Graciela Daniele

Graciela Daniele (born December 8, 1939 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine dancer, choreographer, and theatre director. Daniele began her dance training at the age of seven at Teatro Colon, Argentina's equivalent of Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre. She later moved to Paris to continue her ballet studies, and while living there attended a performance of "West Side Story", with Jerome Robbins's original choreography. Overwhelmed by the way dance was an integral part of the story-telling, she decided to move to New York City to study jazz and modern dance, styles she felt were best for express human emotions on stage. [Rawson, Christopher. [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07112/779451-325.stm "Graciela Daniele's direction is a labor of love",] "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette", April 22, 2007]

As a performer, Daniele made her Broadway debut in "What Makes Sammy Run?" in 1964. She studied with Martha Graham and Merce Cunningham while working with such luminaries as Bob Fosse, Agnes de Mille, and Michael Bennett, who hired her to assist him with "Follies" in 1971. Her first credit as a full-fledged choreographer was the 1979 revival of "The Most Happy Fella".

Daniele has worked with Woody Allen on three films, "Mighty Aphrodite", "Everyone Says I Love You", and "Bullets Over Broadway". [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0199761/ Internet Movie Database listing] ]

In addition to her work in New York City, where she has choreographed for Ballet Hispanico and served as a director-in-residence at Lincoln Center, Daniele has directed and/or choreographed theatrical, opera, and dance productions throughout the United States. [Sandla, Robert. [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1083/is_n5_v68/ai_15208837 "New directions - how Broadway dancers Graciela Daniele and Scott Ellis have made the transition from performing to directing in the theater",] Dance Magazine, May 1994] [ [http://www.lct.org/aboutStaff.htm Lincoln Center staff list] ]

Additional Broadway credits

*2007: "The Pirate Queen" (Musical Staging)
*2005: "Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life" (Director and Choreographer)
*2004: "Barbara Cook's Broadway!" (Creative Consultant)
*2002: "Elaine Stritch At Liberty" (Movement Consultant)
*1999: "Marie Christine" (Director and Choreographer)
*1999: "Annie Get Your Gun" (Director and Choreographer)
*1998: "Ragtime" (Choreographer)
*1995: "Chronicle of a Death Foretold" (Director, Choreographer, and Writer)
*1993: "The Goodbye Girl" (Choreographer)
*1990: "Once on This Island" (Director and Choreographer)
*1985: "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" (Choreographer)
*1984: "The Rink" (Choreographer)
*1983: "Zorba" (Choreographer)
*1981: "The Pirates of Penzance" (Choreographer)
*1978: "Working" (Lyricist)
*1975: "Chicago" (Performer)
*1969: "Coco" (Performer)
*1968: "Promises, Promises" (Performer); "Here's Where I Belong" (performer)

Nominations

*2006 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography ("Bernarda Alba")
*1999 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical ("A New Brain")
*1998 Tony Award for Best Choreography ("Ragtime")
*1998 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography ("Ragtime")
*1996 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical ("Chronicle of a Death Foretold")
*1996 Tony Award for Best Choreography ("Chronicle of a Death Foretold")
*1996 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book ("Chronicle of a Death Foretold")
*1996 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography ("Chronicle of a Death Foretold")
*1996 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical ("Chronicle of a Death Foretold")
*1994 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography ("Hello Again")
*1994 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical ("Hello Again")
*1993 Tony Award for Best Choreography ("The Goodbye Girl")
*1991 Tony Award for Best Choreography ("Once on This Island")
*1991 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical ("Once on This Island")
*1990 Tony Award for Best Choreography ("Dangerous Games")
*1986 Tony Award for Best Choreography ("The Mystery of Edwin Drood")
*1984 Tony Award for Best Choreography ("The Rink")
*1981 Tony Award for Best Choreography ("The Pirates of Penzance")
*1981 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography ("The Pirates of Penzance")

References

* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1083/is_9_73/ai_55739053 "Dance Magazine "Faces in Dance: Graciela Daniele", by Rose Eichenbaum, September 1999]
* [http://www.playbill.com/features/article/100342.html "A Life in the Theatre: Director-Choreographer Graciela Daniele", Mervyn Rothstein, June 15, 2006] playbill interview

External links

* [http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=5948 Internet Broadway Database listing]
* [http://www.americantheatrewing.org/biography/detail/graciela_daniele American Theatre Wing biography and interview]
* [http://www.broadwayworld.com/tonyawardspersoninfo.cfm?nomname=Graciela%20Daniele broadwayworld.com Tony Award listing]