Jehbreal Muhammad Jackson is an artist and scholar who writes, choreographs, and directs story ballets for film. As a scholar, Jehbreal combines the study of ballet, Shakespeare, music, and race in their early modern contexts to analyze their compositional and cosmological connection to present day art making. They use their findings as source material for their own artistic creations. Her most recent research focuses on the compositional and cosmological influences of al-Andalus and Bukôngo on her interests listed above, specifically the Afro-Islamic roots of classical ballet.

Jehbreal danced with Dance Theater of Harlem before freelancing in New York and Europe. He is also a vocalist featured on Samora Pinderhughes’ Transformations Suite and Grief albums (touring nationally and internationally) after having also performed with Jon Batiste and Kris Bowers. Jehbreal received a BFA in dance from The Juilliard School, an MFA in dance from UC Irvine, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Theater and Performance studies at Columbia University.