Daniel Banks

Daniel Banks is a director, dance dramaturg, deviser, and dialogue facilitator. He has directed at National Theatre of Uganda; Belarussian National Drama Theatre; Market Theatre Lab, South Africa; Playhouse Square, Cleveland; HERE Arts Center, NY; Bay Area Playwrights Festival; NYC and DC Hip Hop Theatre Festivals; Oval House and with Kompany Malakhi, both in London. He worked as movement director/choreographer at Shakespeare in the Park/NY Shakespeare Festival, Theatre for a New Audience, Maurice Sendak’s The Night Kitchen, Singapore Rep, and La Monnaie (Brussels).

Daniel is co-director of DNAWORKS, an arts and service organization dedicated to using the arts as a catalyst for dialogue and healing, engaging the topics of representation, identity and heritage.

He is founder of the Hip Hop Theatre Initiative, promoting youth self-expression and leadership. He is Associate Director of Theatre Without Borders, serves on the national cabinet of the grassroots U.S. Department of Arts and Culture, and a proud member of the Camille A. Brown and Dancers Dramaturgy Team.