Tariq Mitri is a gay Palestinian-American freelance dance artist and choreographer in Seattle, WA. Originally from Abu Dhabi, U.A.E and raised in Portland, OR, he graduated from California Institute of the Arts in 2015. He’s worked in Los Angeles, Seattle, and New York for multiple choreographers including Kate Wallich + The YC, MADBOOTS Dance, WHYTEBERG, and others. In NYC, he was the Rehearsal Director and Co-Director of Brooklyn-based company HEIDCO, assisting with the creations of METALBODY and The Heaping Kind from 2019 to 2021. Returning to Seattle in 2022, he danced for Andrew McShea, Emily Schoen Branch, Beth Twigs, Alana Rogers, Alyza Del-Pan Monley, and Jenna Eady. Tariq has been presented at SAM Remix, the Seattle Erotic Arts Festival, FOUR organized by CO–, and Velocity’s Bridge Project.

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