ALVIN AILEY DANCE THEATER
At 17, Daniela went to Nervi (Italy), scene of a renowned international dance competition, escorted by her life-guide mother Ann Moon, also her teacher in Afro-Cuban style.
At the venue, some members of the “Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater” were impressed with her and granted her a scholarship in New York.
Shortly thereafter, she was made a member of the Junior Company.
She was cast in Wade in the water, the pas-de-deux Fix me Jesus, both of them parts of the celebrated ballet Revelations.
Some choreographies created directly on her:
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Night Creatures, by Alvin Ailey himself
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Echoes in Blu by Milton Myers
Among the others, she also danced in:
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Myth, by Alvin Ailey
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Children Games by Donald McKyle
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New Orleans Junction by Alvin McDuffie
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Autumn (The Four Seasons), by Joyce Trisler.
Within the company, she studied the following techniques:
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Ballet, with M.me Genia Melikova and Maggie Black
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Horton, with Judith Jamison, Joyce Trisler, Sylvia Waters, Denise Jefferson and Dudley Williams
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Graham, with Bertram Ross and Pearl Lang
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Cunningham, with Gus Salomon.
