The choreographer Camille A. Brown may be tiny, but her latest dance isn’t the least bit diminutive. In “Black Girl: Linguistic Play,” which opened theJoyce Theater’s fall season on a high note Tuesday, Ms. Brown explores black female identity by transporting her dancers and audience to the playground. On a multilevel stage of platforms and mirrors, she uses the games of childhood as a source of empowerment.
In a section inspired by the cheer known as “Jig-a-low,” described by Kyra D. Gaunt in her book, “The Games Black Girls Play,” as a “call-and-response between two or more girls,” Ms. Brown says, with pluck: “My name is Cami. And I am small. But when you see me. You think I’m tall.”
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