Danny (they/them/elle)
Danny Ramirez (they/them/elle) is a queer, disabled, child of immigrants, Latine dancer. Over the last twenty-five years, they have trained in jazz, hip hop, and various latin dance styles and began their focus on bachata 15 years ago.
In 2017 they founded and directed La Tormenta Dance Company based in Berkeley/Oakland which included various weekly bachata classes, training and performance teams in bachata and Latin fusion, private lessons, over 50 social dancing events, and quineañera/wedding services.
In 2021 they took a break from dance after going back to school and last month they graduated with a Bachelors of Arts in Women and Gender Studies with a minor in Human Sexuality at San Francisco State University. Taking a break and going back to school has allowed them to re-emerge into the dance scene with a vision of the world they want to foster within the dance scene.
💛 They aim to create a dance space that is inclusive and accessible for queer folk, people with disabilities and the working class, because dance has a healing and joyful power that should be accessible to anyone who desires to express themselves through music and movement.
In 2017 they founded and directed La Tormenta Dance Company based in Berkeley/Oakland which included various weekly bachata classes, training and performance teams in bachata and Latin fusion, private lessons, over 50 social dancing events, and quineañera/wedding services.
In 2021 they took a break from dance after going back to school and last month they graduated with a Bachelors of Arts in Women and Gender Studies with a minor in Human Sexuality at San Francisco State University. Taking a break and going back to school has allowed them to re-emerge into the dance scene with a vision of the world they want to foster within the dance scene.
💛 They aim to create a dance space that is inclusive and accessible for queer folk, people with disabilities and the working class, because dance has a healing and joyful power that should be accessible to anyone who desires to express themselves through music and movement.