dani tirrell

dani tirrell (dani tirrell's) is a Black, Trans Spectrum, Queer choreographer, dancer, and movement guide who received Seattle’s Mayor Arts Award in 2019. dani has taught movement practices in Detroit and Seattle and other cities in the United States. Currently, dani is the Artistic Director for Central District Forum for Arts and Ideas in Seattle, and the founder and artistic director of The Congregation, a movement/art group.

dani has taught at Northwest Tap Connection and the University of Washington Seattle and Bothell campuses. They have created work for Dance This (Northwest Tap Connection), Strictly Seattle (advance/professional track), Seattle Repertory Theater, and the Nina Simone Four Women (Directed by Valerie Curtis-Newton). dani has worked as an Artist in Residence at Velocity Dance Center (2020/2021), and one of 6 Artists in Residence at On the Boards (Seattle, WA). They have also worked at Dance Place (Washington, DC) as Dance Place’s Artistic Director.

dani's new commissioned work (Seattle Theatre Group), Leviticus or Love and to walk amongst HUMANS, will premiere in Seattle in 2024. dani’s production of Black Bois (On the Boards and Seattle Theater Group) was a locally critically acclaimed work that produced sold out shows in Seattle.

In 2019, dani was the recipient of an Artist Trust Fellowship Award and a Dance Crush Award for Black Bois (performance), as well as a 2018 Arts Matter Fellowship grant. Dani's most recent work, FagGod, was presented in Central District Forum for Arts and Ideas 2019/2020 season in collaboration with Anastasia Renee and Naa Akua. dani’s new work, 46, is a photo exhibit styled, staged, and photographed by them, which can be found online under dani’s Instagram profile.