DANIELLE DAVIDSON
RESUME
EDUCATION/FORMATION
Naada Yoga Tiohti:áke/Mooniyang/Montreal 2020-2021
The 500 hour Naada Yoga Teacher Training is a complete and thorough training
meeting the highest level of education standardized by the Canadian and American Yoga Alliance
NYTT 500 HR certification - expected graduation June 2021
George Brown College Tkaronto / Toronto 2002 - 2005
Theatre Arts – Performance / Acting for Stage and Screen
School of Media and Performing Arts
Cégep Du Vieux Montréal / Jeune Ballet du Québec Tiohti:áke/Mooniyang/Montreal 1998 - 2001
Diplôme d’études collégiale
Danse Classique/Contemporaine
École Laurier / École Supérieure de Ballet du Québec Tiohti:áke/Mooniyang/Montreal 1994 - 1998
Diplôme d’études secondaire
Danse Classique/Contemporaine
GRANTS / SUBVENTIONS
Canada Council for the Arts 2020
Digital Originals - Video-Dance Project
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
Project Grant - HDC Dance Ensemble 2018, 2019
New England Foundation for the Arts
New England States Touring (NEST) Grant 2017
New England Foundation for the Arts
New England Dance Fund Grant 2016
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
Project Grant - Doppelgänger Dance Collective 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Arts at Brown
Creation Process Project Grant - Doppelgänger Dance Collective 2015
Creative Arts Council at Brown University
Performance and Symposium Grant - Doppelgänger Dance Collective 2015
RESIDENCES / RÉSIDENCES
Torchlight Series at CCOV 2020
Tiohti:áke/Mooniyang/Montreal
Danielle Davidson
Artists in Residence at AS220 2019 - 2020
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
HDC Dance Ensemble and Arc Iris
Artists in Residence at Providence College Sept - Nov 2019
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
HDC Dance Ensemble
Artists in Residence at Green Street Studio Aug 2018
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Doppelgänger Dance Collective and Ensemble Warhol
Creation Residency at The Boston Conservatory at Berklee March 2018
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
HDC Dance Ensemble
Artists in Residence at The Multicultural Arts Center June - July 2018
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Doppelgänger Dance Collective and Bridge Repertory Theater
Artists in Residence at The Heron Yoga and Meditation Studio Feb 2018
Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
Collaboration with Riley Watts of The Forsythe Company
Artists in Residence at The Dragon’s Egg Jan 2018
Ledyard, Connecticut, USA
Doppelgänger Dance Collective
AS220 Community Live Arts Residency Jan 2017
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Doppelgänger Dance Collective Film Creation with Andy Russ
Artists in Residence at The Dance Complex 2016 - 2017
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Doppelgänger Dance Collective
Choreographer in Residence at Keene State College Oct - Dec 2016
Keene, New Hampshire, USA
Doppelgänger Dance Collective
Choreographer in Residence at Roger Williams University Sept - Nov 2016
Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
Doppelgänger Dance Collective
Choreographer in Residence at Brown University Sept - Dec 2015
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Danielle Davidson
CHOREOGRAPHIC COMMISSIONS/ COMMANDE CHOREGRAPHIQUE
Providence College Dance Company 2019
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Space Bandits - repertory dance ensemble commission for 6 dancers
Bridge Repertory Theatre 2018
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Dark Room a play by George Brant - movement design for a cast of 22 women
Warhol Ensemble 2018
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Jeanne; Men and Their Machines - choreography and performance commission
Shaun Clarke 2017
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
