Daniel Ojeda
is an award-winning freelance choreographer and former soloist based in Brooklyn, New York. He is a winner of the 2026 Joffrey Ballet Chicago’s Winning Works competition and an inaugural artist in residence for the LED Artist Haven Residency in partnership with the Alexa Rose Foundation. He is also a 2025 Carmel Dance Festival Choreographic Fellow and, in 2024, was a recipient of the $10,000 Alexa Rose Light of Day Award. His work has been featured in cities all over the US including Denver, Seattle, Salt Lake City, Chicago, Detroit, New York, and Dallas. Daniel also frequently choreographs for Ballet Idaho, his former company, where he danced for thirteen years. In 2025, Daniel was invited to choreograph a work for a gala in Santiago, Chile in honor of Rosita Rivano, a former dancer and legendary Chilean Ballet teacher, marking his first premiere abroad.
Most recently, after the premiere of his work “The Center Does Not Hold” in New York City, Daniel was announced as the first-ever resident choreographer for AVID: Artistic Ventures in Dance.
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“I can’t remember the last time - and perhaps this is the first time - I’ve felt so absolutely, overwhelmingly captured by a dance piece.“ - Marielle Bokor (culturecombine)
“Ojeda has undeniable choreographic talent.” - Jerry Hochman (CriticalDance)
“[The] vocabulary was complex, the movement was powerful. Ojeda is clearly a choreographer to watch…” - Sharon Cumberland (Seattle Gay News)
“Ojeda has tremendous talent as a choreographer: his warm humor, playful ideas, and sure sense of pacing make him one of Boise’s leading lights.” - Harrison Berry (The Boise Weekly)