Danielle Diniz

Ms. Diniz is honored to choreograph for AVID! She was Artist in Residence at Tribeca BMCC via CUNY Dance Initiative, Co Artistic Director of Jazz Choreography Enterprises and has choreographed for Jacob's Pillow, Stars of American Ballet, the Ailey BFA program, Earl Mosley's Diversity of Dance, Ballet Hartford and Central Utah Ballet, among others. She also choreographed New York Circus Project's tour of 'Hamlet' last summer and will choreograph for St. Louis Ballet, East Coast Contemporary Ballet, Woman in Motion and Revolve Dance this spring/summer.

She was a featured choreographer for DanceBreak (musical theater's leading platform for upcoming Broadway choreographers), made her Off-Broadway choreographic debut at the AMT Theatre with 'An Unbalanced Mind,' presented work at the McCallum Theatre/Palm Desert Choreography Festival and the New York Theatre Barn Choreography Lab held at Baryshnikov Arts Center and was awarded a grant from the New York Foundation for the Arts/City Artist Corps to present a full evening of her choreography.

She also choreographed 'My Way' at Theatre by the Sea, the AEA production of the Vaudevillian musical 'On the Air,' choreographs and assistant directs intermittent musical theater showcases at The American Musical and Dramatic Academy and has served as Associate Choreographer for Lorin Latarro.

She is on faculty at the Steps on Broadway Academy and Manhattan Youth Ballet and also enjoys teaching open, professional level classes for Steps on Broadway, Mark Morris and Peridance.

Ms. Diniz has a B.A. in English (concentration in Shakespearean Studies) and a minor in Dance from Cornell University.