Study Ballet with Daniel
Daniel offers a holistic and healthy approach to ballet
Daniel is inspired by the transformational, communicative, and healing power of dance, movement, and the human body. Kinesiology and functional movement inform his approach to ballet technique. He teaches a placement method that honors each dancer’s uniqueness. With an individualized approach, he helps each dancer cultivate awareness and work with their physicality to communicate from their distinct identity.
Each Dancer is Affirmed & Uplifted
Daniel helps dancers shed affectations that can negatively impact them. Movement and dance, when done this way, feel good and are healing to the body, mind, and spirit!
After his first 5 years with American Ballet Theatre, Daniel worked privately with Maggie Black to rework his ballet technique, focusing on a healthy, natural alignment and an individualized sense of physicality. Maggie Black is renown for working with top dancers such as Natalia Makarova, Gelsey Kirkland, Amanda Mckerrow, Susan Jaffe, Martine Van Hamel, Robert Hill, and Kevin Mckenzie as well as many more from both modern dance and ballet companies. Daniel also credits his late friend and teacher, Kim Abel (a student of Maggie), with helping and coaching him throughout his career.
In his choreography, Daniel explores themes of humanism, solidarity, and justice through a naturalistic ballet lens.
Ballet Coaching with Daniel
Online and in-person
60 mins | $120