Ilze Zīriņa graduated the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music in 2001 with an MFA in Choreography. She danced in the Olga Zitluhina Dance Company from 1997-2011. She currently works as a contemporary dance and contact improvisation instructor and choreographer, both locally and internationally. She has designed choreography for drama theatre, musical theatre, for the performance at the Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, and for various other concerts.