Autumn 2024 Guest Choreographer Showing
The culmination of a 9 -week Master Class at The Academy where Jr. II, Jr. Company & Sr. Company students will perform 3 original works choreographed by the extraordinary Danielle Diniz.
We invite you to join us for this intimate performance, where our students' dedication and hard work will shine on stage alongside the artistry of our cherished guest choreographer. The performances promise to be a remarkable showcase of talent and creativity.
Performance Schedule:
Saturday, 11/16: 3:30pm & 5:00pm
Sunday, 11/17: 1:00pm & 2:30pm
(Approximate runtime of each performance is 25 minutes. Additional performance days/times may be added.)
ABOUT THE CHOREOGRAPHER
Photo credit: Benjamin Rivera
Danielle blends different styles of jazz to honor all the facets it now represents, including, but not limited to, elements of contemporary/groundedness, Latin fusion and theatrical constructs. She looks forward to creating works featuring technique, nuance and that are full of unbridled energy. She is thrilled to choreograph for Westport Academy of Dance.
Danielle recently completed her time as Artist in Residence at Tribeca BMCC via CUNY Dance Initiative for the 2023 season, fully choreographing and directing her own evening of repertory, and became Co Artistic Director of Jazz Choreography Enterprises at the start of 2024. She choreographed for the Ailey BFA program and New York Dance Project last fall, created new works for St. Paul's ballet program, Counterpointe and Ballet Hartford last winter and will make pieces upcoming for Accent Dance, Treadfast Dance Company, Chrysalis Ballet, Eastern Contemporary Ballet and Earl Mosley's Diversity of Dance. She also choreographed New York Circus Project's tour of Hamlet this past summer.
She has been commissioned by Jacob's Pillow, Stars of American Ballet, Performance Santa Fe, Avant Chamber Ballet, Columbia Ballet Collaborative, Central Utah Ballet, Ballet Hartford, Woman in Motion, Ballet Excel Ohio, Earl Mosley's Diversity of Dance and the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, among others.
She was a featured choreographer for DanceBreak (musical theater's leading platform for upcoming Broadway choreographers), made her Off-Broadway choreographic debut at the AMT Theatre with 'An Unbalanced Mind,' presented work at the McCallum Theatre/Palm Desert Choreography Festival and the New York Theatre Barn Choreography Lab held at Baryshnikov Arts Center and was awarded a grant from the New York Foundation for the Arts/City Artist Corps to present a full evening of her choreography.
She is a winner of the New York Dance Project Choreography Competition, a junior board member of Jazz Choreography Enterprises and a choreographic mentor for We Are Queens. She also choreographed 'My Way' at Theatre by the Sea, the AEA production of the Vaudevillian musical 'On the Air,' currently choreographs and assistant directs intermittent musical theater showcases at The American Musical and Dramatic Academy and has served as Associate Choreographer for Lorin Latarro.
She is on faculty at the Steps on Broadway Academy and Manhattan Youth Ballet and also enjoys teaching professional level classes for Steps on Broadway, Mark Morris and Peridance.
Danielle has a B.A. in English (concentration in Shakespearean Studies, minor in Dance) from Cornell University.
This Guest Choreographer Showing is part of our Master Class and Student Performance series offered to Academy students and families involving various talent from the broader dance and performing arts community. This ongoing series will take place in THE BLACK BOX THEATER within our facility.
Please stay tuned for program announcements and updates!
