{"id":10249,"date":"2020-05-13T14:09:34","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T18:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=10249"},"modified":"2020-05-15T09:57:55","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T13:57:55","slug":"christal-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/christal-brown\/","title":{"rendered":"Christal Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5654\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10249-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/ChristalBrown.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/ChristalBrown.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/ChristalBrown.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_10318\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10318\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christalbrown.com\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10318 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/MiddleburyChristalBrown-63.jpg?resize=240%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/MiddleburyChristalBrown-63-scaled.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/MiddleburyChristalBrown-63-scaled.jpg?resize=819%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 819w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/MiddleburyChristalBrown-63-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C960&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/MiddleburyChristalBrown-63-scaled.jpg?resize=1229%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1229w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/MiddleburyChristalBrown-63-scaled.jpg?resize=1638%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1638w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/MiddleburyChristalBrown-63-scaled.jpg?resize=696%2C870&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/MiddleburyChristalBrown-63-scaled.jpg?resize=1068%2C1335&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/MiddleburyChristalBrown-63-scaled.jpg?resize=336%2C420&amp;ssl=1 336w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/MiddleburyChristalBrown-63-scaled.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/MiddleburyChristalBrown-63-scaled.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10318\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo by Jonathan Hsu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christalbrown.com\/\">Christal Brown<\/a> has the distinction of being many things.\u00a0She endorses a short list of these attributes that includes the titles mother, artist, educator, disciple and coach.\u00a0Brown is most well known as a dancer and choreographer due to her 20+ year career as a performer and artistic director.\u00a0Brown describes herself as a person with a servant heart and a workaholic mind, who has used dance to touch and be touched by others. Brown grew up in a small, Eastern North Carolina town, where she frequently accompanied her mother to NAACP, Black Caucus, and community board meetings. This early exposure to social movements and communal responsibility undoubtedly has influenced\u00a0Brown\u2019s work both on and off stage.<\/p>\n<p>As an undergraduate, Brown studied Dance and Business at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Upon graduation, she went on to tour nationally and internationally with companies such as Urban Bush Women, Bill T. Jones, Chuck Davis, and Liz Lerman before founding her own company, INSPIRIT.<\/p>\n<p>Brown has served as the Founding Artistic Director of INSPIRIT for 16 years. During her tenure Brown developed curriculum for the New York Department of Education, choreographed over 75 performance works, created the Liquid Strength training module for dance, and the Project: BECOMING, self-development program for women and girls. \u00a0While developing INSPIRIT Brown completed her MFA in New Media Art and Technology at Long Island University and joined the faculty of Middlebury College in 2008. At Middlebury, Brown serves as an Associate professor \u00a0of dance, the current chair of the Dance Program and former Faculty Director of MiddCORE.<\/p>\n<p>Her dance career has continued to thrive in performances with the Bebe Miller Company, and her most recent choreographic works; <em>The Opulence of Integrity <\/em>and <em>What We Ask of Flesh.<\/em> Brown\u2019s newest manifestation of love is Steps and Stages Coaching, LLC; where as a Life Mastery&#x2122; Consultant, certified by the BraveThinking Institute, Brown is able to coach, facilitate, and inspire other to pursue their dreams and create a life they truly love living.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10319\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10319\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10319 size-large\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2905-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2905-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2905-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2905-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2905-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2905-scaled.jpeg?resize=80%2C60&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2905-scaled.jpeg?resize=265%2C198&amp;ssl=1 265w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2905-scaled.jpeg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2905-scaled.jpeg?resize=1068%2C801&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2905-scaled.jpeg?resize=560%2C420&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2905-scaled.jpeg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10336\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo by: Tayler Goodwin, The Project: BECOMING Box, available at www.christal brown.com.shop<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/ChristalBrown.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listChristal Brown has the distinction of being many things.\u00a0She endorses a short list of these attributes that includes the titles mother, artist, educator, disciple and coach.\u00a0Brown is most well known as a dancer and choreographer due to her 20+ year 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