SARAH CROWELL
Artistic Director, Dance Mission
Co-Director, Liberation Academy
sarah[@]dancemission.com
Sarah Crowell is an award-winning dancer, choreographer, arts educator and nonprofit leader who creates powerful collaborative experiences through movement, intimate storytelling and scathing political commentary.
For 30 years she was a leader at Destiny Arts Center, a youth arts organization based in Oakland, whose mission is to inspire and ignite social change through the arts.
Since leaving Destiny in 2020, Sarah has worked with arts organizations, colleges and universities, nonprofits and foundations, as a performer, curator, speaker, facilitator, collaborator and curriculum writer. She co-directs the Belonging Resident Company, a dance/theater troupe born out of the Othering and Belonging Institute, dedicated to creating embodied performance work centered around belonging.
In August of 2025 Sarah accepted the position of Artistic Director of Dance Mission Theater, after having directed Dance Mission’s Liberation Academy since its creation in 2023. Sarah performed with Dance Brigade for 8 years in the 90s, so this is a sweet coming coming.
