Dahlia Qumhiyeh

Dahlia Qumhiyeh (She/Her) was born in Malaysia and raised in Kuwait, and grew up outside of the US as a Palestinian-Malaysian expat with her family. Having moved to the U.S. at the age of 17, she received her B.S. in Biology from the University of North Carolina, and soon after moved to New York City, working as an artist with United Talent Agency. She has had the opportunity to work with choreographers such as Mandy Moore, Tanisha Scott, Brian Friedman, Charm LaDonna, Luam Keflezy, as well as movement directed for projects on Stephen Colbert, The Kelly Clarkson Show, and Bergdorf Goodman. Dahlia has been featured on GQ Middle East, Paper Magazine, NatGeo, and Schön Magazine as an upcoming artist. Using movement as a foundation, she implements technology and spoken word to form immersive narratives around self surveillance, gendered structures, and individuation. Through her multidisciplinary collective project Barr Bodies, co-founded with fellow movement artist Bev Vega, she has shown work at Danspace Project and Bridge for Dance, and has been awarded the GALLIM Moving Artist Residency in 2022 as well as the CUNY Dance Initiative Residency in 2025.
She has worked with Yaa Samar Dance Theater as a teaching artist as well as Dance Lab New York as Rehearsal Director. As a teacher she prioritizes developing a deeper somatic awareness as well as engaging in emotional dialogue post-movement where participants can access deeper states of embodiment.