Nailah Murray (she/her) is a Brooklyn-based mover and maker. Murray trained in Capoeira Angola with her father, Contramestre Chicago, throughout her childhood and adolescence. Her early introduction to movement drove her to explore technical dance training. She studied at the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance before pursuing her BFA in Dance at the University of the Arts. Murray has performed in works by Netta Yerushalmy, Jesse Zaritt, Shayla-Vie Jenkins, Niall Jones, Dorchel Haqq, and Sidra Bell. Murray is adamant about meeting the world as she experiences it; to engage with work as a declaration of existing. Inspired and in conversation with artists familiar with the urgency of making, Murray uses interdisciplinary modes and textiles to create dynamic physical spaces.
