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