ABOUT TURNING TABLES
The dance world can be exclusionary, eliminating the opportunity for minorities to succeed and envision themselves as dancers. Turning Tables was created with a goal to bridge the gap between minorities and dance. Through educating audiences on discriminatory dance practices, fostering dance opportunities to underrepresented youth, exposing dance as a viable career option, and giving deserving artists the opportunity and resources to succeed, Turning Tables hopes to make the dance space more equitable and transparent. Turning Tables strives to give minorities visibility to dance so that they can feel as though they are equally capable to participate and succeed as their more advantaged counterparts. Turning Tables is about changing the perspective on how society views dance as an art form.
MEET CAMRYN
Camryn is the founder and executive director of Turning Tables.
A native of Dallas, Texas, Camryn credits the beginning of her dance education to Dallas Black Dance Academy and Booker T. Washington HSPVA in addition to summer intensive programs, including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, the Joffrey Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and Debbie Allen Dance Academy. Camryn is a current student at Princeton University studying African American Studies with certificates in Dance and Entrepreneurship. In the Princeton dance department, Camryn has worked on dance projects with Netta Yerushalmy, Christopher Ralph, Peter Chu, and Francesca Harper. Camryn has been awarded dance high Honors, highest academic honors, great service to the dance department, and various academic and dance scholarships from Booker T. Washington HSPVA. She has been granted funding from the Lewis Center of the Arts through The Peter B. Lewis Fund and The Mellor Fund. Camryn has been highlighted in Voyage Dallas, “Relevé” the facebook watch series by Brown Girls Do Ballet, and Visit Dallas. A striving professional dancer and arts administrator, Camryn hopes to continue to use her platform to advocate for social change and reform through her initiatives.