"... But his partner also made a sensational impression.  Diniz is trained in ballet as well as other forms of dance. She lit up the stage with her impeccable execution and magnetic personality (including lightning fast changes of facial expression that reflected the lightning fast changes in Ulbricht’s choreographic emphasis)." -CriticalDance

"Danielle Diniz (in this performance) as Baby’s attention-craving older sister, Lisa, added double shots of energy and humor. " -Democrat&Chronicle, USA Today

  
NEWS:
Winter 2023- Danielle is honored to be the Artist in Residence for Tribeca BMCC 22/23 via CUNY Dance Initiative. Catch her full program of original choreography featuring a myriad of dance styles on Friday, March 24th!
Danielle is so very excited to be commissioned by Earl Mosley's EMIA/Diversity of Dance for a piece on their Dancing Beyond program in January! Proceeds go to the American Cancer Society, so would love to see you there!

Fall 2022- Danielle is honored to be presenting her ballet Everything Old Is New Again at the Palm Desert Choreography Festival at The McCallum Theatre. She'll be setting the work on the amazing artists of Golden State Ballet for the event.
Danielle can't wait to present a piece for Jazz Choreography Enterprise's 15 year anniversary performance at the Peridance KnJ Theatre.
Danielle is thrilled to set a 20 minute ballet on the talented dancers of Ballet Excel Ohio.
Danielle can't wait to present a musical staging of a number from the new musical "Nothing to See Here" at Baryshnikov Arts Center for the NY Theatre Barn's Choreography Lab.
Danielle is excited to present a 20 minute program comprised of reimagined classic musical theater works at the Making Moves Dance Festival via a commission from the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning.
Danielle is having a wonderful time choreographing again at AMDA, alongside director Keith Andrews.

Summer 2022- Danielle is making her Off-Broadway choreographic debut with An Unbalanced Mind at the new AMT Theatre in July.
Danielle is thrilled to have presented works on the Woman in Motion program at Ailey on August 9th and Treadfast company program on August 12th.
Danielle had a blast touring with Stars of American Ballet to Bozeman, MT, Chautauqua, NY and Santa Fe, NM as well as guest teaching around the country.

Spring 2022- Danielle is loving choreographing for the AMDA musical theater showcase, alongside director Trey Compton.
Danielle is looking forward to her piece, "Over the Moon in June," (originally commissioned by Jacob's Pillow) to take the stage at The Steps Beyond Foundation performance lab on May 15th.
Danielle is excited to workshop new choreography with the dancers of Ballet Excel in Ohio.
Danielle is excited to present her contemporary jazz piece, "Now," at the Jazz Choreography Enterprises 15 year anniversary performance.

Winter 2022- Danielle is thrilled to set a new ballet on Chrysalis Ballet/Central Utah Ballet (directors Jennie Creer-King and Garrett Smith) this January.

Fall 2021- Danielle was thrilled to receive a grant from the NYC Council for the Arts/City Artist Corps to present a full evening of her choreography. Please see "In Pursuit of Happiness" tab above for details.

Summer 2021- Danielle served as Choreographer and Assistant Director alongside Keith Andrews for summer showcase at The American Musical and Dramatic Academy.

Spring 2021- Danielle's choreography on film is a winner of the Silk Road Film Awards Cannes, a finalist of the New York International Film Awards and Onrios Film Awards, a semi-finalist of the Los Angeles Film Awards and an official selection and awardee of laurels at the London International Web and Short Film Festival, Frostbite Indie Festival and Shine International Film Festival in Toronto.

Danielle's choreography was shown in Nebula Dance's HHII digital festival, along with an interview and masterclass.
Danielle's choreography was presented in the Jazz Choreography Enterprises virtual spring performance.
 Commission for Ballet Hartford feat. the Yale Alley Cats
 Commission for New York Dance Project, dir. Davis Robertson

Fall 2020- Danielle is thrilled to have worked with Columbia Ballet Collaborative a second time.
                   Danielle choreographed the 80s decade for The Tank's production "Dancing Through..."

Summer 2020- Danielle's choreography was presented at Performance Santa Fe's virtual gala.
​                            Danielle's choreography was presented at the Jacob's Pillow virtual gala, Dance We Must.
                            Danielle choreographed a virtual solo for a company member of Avant Chamber Ballet                                                                                                                          for a segment of their Women's Choreography Project.

Winter/Spring 2020- Danielle was a choreographer for DanceBreak 2020.
                              Danielle created a new ballet for Columbia Ballet Collaborative.

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