Camille A. Brown & Dancers

What Camille A. Brown & Dancers does

Camille A. Brown & Dancers (CABD), legally CABD, Inc., is a private nonprofit concert dance company founded in 2006 by choreographer Camille A. Brown and based in New York City. The company produces and tours theatrical dance works blending modern, hip-hop, African, tap, and social dance traditions, with a repertory centered on a trilogy (Mr. TOL E. RAncE, BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play, ink) and its latest work I AM (Jacob's Pillow world premiere 2024). The company performs for 20,000+ people annually at premier venues including The Kennedy Center, Jacob's Pillow, The Apollo Theater, The Joyce Theater, and American Dance Festival, and has expanded into Broadway (for colored girls, Hell's Kitchen, Gypsy, Dreamgirls), opera (Metropolitan Opera's Fire Shut Up In My Bones), and film/TV choreography.

The business model operates as a nonprofit performing arts organization funded through a diversified mix of earned revenue (ticket sales, touring presenter fees, Broadway and commercial choreography fees booked via CAA and Selby Arts Management) and contributed revenue (donations, foundation grants from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Tides Foundation, Harkness Foundation for Dance, and government arts funding from NYSCA and NYC DCA). The Every Body Move (EBM) community engagement platform extends programming through Black Girl Spectrum, Black Men Moving, The Gathering, Coast to Coast, and senior workshops, serving 5,000+ participants annually, with a 2020 virtual pivot (Social Dance for Social Change) that reached 98,000 participants worldwide.

Camille A. Brown is a 5-time Tony Award nominee (Choir Boy 2019, for colored girls 2022, Hell's Kitchen 2024, Gypsy 2025) and the first Black woman to direct and choreograph a Broadway show in 65 years. The organization is governed by a Board of Directors chaired by Dr. Diane Johnson and led administratively by incoming Executive Director Catherine Williams. Brown serves as Artistic Director and primary creative force, supported by a professional team including a General Manager (Ticia Baratta), Director of Community Engagement (Catherine Foster), and Rehearsal Director (Mora-Amina Parker).

Name

Camille A. Brown & Dancers

Legal name

CABD, Inc.

Website

https://camilleabrown.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Camille A. Brown & Dancers is a New York-based nonprofit dance company founded in 2006 that creates and tours theatrical works exploring Black narratives and African diaspora aesthetics. The company performs at premier venues, choreographs for Broadway and opera, and runs the Every Body Move community engagement platform serving 5,000+ participants annually.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Performing Arts Dance

NAICS

Dance Companies (711120), Performing Arts Companies (7111)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Dance Theatre (Narrative/Experimental) (MPAGADAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Dance Festivals & Dance Series (MPAGADAJ), Dance Education (Ballet, Contemporary, Hip-Hop, Cultural Dance) (EDAMAAAH), Dance & Movement (Ballroom, Contemporary, Social Dance) (EDAAAGAD)

Keywords

• Concert dance performances
• Community dance engagement
• Broadway choreography services
• Dance education programs
• Performing arts touring

Headquarters

HQ city

Jamaica

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Donations and Fundraising: The organization relies heavily on donations from supporters, with a dedicated donation page and donor perks program. Fundraising activities include Giving Tuesday campaigns.
2. Ticket Sales: Revenue generated from performances at venues including Broadway productions, theater engagements, and dance company performances.
3. Grants and Foundation Support: Funding from Tides Foundation, Grantmakers for Girls of Color, Harkness Foundation for Dance, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and others.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Camille A. Brown & Dancers is a New York City-based dance company that creates, produces, and tours original concert dance works with live music, blending modern, hip-hop, African, tap, and social dance. The company sells touring performances to arts presenters and venues, provides choreography and direction services for Broadway, opera, and film/TV productions, and delivers free community dance workshops and educational programs through its Every Body Move platform.

Product overview

Camille A. Brown & Dancers (CABD) is a dance company and performing arts organization offering a portfolio of live performances, community engagement, digital content, and media productions. The core offering centers on a touring concert dance company performing theatrical works with live music, supplemented by Every Body Move (EBM), a community engagement platform that extends programming beyond the stage through workshops, summer intensives, and educational experiences. The company produces digital content including a virtual school (Social Dance for Social Change), PBS documentaries, and dance films. The portfolio includes a trilogy of dance works (Mr. TOL E. RAncE, BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play, and ink), the latest work I AM, and extends into Broadway, opera, and film choreography. Programs are organized around specific community focus areas: Black Girl Spectrum for Black girls and women, Black Men Moving for Black boys and men, The Gathering for Black female artists, and Coast to Coast for broader community engagement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Every Body Move (EBM): Community engagement platform working to inspire collective action through social dance, including Black Girl Spectrum, Black Men Moving, The Gathering, and other initiatives.

