Graciela Daniele (born December 8, 1939) is anArgentine-American dancer, choreographer, and theatre director.

A stage musical based on her life, titleThe Gardens of Anuncia, premiered in 2021, created byMichael John LaChiusa.^[1]

Born inBuenos Aires, Argentina to Raúl Daniele and Rosa del Carmen Almoina. After her parents divorced, her mother got a job as a secretary for the Argentinian government. Later, her mother became an actress.

Daniele began her dance training at the age of seven atTeatro Colón,Argentina's equivalent ofMoscow'sBolshoi Theatre. She later moved toParis to continue herballet studies, and while living there attended a performance ofWest Side Story, withJerome Robbins's original choreography. Overwhelmed by the way dance was an integral part of the story-telling, she decided to move toNew York City to study jazz and modern dance, styles she felt were best for expressing human emotions on stage.^[2]

As a performer, Daniele made herBroadway debut inWhat Makes Sammy Run? in 1964. She studied withMartha Graham andMerce Cunningham while working withBob Fosse,Agnes de Mille, andMichael Bennett, who hired her to assist him withFollies in 1971. Her first credit as a full-fledged choreographer was the 1979 revival ofThe Most Happy Fella.

Daniele has worked withWoody Allen on three films,Mighty Aphrodite,Everyone Says I Love You, andBullets over Broadway.^[3]

In addition to her work in New York City, where she has choreographed forBallet Hispanico and served as a director-in-residence atLincoln Center, Daniele has directed and/or choreographed theatrical,opera, and dance productions throughout theUnited States.^[4][5]

She has directed and/or choreographed several musicals ofLynn Ahrens andStephen Flaherty, including, most recently,The Glorious Ones (2007) andDessa Rose (2005) at theOff-Broadway Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater atLincoln Center. She has directed and/or choreographed several musicals ofMichael John LaChiusa Off-Broadway, most recentlyBernarda Alba (2006) andLittle Fish (2003).^[6]

In 1991, she was the first to directWilliam Finn's two one-act musicalsMarch of the Falsettos andFalsettoland as one evening of theater, for the Hartford Stage Company.^[7] This combination went on to become the musicalFalsettos.^{[citation needed]}

In 2005, Daniele was inducted into theAmerican Theater Hall of Fame.^[8]

• 2015:The Visit (Choreographer)
• 2007:The Pirate Queen (Musical Staging)
• 2005:Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life (Director and Choreographer)
• 2004:Barbara Cook's Broadway! (Creative Consultant)
• 2002:Elaine Stritch At Liberty (Movement Consultant)
• 1999:Marie Christine (Director and Choreographer)
• 1999:Annie Get Your Gun (Director and Choreographer)
• 1998:Ragtime (Choreographer)
• 1995:Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Director, Choreographer, and Writer)
• 1993:The Goodbye Girl (Choreographer)
• 1990:Once on This Island (Director and Choreographer)
• 1985:The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Choreographer)
• 1984:The Rink (Choreographer)
• 1983:Zorba (Choreographer)
• 1981:The Pirates of Penzance (Choreographer)
• 1978:Working (Additional Spanish lyrics)
• 1978:A History of the American Film (Musical Staging)
• 1975:Chicago (Performer)
• 1971:Follies (Performer)
• 1969:Coco (Performer)
• 1968:Promises, Promises (Performer)
• 1968:Here's Where I Belong (Performer)

• 2020 SpecialTony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre^[9]
• 2006Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography (Bernarda Alba)
• 1999 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical (A New Brain)
• 1998Tony Award for Best Choreography (Ragtime)
• 1998 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography (Ragtime)
• 1996 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical (Chronicle of a Death Foretold)
• 1996 Tony Award for Best Choreography (Chronicle of a Death Foretold)
• 1996 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book (Chronicle of a Death Foretold)
• 1996 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography (Chronicle of a Death Foretold)
• 1996 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical (Chronicle of a Death Foretold)
• 1994 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography (Hello Again)
• 1994 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical (Hello Again)
• 1993 Tony Award for Best Choreography (The Goodbye Girl)
• 1991 Tony Award for Best Choreography (Once on This Island)
• 1991 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical (Once on This Island)
• 1990 Tony Award for Best Choreography (Dangerous Games)
• 1986 Tony Award for Best Choreography (The Mystery of Edwin Drood)
• 1984 Tony Award for Best Choreography (The Rink)
• 1981 Tony Award for Best Choreography (The Pirates of Penzance)
• 1981 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography (The Pirates of Penzance)

• Dance Magazine "Faces in Dance: Graciela Daniele", by Rose Eichenbaum, September 1999
• "A Life in the Theatre: Director-Choreographer Graciela Daniele", Mervyn Rothstein, June 15, 2006 playbill interview

• Graciela Daniele at theInternet Broadway Database
• Graciela Daniele at theInternet Off-Broadway Database (archived)
• American Theatre Wing biography and interview
• broadwayworld.com Tony Award listing

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