Malik Gomes Cruz (they/he) is an arts administrator and community curator dedicated to shaping vibrant futures for Black and Queer communities. A Boston native and graduate of American University’s Frederick Douglass Distinguished Scholarship Program, Malik brings a care–centered and artist–informed approach to building meaningful cultural programs and experiences.
Malik’s professional career spans institutions including Dance Place and The Kennedy Center, where they have coordinated artist residencies, performances, and programs while working alongside Artists and organizations of various sizes and stages of their careers. They currently serve as Programs Manager at the International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD), helping bring organizational vision to life by building and executing programs that advance opportunities for the Black Dance Sector.
As a professional dance artist, Malik has performed in works by Chitra Subramanian, Nailah Randall-Bellinger, Ronya-Lee Anderson, Kevin Carroll, Anastasia Johnson, and Birtta Joy Peterson performing at institutions such as The Kennedy Center, Dance Place, and Boston Center for the Arts.