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Thursday, June 23, 9:20pm

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dani tirrell

dani tirrell, Seattle’s Mayor Arts Award recipient 2019, is a Black, Trans Spectrum, Queer choreographer, dancer, and movement guide. dani has guided people in Detroit and Seattle as well as sharing movement practices in other cities in the United States. Currently dani is the curator for Central District Forum for Arts and Ideas (Seattle). dani is the host and co-creator of several online talk programs Sunday Dinner, The Living Room, and Intimate Conversations.

dani is the founder and current artistic director of The Congregation a movement/art group. dani has taught at Northwest Tap Connection and University of Washington Seattle and Bothell campuses. dani has created work for Dance This (Northwest Tap Connection), Strictly Seattle (advance/professional track), Seattle Repertory Theater, Nina Simone Four Women (Directed by Valerie Curtis-Newton).

dani is an Arts Matter Fellow, Artists Trust Fellow (Seattle) and 4Culture Arc Fellow (Seattle).  dani is the Artist in Residence at Velocity Dance Center (2020/2021) and one of 6 Artists in Residence at On the Boards (Seattle, WA). Currently dani works at Dance Place (Washington, DC) as Dance Place’s Curator and Producer.

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

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About the Artist

dani tirrell

dani tirrell

dani tirrell (pronoun: dani) is an Inkster, MI born and raised, Black, rans Spectrum, Queer choreographer, dancer, and movement guide whose work centers Black identity, collective care, and storytelling through embodied practice. Their artistic work has reached audiences across the United States—from Detroit to Seattle to Washington, D.C.—creating spaces for reflection, connection, ritual, and transformation.

Currently, dani is an Artist-in-Residence at the Inspiration Lab in Renton, WA, where they teach Soul Line Dance at Northwest Tap Connection and Massive Monkees Studio: The Beacon alongside Black social dance practices and modern dance throughout Seattle and surrounding areas. Through their Soul Line Dance classes, workshops, and social gatherings, dani uplifts Black cultural traditions, builds intergenerational community, and creates accessible entry points into movement as both practice and celebration. Dani also hosts a monthly event at The Inspiration Lab: First Sunday Soul Line Dance and Card Party.

Dani is the Founder and Artistic Director of dani tirrell & The Congregation, a movement-based performance ensemble dedicated to amplifying stories from the African Diaspora. Their work has been commissioned and presented by Seattle Theatre Group, On the Boards, Central District Forum for Arts & Ideas, and the Baltimore Black Choreographers Festival, where dani presented work in October 2025. dani maintains ongoing collaborations with Velocity Dance Center and Northwest Tap Connection.

dani is the recipient of Seattle’s 2019 Mayor’s Arts Award and has received fellowships and support from Arts Matter, Artist Trust, 4Culture, and the 2023 NEFA National Dance Project Grant. In May 2025, dani premiered Elysium: Book II of the Leviticus or Love series at Kubota Garden in Seattle.

Their latest work, The Children Were Never Promised a Home on Your Plantation, was developed during a January 2025 residency at Jacob’s Pillow | Pillow Lab.

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