Shakeera Ahmun is a movement artist, performer, and facilitator based in South Wales. Her creative practice is rooted in the vibrancy of music and the power of community connection. Raised in a musical home surrounded by strong women, she draws deeply on the rhythms, resilience, and emotional expressiveness of her upbringing. For Shakeera, dance is more than an art form; it is a language for channeling emotion and storytelling in ways that are organic, truthful, and raw; movement that comes from the felt self, unfiltered and honest.
Her ongoing project Community and Bond reflects these values through both movement and visual art. Centered on warmth, togetherness, and shared experience, the work embodies Shakeera’s belief that movement is a powerful tool for connection with both ourselves and others. The project has been supported by National Dance Company Wales, Groundwork Collective, and the Arts Council of Wales, reinforcing her commitment to creating accessible, community-driven spaces for artistic exchange.
Shakeera’s wider body of performance work continues to explore themes of identity, collective expression, and emotional resonance. Her credits include Circle of Fifths and The Sunset Show with National Theatre Wales, the Plethu/Weave commission with National Dance Company Wales, The Shoemaker with Welsh National Opera, Cross-Cultural Women by Gundija Zandersona, Traction by Gavin Porter, Cave of a 1000 Men by Anthony Wright, Kitsch n Sync, Waltz of the Flower Sellers with Louise Lloyd at Wales Dance Platform, Requiem by Ffion Campbell Davies and Oasis One World Choir, and How Shall We Begin Again? with Jo Fong. Across these collaborations she brings a sensibility grounded in musicality, empathy, and embodied storytelling.
As a facilitator and movement teacher, Shakeera strives to create inclusive environments where individuals feel empowered to explore their own relationship to movement. Through her work with Arts Active’s Get Moving! classes, Ballet Cymru’s pre-professional students, Cultural Cwtch, babyballet Cardiff, Jukebox Academy, and Ballet Britain, she has shaped a teaching practice that shares her passion for dance and inspires others to embrace movement as a form of storytelling, healing, and self-expression.
A current recipient of the Our Voice Network Bursary, Shakeera continues to grow as both an artist and a community leader, committed to nurturing spaces that honour the joy of music, the strength of community, and the truth of the body.