Bashaldo Gypsy dancer, harper, embodied engineer and scholar.

Russell Patrick Brown

A living tradition of moving with time.

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Performance, documentary and research: three ongoing works.

Russell Patrick Brown tipping a top hat, holding a harp before a weathered arched door
Russell Patrick Brown

I’m Russell Patrick Brown, PhD. I grew up traveling the same routes as my ancestors through the Great Lakes into the Appalachian Mountains and into Georgia. Formed across New York, Ireland and Spain, I carry a living Romani tradition of moving with time.

Russell Patrick Brown

Hidden history written in our bodies

Gypsy Fires

2022–ongoing

Research & Education: essays, podcasts, lessons and books on Romani cultural history and the histories carried in the body, from a Bashaldo Gypsy perspective.

A bowtop verda, the Romani wagon, photographed in the family album, March 1921

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Hidden history written in our bodies, taught as practice: letters, podcasts, Micro-Dance lessons and Timespinning sessions from a Bashaldo Gypsy fire.

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Russell Patrick Brown | Bashaldo Gypsy Dancer, Harper, Engineer and Scholar