Errin Weaver

Errin Weaver is a choreographer, embodied cultural strategist, educator, birthworker, holistic practitioner, and executive arts leader whose work reimagines how the arts can transform communities, advance health equity, and preserve the living traditions of the African Diaspora. Working at the intersection of performance, cultural memory, public health, and healing justice, she creates artistic and civic experiences that position movement not only as an art form, but as a practice of remembrance, restoration, and collective liberation.

As the Founder and Executive Artistic Director of Mojuba! Dance Collective, an contemporary African dance company devoted to honoring the Black narrative experience while delivering culturally responsive dance education, performance, and community experiences that cultivate joy, healing, identity, and collective liberation, she leads programming, community engagement, curriculum design, and multidisciplinary productions that bridge artistry with social impact. Under her leadership, Mojuba! has evolved into a multidisciplinary cultural organization that combines professional performance, arts education, youth leadership development, wellness programming, and community engagement to strengthen cultural identity and expand access to transformative artistic experiences. Her leadership is grounded in the belief that cultural institutions can serve as vital spaces for healing, civic participation, and intergenerational learning.

A visionary builder of cross-sector partnerships, Weaver has collaborated with arts organizations, universities, healthcare systems, public agencies, and philanthropic institutions to develop innovative models that integrate creative practice with community well-being. Her work demonstrates how artists can serve as cultural leaders, educators, researchers, and trusted community partners in addressing some of society's most pressing challenges.

Her choreographic work draws from African diasporic movement traditions, sacred dance, oral history, and contemporary performance to illuminate stories of resilience, memory, joy, and liberation. She has created respected original works including Where the Light Enters and Echoes of Tomorrow, with performances presented by Playhouse Square, Karamu House, Cleveland Public Theatre, Rocket Mortgage Arena, universities, and festivals throughout the United States. She also serves as Co-Director and Assistant Director for Karamu House and Playhouse Square's celebrated production partnership of Black Nativity and Motown Christmas, contributing artistic direction, choreography, movement design, and creative vision.

Beyond the stage, Weaver is recognized for advancing culturally responsive approaches to Black maternal health and community healing. As the founder of All Our Babies, she leads an interdisciplinary initiative that brings together artists, healthcare professionals, researchers, and community members to imagine new futures for Black birth. Her work reflects a growing national movement that recognizes artists as essential partners in advancing health equity and social transformation.

Her practice is informed by lived experience and extensive training as a full-spectrum doula, former birthworker with Birthing Beautiful Communities, midwife assistant, massage therapist, and healing justice practitioner. Rooted in Black and African diasporic spiritual and movement traditions, she approaches the body as archive, teacher, and site of liberation—where creativity becomes medicine, culture becomes care, and embodied knowledge becomes a pathway toward collective flourishing.

An accomplished educator and mentor, Weaver has taught at Cleveland State University, the Cleveland School of the Arts, Ohio University, the University of Akron, and the International Association of Blacks in Dance, among many other educational and cultural institutions. She is certified to teach both Katherine Dunham Technique and Umfundalai African Contemporary Technique, carrying forward two influential embodied knowledge systems of the African Diaspora while cultivating the next generation of artists, educators, and cultural leaders.

Weaver holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Tennessee State University, a Master of Public Service with a concentration in Health Disparities from DePaul University, and a Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies and Choreography from Wilson College. She is also a graduate of the Executive Leadership Development Experience at Case Western Reserve University, reflecting her ongoing commitment to visionary leadership and institutional innovation.

Her work has received support from the Ohio Arts Council, the National Center for Choreography, Karamu House, and numerous regional and national partners. She is the recipient of the Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award, Room in the House Residency, 21st Century Practices from the National Center for Choreography, and her work has been featured by PBS, Spectrum News, and WEWS-TV.

Across every stage, classroom, boardroom, studio, and community gathering, Errin Weaver is shaping a future in which the arts are recognized as essential infrastructure for cultural preservation, public health, education, and collective liberation. Through visionary leadership, embodied scholarship, and unwavering commitment to community, she continues to redefine what it means to be an artist in service of a more just and joyful world.