Breath Dance Project
Presenting “to be human (excerpt)“
Choreography by Danna Creager

Danna Creager (she/they) is an NYC-based dancer and choreographer with more than 2.5 decades of dance experience. As a dancer, Danna’s main creative inspiration draws from emotions, trauma, and the world surrounding them, using movement to process the both traumatic and awe-inspiring human experience. Danna first trained in a variety of styles at Lynn Vogen Dance Studio, Clifton Dance Project and the Academy for the Performing Arts (APA) in Southern California. Since moving to NYC, Danna has danced with Continuum Dance Co., DanceWorks New York City, and in other independent showcases. Danna created their company Breath Dance Project in April 2023. 

Website: breathdanceproject.com  ; Instagram: @breathdanceproject
Photographer: Emily Johnson

Petra Zanki
Presenting “Till It Tear Us Apart“
Choreography by Petra Zanki

Petra Zanki is an immigrant choreographer and artist living in Brooklyn, New York. Growing up in Croatia during the war, Petra’s main interest remains the transformation of pain into landscapes of beauty for the benefit of humanity. Blending different genres and styles, she explores the kinds of communities we want to envision in a post-Pandemic world. She presented her choreographies in New York, Seattle, and New Orleans, among which at Estrogenius festival, PRELUDE Festival, Movement Research at Judson Church, Coil13/PS122/Dixon place, GambitWorks/ChaShaMa, Arts Connection/Governors Island, On the Boards, Base, and at Velocity Dance Center. She graduated from the MFA Choreography program at CODARTS, Netherlands (2023). 

Website: www.petrazanki.com ; Instagram: @petra.zanki
Photographer: Jordan Brookins

Fast Forward is made possible, in part, with private funds from the Harkness Foundation for Dance, The Jerome Robbins Foundation, The Mertz Gilmore Foundation, and public funds from the NY State Council on the Arts with the support of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the NY State Legislature.