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Fana Fraser and Beatrice Capote bring emotionally charged dance from a modern black female perspective in “Black Girl: Linguistic Play.’ The
performance by the Camille A. Brown dancers is coming to Portland with shows Thursday through Saturday at the Newmark Theatre, downtown.
Carving Out Identities
‘Black Girl’ rises from racially charged world
A humorous and poignant de-
piction of young African American
women carving out their identities
in a racially-charged world is the
backdrop behind ‘Black Girl: Lin-
guistic Play,’ by award-winning
choreographer Camille A. Brown
and her company.
Portland’s White Bird is bring-
ing this production to Portland’s
Newmark Theatre, downtown, with
performances opening Thursday at
7:30 p.m. and continuing through
Saturday.
Camille A. Brown creates emo-
tionally charged dance, filtered
through the lens of a modern black
female perspective. According to
Brown, “I am interested in that
space between dance and theater
where interdisciplinary work defies
category and takes flight. I am in-
terested in telling stories – histori-
cal and personally based – and am
fascinated with tying history to my
personal experiences and bringing
those things to life.”
Tickets starting at $26 are avail-
able at whitebird.org, Portland’5
Box Office at
1111 S.W. Broadway, or call
1-800-380-3516.