Complexions Contemporary Ballet

✨✨TOMMIE WAHEED-EVANS✨✨
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We are thrilled to introduce our guest choreographer for ChoreoLab 2026, Tommie-Waheed Evans.
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A visionary and deeply expressive artist, Evans is a q***r Black dance maker whose work explores Blackness, spirituality, q***rness, and liberation. Born and raised in Los Angeles amidst racial division and social upheaval, his lived experiences inform a choreographic voice that is both raw and transcendent.
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Evans has performed nationally and internationally with acclaimed companies including Lula Washington Dance Theatre and PHILADANCO. Since 2004, he has created more than 50 original works and continues to push the boundaries of contemporary dance through his Philadelphia-based company, waheedworks. His signature movement language - an electrifying fusion of urban street styles and contemporary vocabulary - is driven by gospel music and layered polyrhythms, resulting in work that is both deeply human and powerfully resonant.
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A former member of Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Evans’ return to work with the company in this new capacity marks a powerful full-circle moment - one that reflects both his artistic evolution and the enduring creative legacy of the company. His choreographic voice has been commissioned by BalletX, Dallas Black Dance Theatre, PHILADANCO, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Ballet Memphis, and many others. He is the recipient of numerous honors, including a Guggenheim Fellowship Princess Grace Honoraria Award in Choreography, a Howard Gilman Foundation Fellowship, and a residency at the Center for Ballet and the Arts at NYU.
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Link to tickets available in our bio or by visiting
https://complexionscontemporaryballet.networkforgood.com/events/99822-ten-toes-down-spring-collection-showing-and-fundraiser-to-support-complexions
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