Dorchel Haqq, raised in Harlem, began to embody history at the Dance Theater of Harlem. With an education from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts then later at the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College SUNY, Haqq initiated her discovery of the body as a political statement. While studying at Purchase College, Haqq’s education expanded at Korea National School of the Arts. The development of Haqq’s movement practices induces an imaginative world focusing on the care of the nervous system. Haqq explores fantasy and abstracts the echo of transgenerational trauma in her body of culture through film, sound exploration, and object investigation. Haqq is an adjunct lecturer at Purchase College. Haqq performed with A.I.M by Kyle Abraham for 2 years before immersing in Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More, Shanghai. Haqq expanded her sensory research in 2024 as an artist in residence at the Center for Performance Research and Baryshnikov Arts Center. Haqq currently performs in Emursive Theater’s Life And Trust. Haqq is a 2025 Movement Research Van Lier Emerging Artist of Color Fellow.
