Since he finished in the top 8 of season 18 of “So You Think You Can Dance”, Braylon Browner has continued to cut a dynamic presence on and out of the scene. Currently in the second year at the Glorya Kaufman School of Dance of the University of Southern California, it balances teaching opportunities in conventions and studios across the country with an online fans base. His improvisation videos, often filmed in the studios bordered by Kaufman, have become viral protruding facts on Instagram and Tiktok. “People send me all the time to say how much my videos were healed for them,” says Browner. “I think they are attracted to authenticity.”
Browner's dance is a unique mixture of spontaneity and control, going from complex floor work to manual pirouettes with ease. His social media platforms also serve as a video newspaper, documenting his process of exploring and developing choreographic sentences. While Browner continues to work towards his diploma at USC Kaufman, he does not intend to stop sharing videos of his dance, but he understands the responsibility which is accompanied by such a platform. “I am surrounded by such talented people in Kaufman, and I constantly have ideas to feed myself. It is really inspiring to take a choreography that resonates with you and play with it enough for it to become fully yours. “”
Eternal evolution
“In a recent class, Spening Theberge told us that you have to be allergic to the idea of” fact “. This mentality has helped my creative process so much-a finished product is great, but what happens if it could always evolve? This allowed me to create from a place without pressure. »»
Normalize
“It would be dishonest to say that I like dance every day, and that's something I want to share with my audience. It may seem that I have a perfect relationship with this art form, but there are days that I do not have – and that's normal. »»
Cut the cameras
“When I reserve the studio time with the intention of filming, I always make sure to dance without a camera that rolls for at least a few minutes before and after. This is the most healing part for me. If I constantly film just to capture this perfect moment of sequences to publish, I do not grow – I just unlimited my self -esteem for no reason.
