T’Ana Selah was born in Ames, Iowa. She started creative movement at
three years old and has only grown in her love of dance ever since.
In 2022, T’Ana received her certificate of training from the Department of Performing Arts at the University La Javeriana in Bogotá Colombia, SA. In Colombia, She had the privilege of performing work for the Teatro Mayor Santo Domingo and the James Cousins Company(UK) in collaboration with the
British Council.
In 2023, T’Ana completed her BFA in dance from Point Park University. During her four years in the conservatory program, she refined her technical training in ballet, jazz, hip-hop, and modern dance. While in University she had the opportunity to be in works by Camille Brown, Marc Spaulding, Yamoussa Camara, and Rocker Verastique/Danny Herman to name a few. She also has had the privilege of performing with the Pillow Project at the Space Upstairs this season.
As a choreographer, she has created works for the NAACP Ames, Iowa Chapter, DOW cinema, Pittsburgh Playhouse SCP, TEDX Des Moines, several works for Encounter Performing Arts Company as their artistic director, and New York City’s 43rd Annual Battery Dance Festival.
BIO
As an artist, I desire to ignite freedom in every individual who partakes in my performances and my daily practices of movement. Movement flows through me with a pulse like a beating heart innately liberating itself inside me. This internal pulse reminds me of the beauty and fight of life when passion and pain meet to create freedom. It is a privilege to move freely without constraints, to emote one’s deepest desires, thoughts, and conflicts, and to share those movements and moments with others. Movement, is a gift, a gift of freedom, I choose to share, whether it is choreographing a work for the stage, creating an experience for someone to encounter a newfound freedom, or creating the opportunity for women and children to release their voice through movement.