Julius Brewster Cotton

Julius Brewster Cotton (born February 16 in Brooklyn, New York) is a professional dancer with El Taller Coreografico in Mexico City, Mexico.[1] He is also a professor of dance at the University of the Americas in Puebla, Mexico.[2]

Biography

Brewster Cotton was born Julius Brewster Jr., to Denise Grant (Brooklyn, New York) and Julius Brewster (Brooklyn, New York). He attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in Manhattan. He began his professional dance career in Ohio with the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company after graduating from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, in 2000.[3][2]

In 2007 Brewster was awarded the Josie Award for Best Male Dancer in Dayton, Ohio.[4]

In 2007 he moved to Mexico City, Mexico, to dance with the Tania Perez-Salas Dance Company. After artistic differences, however, he left the company and joined El Taller Coreografioco de la UNAM in 2008, under the direction of Gloria Contreras,[5] also in Mexico City.

Brewster was the first African American to join the company in its 40-year history.

References
  1. "What Can I do With an Africana Studies Degree". DePauw University. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  2. "The Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts". www.idsva.edu. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  3. Looseleaf, Victoria (2005-09-26). "Dayton troupe puts all the elements together - latimes". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2017-10-12. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  4. "Josie Awards : DCDC - Dayton Contemporary Dance Company". Archived from the original on 2012-06-25. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  5. "Taller Coreográfico de la UNAM". Archived from the original on 2009-08-01. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
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