1997 at Jacob's Pillow
Archive footage of Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE performing New Conversations in 2018 at Jacob's Pillow
http://dance.calarts.edu/visiting-artists