Danna Creager began dancing at the age of 2.5, taking a variety of classes first at Lynn Vogen Dance Studio and then at Clifton Dance Project in Huntington Beach. There, they took ballet, pointe, jazz, tap, lyrical, and hip hop classes and participated in various jazz and hip hop performance and competition ensembles. For all four years of high school, Danna trained at the Academy for the Performing Arts (APA) at Huntington Beach High School and performed on Hip Hop Dance Team, Jazz Ensemble, Modern Ensemble, and Repertory Ensemble. Since moving to New York City, Danna has performed with Continuum Dance Co., DanceWorks New York City, and in other projects and showcases, including Flair Dance Festival, Chutzpah Dance presents MOVEMENT, Nacre Dance Group's SYTYCC, 8 in Show, and Young Choreographer’s Festival. She has choreographed for both stage and film with Continuum Dance Co. and Breath Dance Project, having work shown in the 2023 & 2024 ODDFEST Film Festivals, NACHMOx: Out Loud, Spoke the Hub's 2024 Winter Follies, New Wave Dance Festival, and the Seventh Midnight Performance - Pride Month Celebration.

Danna graduated with a Master’s in Public Administration in Environmental Science & Policy from Columbia University, and previously graduated magna cum laude from UCLA with Bachelor’s degrees in Environmental Studies and Political Science. They currently work as a Senior Development Manager at Teens for Food Justice, a nonprofit dedicated to building a food-secure future through school-based, youth-led hydroponic farming. This will be Danna’s seventh season dancing with DWNYC, and first season choreographing!