danah received an MFA in Performance from the Ohio State University and a BA in Dance from the University of California, Santa Barbara where she studied under such distinguished artists as Bebe Miller, Tere O¹Connor, Christopher Pilafian and Jerry Pearson. She has performed with Santa Barbara Dance Theatre, Umoja Dance, Pearl Ubungen Dancers and Musicians, Alleluia Panis Dance Theatre and Dancing Earth. In 2004 she founded d a n a h b e l l a DanceWorks, a professional contemporary dance company based in Southwest Virginia, with long time collaborator Salvador Barajas. Her work has been presented in festivals throughout the country including the Cool New York Festival in New York, the United States of Asian America Festival in San Francisco and the Bates Dance Festival in Maine, as well as in Mexico and Italy. Her teaching credits include ProDanza Italia, Bates Dance Festival, Monterey Dance Fest and the American College Dance Festival; she is currently on faculty at Radford University's Department of Dance.