Malik Nashad Sharpe
(b. 1992, New York)
Based in London, UK / Bangkok, TH
maliknashadsharpe.com | @marikiscrycrycry
+44 7450 576 851 | +66 599 03357
Selected Performance Works
AIR BODY SAD (2025, Norrdans)
Sundsvall Theatre, Sundsvall — Nov 2025
Luleå Kulturens Hus, Luleå — Nov 2025
Folkets Hus, Haparanda — Nov 2025
Kalix Folkets Hus, Kalix — Nov 2025
Aurora Kaamos Festival, Kiruna — Nov 2025
Nordanå Theatre, Skellefteå — Nov 2025
Norrlandsoperan, Umeå — Nov 2025
Acusticum, Piteå — Nov 2025
Dieselverkstaden, Stockholm — Oct 2025
Dansehallerne, Copenhagen — Oct 2025
CODA International Dance Festival, Oslo — Oct 2025
Storsjö Theatre, Östersund — Oct 2025
Kramfors Theatre, Kramfors — Oct 2025
Härnösand Theatre, Härnösand — Oct 2025
BEND, UP, CHOKE (2024, Stockholm University of the Arts BA3)
MDT, Stockholm — May 2024
DARK, HAPPY, to the CORE (2023)
Sadler’s Wells, London — Nov 2024
Tanzhaus NRW, Düsseldorf — Nov 2024
Dansehallerne, Copenhagen — Aug 2024
Roskilde Festival, Roskilde — Jun 2023
Goner (2023)
Battersea Arts Centre, London — May 2025
The Lowry, Salford — Apr 2025
Undisciplined Festival, Brighton — Mar 2025
Buzzcut Festival, Glasgow — Feb 2025
Side Step Festival, Helsinki — Feb 2025
Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff — Oct 2024
The Place, London — Sep 2024
Abrons Arts Center, New York — Sep 2024
PICA, Portland — Sep 2024
Audra Festival, Kaunas — Jun 2024
Gender House Festival, Aarhus — May 2024
Mayfest, Bristol — May 2024
Live Collision Festival, Dublin — Apr 2024
Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham — Apr 2024
Cambridge Junction, Cambridge — Apr 2024
ICA, London — Apr 2024
MDT, Stockholm — Mar 2024
Theatre in the Mill, Bradford — Mar 2024
Dansehallerne, Copenhagen — Sep 2023
Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje — Jun 2023
The Yard Theatre, London — Apr 2023
High Bed Lower Castle (2023)
Festival TransAmériques, Montreal — May 2023
WE HAPPY BUT WE BROKEN (2022)
London Contemporary Music Festival, London — Jun 2022
Two Tracks and a Mix (2021)
EDGE Dance Company, The Place, London — Jun 2021
He’s Dead (2020)
Dansehallerne / Betty Nansen Teatret, Copenhagen — Oct 2022
Summerhall (Edinburgh Fringe), Edinburgh — Aug 2022
MDT, Stockholm — May 2022
Inkonst, Malmö — May 2022
Battersea Arts Centre, London — Mar 2022
ICA, London — Nov 2021
Theatre in the Mill, Bradford — Feb 2020
Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, Brighton — Feb 2020
The Yard Theatre, London — Jan 2020
SOFTLAMP.autonomies (2018)
Kampnagel (Fokus Tanz #8), Hamburg — Feb 2022
Beursschouwburg, Brussels — Oct 2019
Dance International Glasgow, Tramway — Oct 2019
Fierce Festival (Patrick Studio, Birmingham Hippodrome), Birmingham — Oct 2019
Gessnerallee (Hall West), Zurich — Oct 2019
Nottdance Festival, Nottingham Contemporary — Oct 2019
ImPulsTanz Festival (Schauspielhaus Wien), Vienna — Aug 2019
American Realness (Speyer Hall, University Settlement), New York — Jan 2019
Ménagerie de Verre, Paris — Sep 2018
Studio 303 (SPARK Series), Montreal — May 2018
La Chapelle Scènes Contemporaines, Montréal — Apr–May 2018
$elfie$ (2017)
MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels), Montréal — Apr 2019
Hackney Showroom, London — Nov 2017
Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow — Nov 2017
Marlborough Theatre, Brighton — Nov 2017
ACE Dance & Music, Birmingham — Oct 2017
Selected Movement Direction Credits (Theatre)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream — Shakespeare’s Globe / Headlong — 2025
Romeo and Juliet — Theatre Royal Stratford East / Sadler’s Wells East — 2025 (Co-Director)
THE DELUSION — Serpentine Galleries — 2025
The Soul Station — Halle am Berghain — 2025
Ada — National Youth Theatre — 2023
Mates in Chelsea — Royal Court Theatre — 2023