The Perfect Dancer - dance-film choreography commission for 2 dancers
Festival Ballet Providence 2017
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
I / WE - repertory dance ensemble commission for 12 dancers
Keene State College 2016
Keene, New Hampshire, USA
The Head or The Hand - repertory dance ensemble commission for 8 dancers
Roger Williams University 2016
Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
Five Studies - repertory dance ensemble commission for 15 dancers
The Boston Conservatory at Berklee 2016
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Proceed Until Apprehended - guest choreographer for 2 dancers
Providence College Dance Company 2015
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Still Life with Quotidian Birds - repertory dance ensemble commission for 7 dancers
Endicott College 2015
Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
Boléro - repertory dance ensemble commission for 23 dancers
Brown University 2015
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Terra Incognita (2012) Re-staging, repertory dance ensemble for 10 dancers
Sonia Balazovjech Dance Company 2014
Tiohti:áke/Mooniyang/Montreal, Québec, Canada
Hello Night - repertory dance company commission for 13 dancers
Compagnie FDanse 2012-2013
Tiohti:áke/Mooniyang/Montreal, Québec, Canada
Terra Incognita repertory dance company commission for 11 dancers
Festival Internationale de la Danse 2008
Tiohti:áke/Mooniyang/Montreal, Québec, Canada - International Dance Day a La Place Des Arts
Aux Antipodes de l’Etre - devised dance-theater commission for 8 dancers
Awarded a grant/residency at Place des Arts for site-specific directed-improvisation
Concordia University 2006
Tiohti:áke/Mooniyang/Montreal, Québec, Canada
Ego Tripping - choreography commission for 5 dancers
CASA CARES fundraising event performed at Societe des Arts Techniques
DRAMATURGY AND REHEARSAL DIRECTION / DRAMATURGE ET RÉPÉTITRICE
Productions Fila 13/Lina Cruz 2021
Tiohti:áke/Mooniyang/Montreal, Québec, Canada
Rehearsal Assistant to choreographer Lina Cruz for the dance-theater production
MORPHS - premiere: Agora de la Danse, Toronto shows in March 2022
Zoé Dance Company 2015 - 2020
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Ballet and contemporary company class, dramaturgy and rehearsal direction
for projects: Untitled (2020), Metamorfosi (2019), Scale (2017-2018), Opia (2016),
Becoming Undone (2014-2015), Soaked (2015)
Lorraine Chapman The Company (LCTC) 2015 - 2020
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Ballet and contemporary company class, dramaturgy and rehearsal
direction for projects: The Scottish Play (2019-2020), Big in the Big Top (2017),
Salute (2015-2017), The Zealous Laborers (2016-2017)
Compagnie FDanse 2013 - 2014
Tiohti:áke/Mooniyang/Montreal, Québec, Canada
Ballet and contemporary company class and rehearsal direction
for the choreography of Claude Bellemare and guest choreographers
EDUCATOR / PROFESSOR / ÉDUCATRICE / PROFESSEURE
The Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Boston, MA 2015 - 2020
Assistant Professor in the Dance Division
Contemporary technique, Ballet technique, and
Introduction to Dance (theory and history)
Festival Ballet Providence Summer Intensive, Providence, RI 2017
Guest Faculty
Contemporary technique, Composition Workshop, Seminar Talk,
Choreography created for performance at WATERFIRE Providence
Ecole Supérieure de Ballet du Québec, Tiohti:áke/Mooniyang/Montreal, QC 2013 - 2014
Guest Teacher (Summer Program)
Contemporary technique and choreographic workshop
Danse Etude Karo-Forme, Tiohti:áke/Mooniyang/Montreal, QC 2014
Contemporary technique, Composition, Improvisation
PERFORMER / INTERPRETE
COLLECTIVES & COMPANIES (YEAR LONG COMMITMENTS)
HDC DANCE ENSEMBLE (Regional Touring) 2018 - Present
