Daniel Jeremiah Persson
Dance Artist

Daniel is a Swedish freelance dance artist and founder of dance-, film-, music company Humanah Productions. He has taught workshops in Sweden, Spain and UK as well as presented works Zeitgeist, Unlimited, Egress and Community in England, Scotland and Sweden. His creative practice combined with an interest in human psychology, poetry, documentary and travelling has led him into a variety of dancecontexts such as a teaching project in Gambia, a dance solo performed with support of KoRoot in South Korea and exhibited photographic/performed works in Australia, UK, Spain, Greece and Luxembourg.
Daniel has been involved in research and projects of artists Eva Recacha, Anders Duckworth, Philippe Blanchard and Rosemary Lee to mention a few.
Improvisation, play, vocal work and research into release contra control of the dynamic body, influences both his choreographic and performative work.
On screen, he has performed in the dancefilms Polysterene Dreams (2012) and Under the Cobblestones (2013). In 2014, he made the documentary From ‘Me’ to South Korea, following the search for his biological parents. Daniel has initiated the film festival, ’Ung Film Festival’ in Sweden (2015), and performance platform ’Independent Routes’ at Chisenhale Dance Space in London (2016).
He worked part-time as Audiovisual Technician and guest lecturer in screendance courses at London Contemporary Dance School (2015-16).
In 2017, Daniel co-choreographed and premiered ’Inside, the Wolf …’ together with Aifric Ní Chaoimh, supported by TROIS C-L - Centre de Création Chorégraphique Luxembourgeois' in Luxembourg City.
In 2024, Daniel received the Swedbank’s Ägarstiftelse Skåne (Former Sparbanksstiftelsens) Culture Stipend in the Category for Dance.