A View From the Bridge — Headlong — 2023
Bootycandy — Gate Theatre — 2023
Henry V — Shakespeare’s Globe — 2022
Closer — Lyric Hammersmith — 2022
Scandaltown — Lyric Hammersmith — 2022
The Glow — Royal Court Theatre — 2021
Two-Character Play — Hampstead Theatre — 2021
Living Newspaper — Royal Court Theatre — 2020
Fairview — Young Vic — 2019
Effigies of Wickedness — Gate Theatre / English National Opera — 2018 (Movement Dramaturg)
Selected Movement Direction Credits (Commercial)
Adizero Dropset Pro FW26 — adidas x The Midnight Club — 2026
Optime SS26 — adidas x The Midnight Club — 2026
GTM Campaign — adidas x The Midnight Club — 2026
The Great Reboot — Dr. Martens / The Midnight Club — 2024
Holiday Campaign (“Make It You”) — Converse — 2023
Selected Movement Direction Credits (Film)
The Man in the Basement — Protagonist Pictures — 2024
Selected Professional Affiliations
Artist-in-Residence — Yale University, New Haven — Apr 2026
Strategic Development Producer — London Performance Studios — 2024–present
Trustee, Creative Members Board Subcommittee — Battersea Arts Centre — 2024–2025
Resident — Somerset House Studios — 2021–2025
Work Place Associate Artist — The Place — 2021–2026
Senior Artist Lead — Dance4, Nottingham — 2020–2021
Curator, HOPE NOT FEAR NOT — Dansehallerne, Copenhagen — 2020–2021
Curator, NIGHT SHIFT — London International Festival of Theatre — 2019–2021
Trustee — Chisenhale Dance Space — 2019–2020
Curator, Joy & Dissent — Hackney Showroom — 2017
Selected Teaching
BA Guest Lecturer — Stockholm University of the Arts — 2022–2025
MA Guest Choreographer — London Contemporary Dance School / The Place — 2020
BA Guest Instructor — School of New Dance Development, Amsterdam University of the Arts — 2018
Artist-in-Residence and Instructor — Tate, London — 2018
BA3 Guest Instructor — London Contemporary Dance School / The Place — 2018
Collective Practice Instructor — Toronto Community Love-In — 2018
Contemporary Performance Instructor — Royal Conservatoire of Scotland — 2018
DIY Project Leader — Live Art Development Agency / BUZZCUT — 2018
Guest Instructor — Glasgow School of Art — 2018
DIY Project Leader — Live Art Development Agency — 2017
Graduate Instructor — University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign — 2015–2016
Instructor — Gibney Dance Center, New York — 2015
Instructor — Otion Front Studio, New York — 2015
Selected Music Video Choreography
Cherry — Naomi Scott — Interscope — 2025
Hello Kitty — Mae Muller — Capitol Records — 2025
Rhythm — Naomi Scott — Interscope — 2025
Soaked — Shy Smith — Sony UK — 2024
Untold — Chinchilla — UMG / Island — 2024
Cows Come Home — John Glacier — PLZ Make It Ruins — 2024
MF Diamond — Chinchilla — UMG / Island — 2024
Ready, Set, Go — p-rallel ft. Deto Black — Sony UK — 2023
Serotonin — Chi Virgo — Just Jam — 2023
MK ULTRASOUND — LYZZA — Independent — 2023
Vanguard — Bianca Scout — Sferic — 2023
SOLI5150 — Breanna Box — Independent — 2021
Selected Awards / Designations
SME Award for Best Creative Services — SME News, London — 2025
SME Award for Best Choreographer / Movement Director — SME News, London — 2025
Prémio Cunha e Silva Art Prize (Nomination) — Porto — 2023
Forbes 30 Under 30, Arts & Culture Europe — Forbes — 2022
Rising Star in Dance — Attitude Magazine — 2019
Simone Michelle Award for Outstanding Choreography — Trinity Laban Conservatoire — 2013
Education
2014 — BA in Experimental Dance and Live Art (Highest Honours)
Williams College, Williamstown, USA
2013 — Diploma in Contemporary Dance
Trinity Laban Conservatoire for Music and Dance, London
Further Education
2025 — Certificate in Creative Leadership
Central Saint Martins, London
2023 — Certificate in Creative Leadership
Royal College of Art, London