Henry Daniel is a Professor of Dance and Performance Studies at Simon Fraser University’s School for the Contemporary Arts and Principal Investigator for Project Barca: New Architectures of Memory and Identity, a three year research initiative (2011–2014) funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). He is a Juilliard trained dancer and choreographer born and raised in Trinidad and has performed with and choreographed works for dance and theatre companies including the Jose Limon Dance Company, The Alvin Ailey American Dance Centre Workshop, Tanz Projekt München, Freiburger Tanztheater, Tanztheater Münster, and Henry Daniel and Dancers.