CV

Short Biographical Data

Born:
Dayton , Ohio USA November 4th 1946

BFA:
Painting and Graphic Arts

Grant McDaniel

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