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Co-Founders/Artistic Directors/Performers with guest collaborators
Gisela Creus, Danielle Davidson, and Orlando Hernandez
Works: Arch (2018), Airing Quest (2018), Corporeality (2019),
iTMRW (2019-2020) commissioned by ARC IRIS
Lorraine Chapman The Company (National Touring) 2014 - 2020
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Artistic Direction: Lorraine Chapman
Works: Salute, The Zealous Laborers (a collaboration with The Bang Group), UNTITLED
Prometheus Dance (International Touring) 2014-2019
Cambridge/Natick, Massachusetts, USA
Artistic Direction: Diane Arvanites and Tommy Neblett
Works: Echo, Influence, Mirrors, Past is a Foreign Country,
RAu (Korhan Basaran) Memory, Devils's Wedding, Deadly Day,
Project III (a collaboration with visual artists Robert and Shana Parke-Harrisson),
Veil iii (Riley Watts)
Doppelgänger Dance Collective (International Touring) 2015-2018
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Co-Founders/Artistic Directors/Dancers: Shura Baryshnikov and Danielle Davidson
Works: The Two Body Problem, Choreography: Sydney Skybetter (2015);
Empty Seats, Choreography: B.J. Sullivan (2016);
Oracles 1 & 2, Choreography: Paul Singh (2016);
Pretend this title is invisible. Choreography: Heidi Henderson (2016);
The Trail We Left Behind, Choreography: Kellie Ann Lynch Music: Cailtlin Scholl (2016);
Echo + Narcissus, Short Film Directed by Andy Russ (2017);
Underwear, Nowhere, Choreography: Alissa Cardone Music: Nate Tucker (2017);
The Queen's Dream, Choreography: Heidi Henderson (2017);
Men and Their Machines (Mark Warhol, opera, performance, and choreography by DDC) (2018);
Dark Room (Bridge Repertory Theater, play by George Brant, movement design DDC) (2018)
Ballet Espressivo (Regional Touring) 2004-2006
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Artistic Direction: Deborah Greenburg
Works: Uprising, Fringe Festival for Arts, Harbourfront Centre
WORKS MADE IN COLLABORATION
Danielle Davidson with Marie-Eve Carriere, Kristen Cere, and Louise-Michel Jackson 2020
Tiohti:áke/Mooniyang/Montreal, QC, CA
iTMRW's Joyful Calisthenics, a futuristic art-pop sci-fi dance-music video made in collaboration with
Arc Iris (music), Marie-Eve Carriere, Kristen Cere, and Louise-Michel Jackson (performers)
supported by a Digital Originals - Canada Council for the Arts grant
Danielle Davidson with Jessica Howard, Mary Teuscher (Regional Touring) 2019
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
ƐVoceN3, choreography by Danielle Davidson in collaboration with
Jessica Howard and Mary Teuscher,
presented at School for Contemporary Dance and Thought, Northampton, MA
and Ten31 Productions, Pawtucket, RI and The Heron Studio in Fall River, MA
Danielle Davidson with Ben Cuba (Regional Touring) 2019
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Tick of the Void, choreography by Danielle Davidson in collaboration
with musician and composer Ben Cuba, performed st Studio 550 as
part of the season finale Rooftop Performance Series, Cambridge, MA
Danielle Davidson and Riley Watts 2018
Providence RI and Portland, ME
Veil i an experimental dance-theater piece
premiered at Brown University
supported by a grant from RISCA and NEFA
PERFORMER / INTERPRETE
INDEPENDENT / GUEST ARTIST PROJECTS
Productions Fila 13/Lina Cruz (Regional Touring) 2021 - 2022 & 2013-2015
Tiohti:áke/Mooniyang/Montreal,Québec, Canada
Artistic Direction: Lina Cruz
Works: Imaginarium, Ne Pas Nourrir les Animaux (2015)
Collaboration with Orchestre Nouvelle Generation (2021-2022)
AmpleMan Danse (Regional Touring) 2021 & 2011-2013
Tiohti:áke/Mooniyang/Montreal, Québec, Canada
Artistic Direction: Simon Ampleman et Emilie Demers
Works: Continent 8 and Klima, and Klima Hiver (winter 2021)
performed throughout Québec and in Saint-Malo, France
Line 1 Productions/Debra Brown (Regional Touring) 2007 & 2010
Tiohti:áke/Mooniyang/Montreal, Québec, Canada
