Shaquille George

Shaquille’s practice is grounded in their own developed movement methodology called Motiflux/Emotiflux. In this, Shaquille explores the dialogue between emotion and the body. Through meditation and choreography, they channel imagery tied to ancestral trauma and resilience – visions that have guided them in the past years and come back to them in their artistic processes. Due to the state of the world, the ruling of fear and the still happening erasure of culture, identity and gender Shaquille feels the call to expand their project and take a new step. The research question of this new step of Nos Bida explores: how do we, as Black bodies, identify with who we are through the experiences of our ancestors? 

In the fall of 2025, Shaquille travelled to West Africa – Senegal and Ghana, to engage with historical sites like Gorée Island and Elmina Castle, and to learn from local communities and traditions. Afterwards, they travelled to Curaçao, the same route as their ancestors did. There, they will learn more about their own ancestors through interviewing their family that still lives there. This first part of the research will ground the work spiritually and creatively. In January 2026, Shaquille brings the earnings of their trip back to the studio and enters a residency at Dansateliers Rotterdam with a group of four performers. Together, they will explore meditation, improvisation, and collective storytelling, allowing each performer to bring their voice, story and ancestral memory into the space. 

Both stages of the research process will be shared with the audience of Dansateliers and Shaquille’s own community. This research will inform the next step: a full-length performance or performative installation.  

The motor to further for Shaquille’s artistic practice is the lack of representation they experience in the dance field as a black non binary queer person, and the calling they feel to contribute to their community and to connect people beyond histories. 

The fuel for this motor is to re(dis)cover the histories and knowledge of their ancestors to understand better who they are and to allow those who have been underrepresented to have a voice and a space that is free. Shaquille feels that by knowing where we come from we can truly become who we are meant to be and then we are able to express ourselves in its most authentic form.