danielle pinney
videography by z allard
Dance Exposure
Contemporary | Ballet | Aerial Lyra, Hammock, and Split Silks | Hip Hop | Jazz | Gaga | Flamenco
Belly Dance | Irish Step Dance | Pizzica | Nihon-buyō | Lanna | Legong
Danielle Pinney is a Freelance Contemporary Dancer and Aerialist based in Brooklyn, NY. She was named an Edward Villella Fellow (2019)¹ and Thomas J. Watson Fellow (2022-23)². More recently, Danielle has performed in Jason Derulo’s “Glad U Came” music video, filmed in Bali, Indonesia, in Rai Linea Verde’s TV special on Pizzica Dance, filmed in Bari, Italy, and in KZ Choreo’s contemporary piece, “The Experience,” at ModArts Dance Festival in NY. She has also worked with creatives across disciplines including Illustrator/Animator Cecile Fountain-Jardim on dance-media collaborations and screendance projects.
Come September, Danielle will be pursuing research at the intersection of contemporary dance and poetry to dissect how one’s surroundings impact and inspire new modalities of movement as the designated Fall Artist-in-Residence at Bryn Du Mansion in Granville, Ohio.
- Awarded fully-funded Aerial Dance Training in Aerial Split Silks and Hoop.
- Conducted independent movement-based anthropological research on storytelling in traditional dance outside the U.S. for 13 consecutive months. Between July 2022 and August 2023, Danielle explored how communities come together to tell shared narratives through their time-honored movement practices across Spain, Morocco, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Thailand, and Indonesia. More below.
anthropological
dance research
thomas j. watson fellow site