Kimberly D. Brown
Kimberly Denise Brown began her dance training at the age of seven with the California Ballet School, under the direction of Maxine Mahon. At the age of twelve, she had already received scholarships to the world renown, Summer Dance Laboratory in Washington, Stage 7 Dance Co. in San Diego, San Francisco Ballet, the Joffrey Ballet, and was the youngest choreographer to debut her work at the annual "Choreographer's Concert" for the California Ballet Company. Kimberly performed with the California Ballet Company in such ballets as: The Nutcracker, A Midsummer Nights Dream, La Bayadere, Carmen, a soloist in the 25th Gala performance of Petrushka, Choreographer's Concerts and annual school recitals.
Kimberly's wide range of talents was portrayed in her college years. She was a member of the San Diego State University (SDSU) dance team for four years, the University Dance Co. for two years, Z90/Pepsi Dance Company for two years and choreographed for numerous high school and college dance companies/teams all over the state. In 1996, she received her B.A. in Dance from SDSU, and for five years she continued at SDSU as the head choreographer/instructor for their dance team and cheerleading squad.
In 2001, she received her M.A. in Dance with an emphasis in Dance Education from California State University, Long Beach, where she graduated with honors and became a member of both a national and international honors society.
Kimberly has performed and choreographed professionally worldwide with such artists as: Trick Daddy, Keith Sweat, Genuine, Domino, Az Yet, Montel Jordan, Deborah Cox, Freak Nasty, and many more. Kimberly creates a wide range of choreography, which has been used by: Verizon Wireless, 2 by 2. Net, the motion picture SWAT, Silk Stalking the T.V. show, Explosion the Las Vegas show, WSF World Salsa Championships in Miami, FL, Rosebud Productions in Japan, Irish Salsa Congress in Ireland and many more.
In the summer of 2006, Kimberly traveled to Europe to tour with 19 dancers featuring her choreography in the Young Tanzsommer European Dance Festival. The summer of 2007, Kimberly's Salsa piece was chosen to represent Los Angeles in the Chinese Children's performance at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. This event was the kick-off performance for the 2008 Summer Olympics! Kimberly's ONE piece will be featured in the television show Platinum Weddings on TLC in the spring of 2009 and in the summer of 2009 Kimberly will be returning to Europe to have her choreography presented for the second time in the Young Tanzsommer Dance Festival.
Kimberly is an Associate Professor and director of the dance discipline at ELAC, director of the Let's Dance Company (LDC), is a member of the faculty and company choreographer for the San Marino Dance Academy and is one of the leading choreographers for dance companies all over the West Coast.