Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi
Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi
Artistic Ensemble
She/Her
Dubbed the Ancient Jazz Priestess of Mother Africa, Lady Dane is a Black Nigerian, Cuban, Indigenous, American Performance Artist, Author, Poet, Educator, Cultural Worker, Producer, Film Maker, Dramaturg, a Helen Hayes Award winning Playwright (Klytmnestra: An Epic Slam Poem), a 2021 Helen Merrill Award Winner, a 3x Helen Hayes Award nominated choreographer, and a Princess Grace Honoraria Award winner. She is the co-founder and Co-director of the Black Trans Prayer Book, whose award winning short film, A New Creation Story, is making the festival rounds.
She is the curator and associate producer of Black Trans Women At The Center and is a Long Wharf Theatre Artistic Ensemble Member as well.
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