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Brooklyn based performer & composer/lyricist Charles Vincent Burwell has long felt that diversity and creative identity were instrumental in the fashioning of a well-rounded artist. In this clip Burwell discusses his perspective on the role the creative artist in today's society.
This event was created in 2014 for artists to come together in Union Square, Manhattan, New York to express their concerns, thoughts, ideas and concepts around the advancement of Black lives.
Shot & edited by: Andre M Zachery
Music: "S.O.S." - Charles Vincent Burwell
Le Comte Noir is a new musical about the man who changed the face of the French Revolution, and the son who struggled to keep that legacy from being erased. It follows famed novelist Alexandre Dumas’ attempt to finish his latest novel while suffering crippling writer’s block. To complete it, he must reconcile his father’s history as a Haitian-born son of a French nobleman and a slave, and his journey to become a leader of the French Revolution and rival to Napoleon. His father’s heroism and forced imprisonment would inspire The Count Of Monte Cristo and much of his Dumas’ other writings. The musical fuses classical influences and Afro-Haitian music and dance, while exploring the author Dumas’ unresolved questions of identity, democracy, and legacy. Book and lyrics by MSM alumni James D Sasser (BM ’98), music and lyrics by Charles Vincent Burwell.
ABOUT UNCHARTED: Uncharted residencies provide an eclectic group of music/theater makers with peer support and feedback as they gather to work on first drafts of new musicals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCgYxmbJu9g
The Rhode Island Writer’s Colony is the brainchild of the late creative writer Brook Stephenson. Our objective is to provide space for speculation, production, and experimentation of works and projects for and by writers of color. There is room for you here.
Fire on the Mountain is a performative work conceived and created by Renegade Performance Group artistic director, André M. Zachery in collaboration with composer Charles Vincent Burwell and sound artists Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste and Jessie Nelson. Commissioned by Harlem Stage for the 90th Anniversary of James Baldwin, the work re-adapts selected Baldwin texts into punk songs https://vimeo.com/136654199
Burwell & Sasser discuss their musical ‘CUBAMOR”
Vincent Burwell and Millicent Johnnie develop “Bamboula: Witches Brew” with Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble prior to their North & South American Tour.
Prophecy Music Project
Rise Up and Dance! was the culmination of the Cityfolk/Culture Builds Community "Intensive Cultural Residency Project", providing transformative arts and cultural experiences in underserved Dayton communities.
Charles Vincent Burwell - Composer/Music Director
Kwame A. Ross - Choreographer
Burwell and Zachary discuss their creative collaboration “AFROFUTURISM” at The Ohio State University.
Affirmation de l’histoire des Noirs - “Lift Every Voice and Sing from Bed Stuy
Burwell travels to Osogbo Nigeria to further his study of Yoruba and the spiritual practice of IFA.
Due to the 2020 COVID 19 Pandemic and the suspension of in-school instruction for New York City Schools, performing arts programming was moved to an online format. "SHAKE IT LIKE TOMORROW" documents aspects of the year while sending a message to those moving on to high school. Lyrics, music, videography, and creative direction by Charles Vincent Burwell.
I sat down at @verycleverstudios for a wonderful (and overdue) chat with Dr Maria Thompson Corley to discuss CLEVER @thecleveragency, my collaborations with @jamesdsasser, @burwellandsasser, @renegadepg, and other aspects of contemporary society.
Based on the 2008 film of the same name, “Bottle Shock” draws on the rich musical landscape of Bay Area rock and roll in the mid 1970’s; the show is inspired by the sounds of Santana, The Doobie Brothers, The Allman Brothers, Janis Joplin, and more. Set against the backdrop of rural Napa, California, the musical also explores the passions of the local people and the magical elixir they make with their own hands that captivates the world.
Burwell of 959Group develops and co-produces “Looking for Christmas” with Clint Black.
https://variety.com/2017/legit/news/clint-black-christmas-musical-1202599583/
Rehearsal to studio showing at Invisible Dog, Brooklyn, NY
Supplied creative direction for frequent collaborator and two time Grammy Award Winner Kendra Foster for her lead-off video “Promise to Stay”
