Graciela Daniele Biography (1939-)

Born December 8, 1939, in Buenos Aires, Argentina; immigrated to United States, 1963; daughter of Raul and Rosa (maiden name, Almoina) Daniele.

Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupation: Choreographer, director
Birth Details: December 8, 1939; Buenos Aires, Argentina

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Choreographer
Yerma, Greenwich Mews Theatre, New York City, 1971
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Brooklyn Academy ofMusic, Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House, Brooklyn, NY, 1976-1977
A Lady Needs a Change, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City, 1978
Twelfth Night; or, What You Will, American Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford, CT, 1978
A History of the American Film, American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA), New York City, 1978
The Most Happy Fella, Majestic Theatre, New York City, 1979
I Remember Mama, Majestic Theatre, 1979
Girls, Girls, Girls, New York Shakespeare Festival, Other Stage, Public Theatre, New York City, 1980
Alice in Concert, New York Shakespeare Festival, Anspacher Theatre, Public Theatre, New York City, 1980-1981
The Pirates of Penzance, New York Shakespeare Festival, DelacorteTheatre, New York City, 1980 then Uris Theatre, New York City, 1981
A Midsummer Night's Dream, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, 1982
Zorba, Broadway Theatre, New York City, 1983-1984
The Rink, Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1984
America's Sweetheart, Hartford Stage Company, Hartford, CT, 1984-1985
The Mystery of Edwin Drood, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, then Imperial Theatre, New York City, 1985-1987
The Knife, New York Shakespeare Festival, Estelle R. Newman Theatre, Public Theatre, New York City, 1987
(And director) Tango Apasionado, Westbeth Theatre Center, New YorkCity, 1987
(And director) Dangerous Games, Nederlander Theatre, New York City, 1989
(And director) In a Pigs Valise, Second Stage, New York City, 1989
(And director) Once on This Island, Booth Theatre, New York City,1990-1991
Snowball, Old Globe Theatre, Hartford, CT, 1991
The Goodbye Girl, Marquis Theatre, New York City, 1993
(And director) Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Plymouth Theatre, New York City, 1995
Ragtime, Ford Center for the Performing Arts, New York City, 1998-2000
(And director) A New Brain, Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre, New York City, 1998
(And director) Annie Get Your Gun, Marquis Theatre, New York City,1999-?
(And director) Marie Christine, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New YorkCity, 1999-2000

(And director) My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs, City Center Theatre, New York City, 2000
Also choreographed Naughty Marietta, New York City Opera; Die Fledermaus, Opera Company, Boston, MA; a Miliken industrial show, WaldorfAstoria Hotel.
Stage Work
Other
Production supervisor, Rendezvous with Romance, Joyce Theatre, NewYork City, 1989
Director, Falsetto Land, Hartford Stage Company, Hartford, CT, 1991
Director, Marcet of the Falsettos, Hartford Stage Company, 1991
Also worked on three ballets for Ballet Hispanico of New York, 1989-91.
Stage Appearances
(Broadway debut) What Makes Sammy Run?, 1964
Faith, Here's Where I Belong, Billy Rose Theatre, New York City, 1968
Clancy's employee, Promises, Promises, Shubert Theatre, New York City, 1968-1969
Oklahoma!, New York State Theatre, New York City, 1969
Claire, Coco, Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, 1969-1970
Mariposa, El Maleficio de la Mariposa, Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre, city parks, New York City, 1970
Young Vanessa, Follies, Winter Garden Theatre, New York City, 1971-1972
Hunyak, Chicago, Forty-sixth Street Theatre, New York City, 1975
Film Choreographer
The Pirates of Penzance, Universal, 1983
Haunted Honeymoon, Orion, 1986
Driving Me Crazy, First Run Features, 1988
Bullets over Broadway, Miramax, 1994
Mighty Aphrodite, Miramax/Buena Vista, 1995
Everyone Says I Love You, Miramax, 1996
Film Work
Other
Additional choreography, Naked Tango, New Line Cinema, 1990
Television Choreographer
Specials
"The Most Happy Fella," Great Performances, PBS, 1980
(And stage director) My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs, PBS, 2001
Movies
Alice at the Palace, 1981
Mirrors, NBC, 1985
Television Appearances
Specials
"On the Move: The Central Ballet of China," Great Performances, PBS, 1988
WRITINGS
Stage Works
Book, Dangerous Games, Nederlander Theatre, New York City, 1989
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (adapted from Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novella of the same name), first produced at Plymouth Theatre, New York City, 1995

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Notable Hispanic American Women, Book 1, Gale Research, 1993

Periodicals

American Theatre, April, 1996, p. 12
Dance Magazine, September, 1999, p. 64

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