Wendell Gray II is a choreographer, dancer, and educator currently based in New York City, situated on Lenapehoking. His work is centered around the multiplicity of Black life, aliveness, representation, and rhythm. Wendell is a 2025-2028 Jerome Hill Fellow as well as a 2024-2025 Movement Research Artist-in-Residence. His choreographic works have been shown at Danspace Project, PAGEANT, Coffey Street Studios, Kinosaito Arts Center, Gibney, University of the Arts, Movement Research at Judson Church, Center for Performance Research, Chez Bushwick, and Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance. He has additionally been supported by residency programs, including Sighlines Dance Festival (2023), STUFFED Artist in Residence at Judson Church (2021), Work Up 6.0 Artist at Gibney (2020), and Chez Bushwick (2017). Wendell’s artistic journey has led him to perform with choreographers and artists including Miguel Gutierrez, Juliana May, Tere O’Connor, Joanna Kotze, Jordan Demetrius Lloyd, Pavel Zustiak, Christal Brown, and Kevin Beasley, among many others. He is also currently an adjunct professor of Dance at Sarah Lawrence College and additionally been a guest teacher at New York University, University of the Arts, and Dancewave among others. Wendell is an alumnus of the University of the Arts, where he graduated with a BFA in Dance under the direction of Donna Faye Burchfield. Originally hailing from Atlanta, GA, his artistic journey has been enriched by his upbringing in the performing arts. For more, visit wenings.com
