History:
Dance Iquail is a 21st century cutting edge dance company that was birthed to not only educate and empower talented dancers and the audience alike, but also to bring positive influence to inner city youth through education and community awareness. Dance Iquail seeks to enhance the level of appreciation of dance in a spirit of excellence by embracing and pushing the talents of deserving yet under-recognized dance artists.
Iquail who himself experienced the injustice and politics in dance, decided to make a stand and to form a company that not only would break such cultural and ethnic barriers, but provide window of countless opportunities for great and inspiring dancers to be employed in a stable and secure environment. In pursuing this wonderful vision, Dance Iquail has established noteworthy programs in both New York and Philadelphia, two of North America’s most visible cities for the art of dance as well as the world at large.
Being a vehicle to help transport inner city youth in a positive direction, plays a very passionate part of Dance Iquail. The company offers a place of purity and nurturing for inspiring young dancers to be taught not only the fundamentals of dance, but instills discipline and other virtues possessed by model citizens. This process is accomplished with the multi talented teachers and choreographers that work within this organization. Dance Iquail shows these youth how to channel the negativity that surrounds them daily, into a world of innovation and creativity through thought-provoking performances. Dance Iquail gives the inner city youth a true voice through the art of dance.
Dance Iquail is very fortunate to have such a creative and passionate founder at the helm. The company being named for how one would speak with enthusiasm when seeing Iquail himself dance have the privilege of learning firsthand from this credibly acclaimed international teacher. Iquail is not only scholastically trained but is a very versatile performer himself from having such platforms as Broadway, Operas, Concert Dance, Movies, Television and Print. Our founder who is securing his legacy through this company, will not only be appreciated for his selflessness as an artist but will be celebrated for his devotion to share what he has learned and his willingness given it back to the world, one community at a time.
Mission Statement
We seek to nurture emerging dance artists whose works, concerning the deepest aspects of the human experience, will educate, empower, and enhance the lives of all people, but especially the underserved.
Vision Statement
Working in the universal language of movement, DIQ is committed to creating and presenting programs that confront the destructive and divisive nature of racism, sexism, violence, drug and alcohol abuse, the needs of the poor, and the importance of family support and unity. These debilitating problems affect all people because they transcend limitations of ethnicity, gender, or social status. Consequently, DIQ’s ultimate priority is to reflect those beliefs through its works, and through the diversity of it staff, on and off-stage.