Danielle Diniz

Danielle has been commissioned by Jacob’s Pillow, the Ailey BFA program, Stars of American Ballet, and Earl Mosley’s Diversity of Dance, among others. She became Co Artistic Director of Jazz Choreography Enterprises at the start of 2024, choreographed New York Circus Project’s tour of Hamlet summer 2024 and choreographed for St. Louis Ballet, AVID Dance, Revolve Dance Project, Chevalier Ballet, East Coast Contemporary Ballet, Interim Dance and Woman in Motion spring/summer 2025.

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 and was awarded a grant from NYFA/City Artist Corps to present a full evening of her choreography.

She also choreographed ‘My Way’ at Theatre by the Sea, the Vaudevillian musical ‘On the Air,’ musical theater showcases at AMDA and has served as Associate Choreographer for Broadway’s Lorin Latarro.

She is on faculty at the Steps on Broadway Academy and Manhattan Youth Ballet and also enjoys teaching professional level classes for Steps on Broadway, Mark Morris and Peridance. She holds a B.A. Cornell University.

Class Description
This jazz/theater jazz class, lead with positivity, encouragement and personalization, encompasses classic vocabulary, while working on stylization and technique. All sessions start with a strength and stretch based warm-up, across the floor and transitions to high energy, intention-based choreography.