Country: Swiss
Choreographic work:
2022 HOT SOIL: in collaboration with dancers Jay O’Connell, Jordan Bautista and Julia Costa, music by This is Celestial
2021 ANODYNE (film): in collaboration with director Louis Ellison, DOP Andi Hampton (Family Creative), dancer Kat Collings, original music by Milo Craig, produced by Winston Jr Milton
2020 SOIL: in collaboration with visual artist Mehrnoosh Khadivi and original music by Jlin
2019 SCENARIO: in collaboration with multi media artist Henrique Ghersi, produced by Manifesto, Paris
2018 NOBODY IS PERFECT: all choreography for TED x Lyon with Alvaro Dule
2017 BOUND TO FLOORS (film and study): in collaboration with Alvaro Dule
As a Dancer:
Over the past 20 years, Daniela danced in companies and as a freelancer in various countries across the continent of Europe. She shared the stage in outstanding roles with dancers from the Royal Opera Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, Ballet Frankfurt/ Forsyth the Company, Batsheva Dance Company, Netherlands Dance Theater 1, amongst others
Companies:
Jan 2010 – Aug 2019 Company Wayne Mcgregor, London
Previous with Dance Works, Rotterdam and Ballet Gulbenkian, Lisbon
Schools:
Codarts – Rotterdam
Hamburg Ballet School, John Neumeier
Scholarships:
Thrice recipient of scholarship, Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund, Switzerland
Since September 2022
Trustee at the Swiss Cultural Fund
Collaborations under the umbrella of Company Wayne McGregor:
With composers: Ben Frost, Jlin, Jamie XX, Max Richter, Mark-Anthony Turnage
Visual artists: Random International, Ben Cullen Williams, Olafur Eliasson,
Make-up designer: Alex Box,
Fashion designer: Gareth Pugh and
Photographer: Nick Knight, amongst others
In addition:
Daniela taught Company Wayne Mcgregor on a regular basis
Developed movement language with Olafur Eliasson for the installation Ice Watch London / Paris
Led and created piece for the British Pavilion at Venice Biennale Architettura 2018
Led multiple outreach programmes in the UK and abroad
Such as created pieces for about 60+ participants for Big Dance or Company of Elders at Sadler’s Wells
Presented lectures about the companies research at universities
Was included in the research also exhibited at the Wellcome Trust
THE DAF EXPERIENCE
Daf International Artists | Giovanni Insaudo making of “Give me something wonderful”
Giovanni Insaudo new work for students of Daf International project
