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DUBBED "THE ANCIENT JAZZ PRIESTESS OF MOTHER AFRICA", LADY DANE FIGUEROA EDIDI IS AN AFRICAN,CUBAN, INDIGENIOUS, AMERICAN TRANS PERFORMANCE ARTIST, AUTHOR (YEMAYA'S DAUGHTERS, BREW, WITHER & BALTIMORE: A LOVE LETTER, REMAINS:A GATHERING OF BONES), TEACHER, CHOREOGRAPHER, ORACLUR CONSULTANT, HEALER, ADVOCATE, AND A FOUNDING MEMBER OF FORCE COLLISION.

SHE IS THE DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL INITIATIVES FOR TWOCC (TRANS WOMEN OF COLOR COLLECTIVE).

SHE IS A 2016 HELEN HAYES AWARD NOMINEE FOR HER CHOREORGAPHY IN DONTRELL WHO KISSED THE SEA.

A NATIVE OF BALTIMORE MARYLAND, AND GROWING UP SINGING JAZZ (UNDER THE TUTELAGE OF HER AUNT LIZ FIGUEROA, RUBY GLOVER & MARK COOK) AND GOSPEL; LADY DANE BEGAN TO STUDY MUSIC "FORMALLY" AT THE BALTIMORE SCHOOL FOR THE A DUBBED "THE ANCIENT JAZZ PRIESTESS OF MOTHER AFRICA", LADY DANE FIGUEROA EDIDI IS AN AFRICAN,CUBAN, INDIGENIOUS, AMERICAN TRANS PERFORMANCE ARTIST, AUTHOR (YEMAYA'S DAUGHTERS, BREW, WITHER & BALTIMORE: A LOVE LETTER, REMAINS:A GATHERING OF BONES), TEACHER, CHOREOGRAPHER, ORACLUR CONSULTANT, HEALER, ADVOCATE, AND A FOUNDING MEMBER OF FORCE COLLISION.

SHE IS THE DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL INITIATIVES FOR TWOCC (TRANS WOMEN OF COLOR COLLECTIVE).

SHE IS A 2016 HELEN HAYES AWARD NOMINEE FOR HER CHOREORGAPHY IN DONTRELL WHO KISSED THE SEA.

A NATIVE OF BALTIMORE MARYLAND, AND GROWING UP SINGING JAZZ (UNDER THE TUTELAGE OF HER AUNT LIZ FIGUEROA, RUBY GLOVER & MARK COOK) AND GOSPEL; LADY DANE BEGAN TO STUDY MUSIC "FORMALLY" AT THE BALTIMORE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS AND CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY.

AN ACTOR SINGER, DANCER, WRITER AND TEACHER; LADY DANE MADE HER CABARET DEBUT AT THE AGE OF 17 AND IN 2011 MADE HER NEW YORK DEBUT. AFTER BEGINNING TO STUDY THE DANCES OF HER ANCESTORS; LADY DANE BEGAN COMBINING AFRICAN, LATIN AND NATIVE AMERICAN RYTHMS INTO HER SHOWS.

ALTHOUGH PRIMARILY KNOWN FOR HER EXPLOSIVE CABARET, LADY DANE IS A PASSIONATE ACTOR AND HAS WORKED AT SUCH THEATRES AS ROUND HOUSE THEATRE, THE KENNEDY CENTER, THEATRE FOR THE NEW CITY, ARENA STAGE, ADVENTURE THEATRE, ATLAS THEATRE, SPOOKY ACTION THEATRE AND LAMAMA WHERE LADY DANE WAS PRIVILEDGED TO ORIGINATE THE ROLE OF THE VAUDIVELLE QUEEN CORDELIA MCCLAIN IN SHAPE.

IN DECEMBER 2013 LADY DANE FIGUEROA EDIDI BECAME THE FIRST TRANS WOMAN OF COLOR AUTHOR IN DC TO PUBLISH A NOVEL OF FICTION (YEMAYA'S DAUGHTERS) WHOSE MAIN PROTAGONIST WAS A TRANS WOMAN.

IN 2014, SHE WAS FEATURED IN SEASON 1 OF THE WEBSERIES THE GREEN VESPERS

HER STORY HERIDAS WAS FEATURED IN DICCION QUEER'S FIRST ANTHOLOGY ENSAYOS DE PAPEL.

IN 2015 SHE RECIEVED THE PIONEER AWARD FOR WORK WITH THE DC TRANS COMMUNITY AND WAS HONORED AS ONE OF THE TRANS 10O. AND, MADE HISTORY AGAIN AS THE FIRST TRANS PLAYWRIGHT WHOSE WORK IS APART OF THEATER ALLAINCES'S HOT HOUSE NEW PLAY READING SERIES.

IN 2016, SHE ALONG WITH PERFORMANCE ARTIST/PRODUCER D'LO BECAME THE FIRST TRANS ARTIST TO DO AN ARTIST RESIDENCY AT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY FOR THEIR ONGOING ANNUAL TRANS ARTIST RESIDENCY SERIES. ...more

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Average rating: 4.04 · 631 ratings · 153 reviews · 18 distinct works • Similar authors

	For Black Trans Girls Who Gotta Cuss a Mother F❖❖❖❖❖ Out When Snatching an Edge Ain't Enough 4.58 avg rating — 40 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yemaya’s Daughters 3.68 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brew: A Novel (The Ghetto Goddess Series, #1) 3.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Black Trans Prayer Book by Dane Figueroa Edidi, J Mase III (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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