Cornish Dance Theater

Cornish Dance Theater is a bi-annual showcase featuring Cornish Dance students, choreographed by guest artists. This Fall, we are proud to announce that our guest choreographers are Erricka Turner-Davis and dani tirrell. Fall 2026 Cornish Dance Theatre will be performed at the Cornish Playhouse on November 20 - 21

Erricka Turner-Davis (she/her) has performed with Poetry+Motion, 5th Avenue Theatre, Village Theatre, Chamber Dance Company, Intiman Theatre, Seattle Opera, Sankofa Theatre, Oakland Ballet, and Spectrum Dance Theater. She received her BFA in Ballet Ed. with Honors from The University of The Arts, Philadelphia, PA, and her MFA in Dance from The University of Washington, Seattle, WA. She also completed 2019-2020 TAT Lab. She has choreographed, taught, and lectured at Summer Dance Lab, Walla Walla, WA, Tacoma Urban Performing Arts Center, SOAR Academy, AileyCamp (STG), Seattle, WA, Jack and Jill of America Honoree Ball-Seattle Chapter, Broadway Performing Arts Center (11 Days of MLK, Jr.), Harlequin Theatre (Soul on Fire, Let The Good Times Roll), Spectrum Dance Theater, Northwest Tap Connection, ARC School of Ballet/ARC Dance Productions, Tacoma School for the Performing Arts (SOTA), Allegro Performing Arts Academy, Ballet Bellevue, Evergreen State College, Northwest Dance Intensive, Evergreen City Ballet, University of Washington Dance Series, and other venues throughout the Pacific Northwest.

dani tirrell (pronoun: dani tirrell / dani t.) is an Inkster, MI born and raised, Black, Trans 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. dani tirrell is the Founder and Artistic Director of dani tirrell & The Congregation, a movement-based performance ensemble dedicated to amplifying stories from the African Diaspora.

Our work is supported, in part, by an award from 4Culture.