Short Biographical Data
Born:
Dayton , Ohio USA November 4th 1946
BFA:
Painting and Graphic Arts
Dance Career:
USA:
Dayton Ballet Co.
Canada:
Toronto Dance Theatre
Dancemakers
Winnipeg Contemporary Dancers
TV / Opera / Summer Stock
Italia:
Grant McDaniel and Dancers – director/choreographer
Austria:
Vienna Dance Laboratory
Companies danced with:
DAYTON BALLET CO.(USA)
TORONTO DANCE THEATRE (CANADA)
DANCEMAKERS (CANADA)
WINNIPEG CONTEMPORARY DANCERS (CANADA)
VIENNA DANCE LABORATORY (AUSTRIA)
GRANT MCDANIEL AND DANCERS (ITALIA)
THE DANCE/THEATRE PROJECT AUSTRIA
Dance Experience:
TOURING COMPANIES; T.V.; OPERA; VIDEO
Education:
GRADE/HIGH SCHOOL;
WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY-BFA
Dance Education:
DAYTON BALLET CO. SCHOOL
PENNSYLVANIA BALLET CO.SCHOOL
TORONTO DANCE THEATRE SCHOOL
Guest Teacher / Choreographer:
Europe:
Germany / Portugal / Ireland / Hungary / Slovenia / Serbia / Italia / Austria
Japan:
Tokyo - August 2006
Faculty:
6 years - Max Reinhardt Seminar ( Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Wien, Austria) currently
8 years - Ballettschule der Wiener Staatsoper, Austria
(classes 4 through 7) currently
Director / Founder: The Space - contemporary dance studio Trieste, Italy
Grant McDaniel and Dancers – performance group based in Trieste/Palermo, Italy
Spiral(E) - four year contemporary dance/theatre education & the dance/theatre project austria
Vienna , Austria
www.spiral-e.net
Choreographies:
Numerous contemporary dance and dance/theatre choreographies for my performance groups and for schools and small companies.
Videos, Fashion Shows, Skaters and Theatre
Projects:
The Performance Bridge – Getting On and Off the Stage
Production Curriculum for Performance Artists
Pilot Project for Leonardo da Vinci – a continuing education Program of the EU
www.theperformancebridge.net
Coaching DanceSport:
Katarina Venturini & Andrej Skufca Slovenia
(World Amateur Champions, Latin American dances 2001)
(World Amateur Champions, 10 dance 1996, 97 and 98)
(World Profesional Championships, 3rd place 2005)
Gabriella Bodocs and Vladimir Velev
Austrian Latin Champions 2005
(Full list of couples coached and developed on request)
Languages:
English and Italian