Clad in a white tunic, a dancer takes a deep bow.

ClarenceBrooks

He/Him | They/Them

Performer | Educator | Choreographer | Board Member | Yogi

Location:Mid-Atlantic, USDMVPhiladelphiaNew JerseyBergen CountyHudson CountyNYCBronxBrooklynManhattanQueensStaten Island

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Biography

Clarence Brooks has toured North America, Asia, and Western Europe dancing with Nikolais/Murray Louis Dance, Laura Dean, Marcus Schulkind, Ohio Ballet, and Repertory Dance Theatre Ensemble performing works by Marcus Schulkind, Anna Sokolow, George Balanchine, Loyce Houlton, Bill Evans, Jean Erdman, Heinz Poll, Edward Villella, Conrad Ludlow, and Robin Becker. They were a featured model in Allen Edmonds centennial celebration and catalog, can be seen in the video documentary “World of Alwin Nikolais”, and the Library of Congress archived their performance of Talley Beatty’s poignant solo, “Mourner’s Bench”. Clarence holds BFA and MFA degrees in dance and somatic certifications in yoga, Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analysis, Simonson Technique, and Evans Technique. They sit on the boards of danceTactics performance group, Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble, and Miami Dance Futures. Clarence currently freelances with Pioneer Winter Collective (Miami), The Dance Exchange (DC), Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble (NY), David Parker and The Bang Group (NY), Megan Williams Dance Projects (NY), and danceTactics performance group (NY).

Professional Areas of Expertise

AdministrationArtistic/creative directionChoreographyCommunications/marketingEducation (teaching artistry)Higher educationK-12PerformanceService organizationVenue personnel (ex. usher, in-house vendor, etc.)

Skills

ActingEmail marketingScheduling and administration

Dance Styles / Movement Techniques

African DiasporaBalletContemporaryExperimentalGestureInterdisciplinaryJazzLaban Movement TechniqueModernPostmodernVernacular JazzWest African Dance

Media

Black and white image of a solo male dancer crouched on the reaching his left hand to the sky.

Black male dancer posing on pointe in sneakers on a wooden bridge with top hat and umbrella.

Black male dancer in dark tights dancing on a bench.

Black male dancer wearing black pants performing an arabesque en fondu on a bench

Black male dancer wearing sleeves black frock coat, white vest, white bow tie, black shorts, and white knee pads balanced low to the floor on one arm and two feet with the other arm gesturing to the sky.

Black male dancer performing battement degages devant en fondu