Artistic Direction: Debra Brown
Works: Yes, A Flying Dance Experience, premiered at Rialto Theater
Contrapose Dance and Ensemble Warhol (Regional Touring) 2015
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Jeanne The Story of a Woman, choreography by Junichi Fukada,
co-produced by Contrapose Dance and Ensemble Warhol, an Opera by Mark Warhol
presented at Boston University Dance Theater
Audra Carabetta & Dancers (Regional Touring) 2015
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
We round this corner together, choreography by Audra Carabetta, performance at
The Dance Complex, Cambridge, MA and Tufts University, Medford, MA
Jessica Howard Heron Dance (Regional Touring) 2015/2016
Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
Without Wanting, choreography by Jessica Howard, a duet for Alex Drapinski and myself
created for The Southern Vermont Dance Festival, Brattleboro, VT
and re-staged for performance at The Movement Exchange in Providence, RI,
and performed at The Shaker Village, Canterbury, NH
Ballet Ouest (Regional Touring) Seasonal/2006-2012
Tiohti:áke/Mooniyang/Montreal, Québec, Canada
Artistic Director: Claude Caron
The Nutcracker (Doll, Soloist Snowflake, Rose, Dewdrop, Spanish, Chinese)
Victoria Ballet (Regional Touring) 2004
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sleeping Beauty (Carabosse Fairy) guest artist for Victoria Ballet
Opera Ontario (Regional Touring) 2002
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (National)
The Pearl Fishers, Opera, choreography by Renaud Doucet
Banff Festival Company 2001
Banff, Alberta, Canada
Celebrating Balanchine (Donizetti Variations principal dancer, Who Cares?,
Concerto Barocco, Serenade, Symphony in C and Theme and Variation)
With permission of The Balanchine Trust
Staging: Victoria Simon and Margaret Mercier
ARTISTIC PRODUCER / PRODUCTEUR ARTISTIQUE
Providence Dance Festival 2018-2020
AS220, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Curation, organization, administration, and selection of 30 companies/artist
from New England and the state of New York.
A week-long festival featuring 5 varied programs in 9 performances,
masterclasses, workshops, a Long Table Discussion, and a Jam/Battle.
IMMERSIONS / FORMATIONS
Embodied Consciousness Immersion 2019
University of CA Berkeley, California, USA
Immersive practice and research with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, Dr. Scott Lyons,
Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith, Dr. Rae Johnson, Dr. Theresa Silow,
Rev. Angel Kyodo Williams, Tara Judelle, Dr. Judith Blackstone, and Sally Kempton
Hofesh Shechter - Workshop and Repertory 2019
NYC, NY
Body Cartography Intensive and Performance 2017
Body Mind Centering creation with Olive Bienringa, Otto Ramstad
Boston, MA
David Dorfman Dance Intensive and Performance 2017
New London, CT
Tobin DelCoure – Azure Barton Intensive 2016
Natick, MA
Duets, A Vous Deux, Louise Bédard, Mélanie Demers 2014
l’oeuvre de Sylvain Emard (Catherine Viau)
Tiohtià:ke/Montréal, QC
Partnering, Ultima Vez, German Jauregui and Laura Aris Alvarez 2013
Tiohtià:ke/Montréal, QC
Richard Alston Dance Company, Repertory and Performance 2012
London, UK
Wayne McGregor/Random Dance Improvisation/Composition 2012
London, UK
Company Rosas - Improvisation, Repertory 2012
Tiohtià:ke/Montréal, QC
REFERENCES / REFERENCE
Diane Arvanites, Co-Artistic Director of Prometheus Dance - Performance Reference
Shura Baryshnikov, Artist - Co-Artistic Director, Administrator, Rehearsal Director, Choreographer, and Artistic Producer Reference
Lorraine Chapman, Artistic Director of LCTC - Performance and Rehearsal Director Reference
Orlando Hernandez, HDC Dance Ensemble Co-Artistic Director - Rehearsal Director, Choreographer, Artistic Producer Reference
Anjel Newman, AS220 Director of Programs - Artistic Producer Reference