Camille Weanquoi is a freelance dancer, teacher, choreographer, and mentor from the Bronx, NY. She holds an MFA in Choreography from Wilson College, a Bachelor of Arts in Dance from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and a Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies from Winston Salem State University. Camille received most of her training at the Harlem School of the Arts, where she was a scholarship recipient in the HSA college-preparatory/pre-professional dance program. She is well-versed in various styles, including Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Tap, Hip-Hop, and West African Dance. She has been privileged to study under Kim Grier-Martinez, Imani Faye, B.J. Sullivan, Dmitry Povolotsky, Duane Cyrus, and many other influential teaching artists.

Camille’s passion for & commitment to dance have allowed her to perform the works of Urban Bush Women, Na Ni Chin, and Rod Rogers. Camille has previously danced with the Baltimore-based Keur Khaleyi African Dance Company and The Collective, and as a guest artist with Shange Dance Production. She has performed and toured throughout the East Coast in venues such as the Baltimore Museum of Art, Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 

The Apollo, City Center, and Riverside Theater. Her work has been showcased at the Baltimore Theater Project, Lindenwood University, and Creative Alliance, among others. She has been featured in the Arbutus Times and appeared in Essence Magazine, the Baltimore Sun, and the Bronx Times.

Camille’s commitment to community and the growth and preservation of dance worldwide has expanded her artistry and community offerings. With that, she is the founder of the Deep Root Methodology™ and the owner and visionary director of Camille W. Dance. This freelance dance education and consulting company provides arts-integration strategies to K-12 educators and quality dance training for studio and community programs. It also manages her professional project-based performance company, specializing in traditional and contemporary movements, rhythms, and storytelling of the African diaspora experience. She is also the co-founder and Executive Director of Baltimore Black Dance Collective and co-founder and co-director of Baltimore Black Choreographers Festival.

Camille serves as an Assistant Professor and Dance Program Coordinator at Coppin State University, where she develops culturally responsive, liberatory curriculum and mentors the next generation of dance artists and educators. She is a Dunham Technique Certified Teacher and with her background in and love for traditional and contemporary African-American, African, and Caribbean dance forms, she researches, creates, performs, and teaches African diasporic dance forms and other movement styles globally alongside her ongoing research on dance education at HBCUs and community-centered dance practices. She is a wife, mother, sister, friend, and a proud advocate for the arts.