Nasheeka Nedsreal is a multidisciplinary artist, dancer, choreographer, and movement director from Louisiana whose work merges movement, image, sound, and experimental masking. Rooted in Black cultural traditions and her Southern upbringing, she creates through improvisation and play — guided by intuition, transformation, and the interplay of beauty and horror existing side by side.

Through masks, veils, expressions, and digital overlays, she turns visibility into a playful exchange between presence and anonymity—exploring what unfolds when identity becomes fluid or concealed. These gestures evoke dreams, trance states, and moments of shapeshifting where identity dissolves and spirit takes form.

Nasheeka’s screen performances include a principal role in First Days (Harbour, IFFR 2026) and her self-directed short films such as Memories of Reincarnated Imaginings. She is interested in creating experimental dance films and working with found footage, upcycled materials, and sculptural forms continuing her search for new ways to move through form and time.

A 2023 Ikarus Prize recipient for her children’s piece Flip Flop, recent resident at Black Rock Senegal, co-founder of Soul Sisters Berlin, and featured author in Plural Feminisms, Nasheeka continues to tour with international dance companies while expanding into new mediums— always returning to play as her portal to spirit and experimentation.