BODY AND SOUL: Dr. Iquail Shaheed: Blackness. Social justice. Joy.

Dr. Iquail Shaheed

 

(photos: Andrew Fassbender of Rachel Neville Studios, courtesy DANCE IQUAIL!)

 

My guest, Dr. Iquail Shaheed, Artistic Director of Philadelphia-based DANCE IQUAIL!, sits in to talk about his desire to reflect the "three pillars of creating a new world" and how working with incarcerated populations has led to his new work, Public Enemy.

Listen to Dr. Shaheed's remarks on Body and Soul podcast here.

BIO: Dr. Iquail Shaheed is a Philadelphia-based artist, activist, and the executive artistic director of DANCE IQUAIL! through which he creates new works and programs that centers on Blackness, Justice, and Joy.

Dr. Shaheed has worked with internationally acclaimed companies such as Philadanco, Compagnie Thor (Brussels), Sean Curran Company, Ronald K Brown/Evidence, and the Fred Benjamin Dance Company.

As an educator, Iquail preserves the Horton Technique by serving on faculty at The Ailey School, and NAISDA Dance College in Australia.

He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in ballet performance from the University of the Arts, and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Choreography from Purchase College. Dr. Shaheed is also the first Black Male to earn a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Dance from Texas Woman’s University.

http://www.danceiquail.org/