Camille Weanquoi's portfolio

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In Search of Her Mother's Garden (2022)

Exploration of ancestry, the recalling and reclaiming of memory as ritual.
Matriarch (2021)

Matriarch Video Courtesy of Creative Alliance Choreographer & Dancer - Camille Weanquoi Music: "Love Theme" by Dev Hynes, "My Beliefs" by Assata Shakur, and "I Carried This For Years" by Ibeyi
Righteous Anger = Righteous Change (2020)
Battle Cry of Assata (2019)

This piece was birthed out of my thoughts, feelings, and views surrounding the Baltimore uprising that took place on my birthday. Choreography by Camille Weanquoi Battle Cry of Assata – Choreographed by Camille Weanquoi Performed by Camille V. Weanquoi/Akani Collective Music: Toukan Trikk Trikk Dub Mix by Manoo and Raou K featuring Ahmed Sosso with the protest chant by VCU students. Sound Score arranged by Camille Weanquoi Premiere: February 2019 – Peabody Dance! Festival Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall – Baltimore, Maryland

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About Camille

Camille Weanquoi is a freelance dancer, teacher, choreographer, and mentor from the Bronx, NY. She holds an MFA in Choreography from Wilson College, a Bachelor of Arts in Dance from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and a Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies from Winston Salem State University. Camille received most of her training from the Harlem School of the Arts, where she was a scholarship recipient of the HSA college preparatory/pre-… more

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The Way Forward

Camille W. Dance Presents: “The Way Forward''

A multidisciplinary, intergenerational performance explores black women's embodied personal and collective memories relating to shaping identity, the molding of generations, and the community. Heavily influenced by the stories shared through community sister chats, personal family interviews, collective community memory, and the artwork of interdisciplinary artist Myeashia Osuntola Abram, Camille brings her audience on rites of passage otherworldly journey towards understanding, acceptance, healing, and transformation. Centering and honoring this Sankofa (Go Back & Fetch it) stroll through the joyous yet complex layers of womanhood and the deeply rooted traditions that shape and define who they/we were/are and who they/we can become. This is dedicated to those grandmothers, mamas, aunties, and all dem sistas who mothered us along the way forward…May we always go back to what we know & get what we need!