BRINAE ALI

choreography, dance, theater, music, academia…

Among Brinae’s many roles, she is currently a lecturer at Johns Hopkins Peabody Conservatory, a member of the Baltimore Jazz Collective, and cultural ambassador and artist in residence with Next Level-USA and the U.S. Department of State Education and Cultural Affairs.Ali is also a National Dance Projects Grant recipient and Art for Social Change Fellow through Johns Hopkins University’s Inheritance Baltimore/Billie Holiday Center for Liberation Arts for a new work in progress archival performative process called the “Baby Laurence Legacy Project.”

Brinae has served as the artistic director of Tapology, Inc., Fourth Wall Arts Salon, and Sound and Movement, LLC. She is the recipient of the Best Short Play Award at the Downtown Urban Theater Festival and the Vox Populi Independence Music Award. Her Broadway and Off-Broadway experiences include Shuffle Along and STOMP.