Graciela Daniele (born December 8, 1939) is an
Argentine -
American dancer, choreographer, and theatre director.
Biography
Born in
Buenos Aires, Argentina to Raúl Daniele and Rosa del Carmen Almoina. After her parents divorced, her mother got a job as a secretary for the Argentinian government. Later, her mother became an actress.
Daniele began her dance training at the age of seven at
Teatro Colón ,
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 expressing human emotions on stage.
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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
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 .
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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 .
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[4]
She has directed and/or choreographed several musicals of
Lynn Ahrens and
Stephen Flaherty , including, most recently,
The Glorious Ones (2007) and
Dessa Rose (2005) at the
Off-Broadway Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater at
Lincoln Center . She has directed and/or choreographed several musicals of
Michael John LaChiusa Off-Broadway, most recently
Bernarda Alba (2006) and
Little Fish (2003).
[5]
In 1991, she was the first to direct
William Finn 's two one-act musicals
March of the Falsettos and
Falsettoland as one evening of theater, for the Hartford Stage Company.
[6] This combination went on to become the musical
Falsettos .[
citation needed ]
In 2005, Daniele was inducted into the
American Theater Hall of Fame .
[7]
Additional Broadway credits
Award nominations
2020 Special
Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
[8]
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
^ Rawson, Christopher.
"Graciela Daniele's direction is a labor of love" , Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , April 22, 2007
^
Internet Movie Database listing
^ Sandla, Robert.
"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
^
Lincoln Center staff list
^
"Graciela Daniele Listing, Off-Broadway"
Archived 2012-08-04 at
archive.today Internet Off-Broadway Database, accessed November 8, 2011.
^
"Review/Theater; The 'Falsetto' Musicals United at Hartford Stage"
^
"2005 Theater Hall of Fame Inductees Announced" . www.playbill.com. Archived from
the original on 2013-06-16.
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"Graciela Daniele to be Honored with the 2020 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre" .
Sources
External links
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