Products and services

• Camille A. Brown & Dancers (CABD) Concert Dance Company A Bessie Award-winning dance company that performs theatrical works with live music and tours repertory to major US venues including The Kennedy Center, Jacob's Pillow, American Dance Festival, The Apollo Theater, and The Joyce Theater, reaching 20,000+ people annually.
• Every Body Move (EBM) A community engagement platform offering workshops, summer intensives, artistic encounters, educational experiences, public actions, and celebrations for people of diverse abilities, identities, and ages.
• Black Girl Spectrum (BGS) A 10-session experience in movement, self-empowerment, and creative action for Black girls and women, exploring the spectrum of identities among Black girls and women while creating safe spaces for creative citizenship.
• Black Men Moving (BMM) An interactive experience exploring healthy masculinity, movement, and creative action for Black boys and men, creating safe spaces for self-empowerment and creative citizenship through dance, dialogue, and public events.
• The Gathering An open forum for intergenerational Black female identifying artists to support one another, advocate for greater cultural equity and acknowledgement in contemporary dance, share information, grow and learn together, and heal and revitalize.
• EBM Coast to Coast An initiative under Every Body Move that brings free social dance workshops to cities across the United States and abroad, with skilled Teaching Artists traveling alongside the company on tour to offer intergenerational community dance workshops.
• Mr. TOL E. RAncE

Quantifiable outcome

• 5-time Tony Award nominee
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Dance NYCminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership supporter for The Gathering initiative for Black female artists.
• GibneyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization supporting The Gathering programming.
• The FieldminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization supporting The Gathering.
• Jacob's PillowcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnual performance venue and residency partner; visited cities include Pittsfield, MA through EBM Coast to Coast.
• Seattle Theatre GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational presenter and partner for CABD touring performances.
• 100 Black Men Across New YorkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partner for local engagement programs.
• Angela's PulseminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArts organization partner for community engagement.
• Harlem StagecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNew York venue partner for performances and community engagement.
• International Association of Blacks in DancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndustry organization partner supporting Black dancers and choreographers.
• DANCEClevelandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational presenter partner for touring performances.
• The Clarice Smith Center for the Performing ArtsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational presenter at University of Maryland.
• Jamaica Center for Arts & LearningminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal partner in Queens, NY for community engagement.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Complexions Contemporary Ballet: A New York-based contemporary ballet company known for blending modern, ballet, and urban dance idioms with a touring national and international repertory. Comparable to CABD in genre-blending choreography approach and New York operating base, though structured as a for-profit entity.
• Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company: Tony- and Bessie-awarded contemporary dance company with a comparable artistic profile to CABD: narrative/experimental work addressing race and identity, Tony-recognized choreography for Broadway, and significant community engagement programming. Catherine Foster has worked with Bill T. Jones directly.
• Donald Byrd/The Group: A New York-based contemporary dance company exploring identity, race, and culture through theatrical choreography. Catherine Foster has worked with Donald Byrd directly. Highly comparable in artistic mission, thematic focus on Black narratives, and touring repertory approach.
• Philadanco (Philadelphia Dance Company): Philadelphia-based African-American dance company founded in 1970 that tours nationally and internationally, focused on preserving and presenting African-American choreographic traditions. CABD's Rehearsal Director Mora-Amina Parker previously danced with Philadanco, indicating direct talent and stylistic crossover. Comparable in mission, repertory approach, and touring footprint.
• Dallas Black Dance Theatre: One of the leading Black dance companies in the US, performing a modern, ballet, jazz, and African-based repertory with national touring and educational outreach. Directly comparable in artistic mission (celebrating Black dance traditions), touring circuit, and community engagement model. Mora-Amina Parker also previously danced with Dallas Black Dance Theater.
• Urban Bush Women: Brooklyn-based dance company focused on African diaspora dance traditions, community engagement, and culturally rooted work addressing race and gender. Closely aligned with CABD's mission around Black narratives, community-based programming, and social justice themes; operates at a comparable scale.

Emerging players

• Ailey II (The Ailey Company): The junior company of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, focused on emerging choreographers and touring nationally as a smaller-scale modern dance ensemble. Comparable as a smaller-scale touring ensemble within the African-American modern dance ecosystem, though CABD has a more narrative/theatrical focus and an explicit Black-narrative mission.

Broad incumbents

• Paul Taylor Dance Company: One of America's most prominent modern dance companies, with a large repertory, national touring circuit, and foundation-funded operations. Comparable to CABD as an established modern dance company touring the same major venues (Jacob's Pillow, Kennedy Center) with foundation-supported programming.
• Martha Graham Dance Company: One of the oldest and most established American modern dance companies, with a deep repertory, national and international touring, and extensive licensing of choreography to Broadway and beyond. Comparable as a New York-based modern dance company with a narrative theatrical repertory tradition and Tony/Oscar-adjacent choreographic influence.
• Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: The largest and most prominent African-American modern dance company in the US, with a national and international touring circuit and extensive community engagement programs (AIIE, Ailey Arts in Education). Directly comparable as a Black-led modern dance company with repertory works, educational outreach, and foundation-backed operations, though at significantly larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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