Philadelphia based company, waheedworks, was established in 2006 by the artistic director Tommie-Waheed Evans. Working collaboratively with the company, Evans has led waheedworks in creating an extensive repertoire that propels new contemporary movement work into the next era. waheedworks has also collaborated with composers Greg Smith, Darryl Hoffman, and the poet Gregory Smith and has received generous support from the Princess Grace Foundation, National Endowment of the Arts, Philadelphia Cultural Fund,  New Music USA project grant, Center of Ballet and the Arts at NYU, and Dance/USA. The company has also had the pleasure of being presented by SummerStage NYC, The Painted Bride Arts Center, Plays and Players Theatre, Long Island Theatre, the Dance Boom Festival, the Coming Together Festival, The International Association of Blacks in Dance, and Philadelphia Dance Projects.