Amplify with Lara Downes eavesdrops on intimate conversations with today’s leading Black artists. On this episode, Camille A. Brown, the groundbreaking choreographer and first Black director at the Metropolitan Opera, talks about representation, identity and finding authentic self-expression through dance. A breakthrough moment came in college after seeing an especially poignant dance performance: “I saw these beautiful Black women with strong bodies and they were just so confident. They were like goddesses to me, and I thought, Wow, that’s possible, I can do all things.”
