Grace Orekeke is an award-winning independent producer who has been in the dance sector for over two decades.  Her work spans a wide range of activities, predominately on a national pan-European & international level.  As a producer she works across performance productions, touring, fundraising, strategic development & events.  She has worked for organisations such as East London Dance, Greenwich Dance, Rambert, FABRIC, Birmingham International Dance Festival, Horizon Showcase, Rialto Centre (USA), Core Dance (USA), Diverse City & more. 

Grace has extensive experience supporting Black female choreographers and administrators, as well as developing inclusive audiences, with a view to set a new paradigm for the representative faces of the contemporary dance sector through her company Uprise Rebel. 

Grace has writing credits as a monthly contributor to her own column in the online publication, International Arts Managers Magazine, for which she wrote for, for just under two years.  In addition, Grace has represented England as an ISPA (International Society of Performing Arts) Fellow between 2020-2024.