DANIELLE GEORGIOU
DANIELLE GEORGIOU
EDUCATION
The University of Texas at Dallas
Ph.D, Humanities-Aesthetic Studies, 2018
Dissertation: Pizzicato Porno, Dirty Filthy Diamonds, and NICE: Devised Dance Theatre Productions
Areas of Research: Dance Theatre, Modern Dance History, Performance Art, German Expression in Film, Dance, and Visual Art, Avant-Garde and Experimental Theatre Practices
The University of Texas at Arlington
Master of Arts, Political Science, 2008
Thesis: The Politics of State Public Arts Funding
Areas of Research: Art Funding, Arts Education, Public Policy, Federal and State Funding for Education and the Arts
The University of Texas at Arlington
Bachelor of Business Administration, International Business/French, 2006
Graduated with Honors
VISUAL ART EXHIBITIONS
Solo/Small Group Exhibitions (selected)
2022: Refuge, The MAC, Dallas, TX
Art 214, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
2021: Together, The MAC, Dallas, TX
She/Her/They/Them, Incuarts, online exhibition
2020: Area 3, Dallas Aurora, Dallas, TX
Insomnia, Repetitive Notes, online work
2018: Delta, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX
Sideshow, Ro2 Art, Dallas, TX
Women of Ro2 Art, Ro2 Art, Dallas, TX
2017: Vignette, Texas Women’s Caucus for Art, Women’s Museum, Dallas, TX
The Steps Leading Up But Also Down, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas
2015: Edinburgh Art Festival, GARAGE Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Small Works Member Show, Ro2 Art, Dallas, TX
365, Magnolia Theatre (with Ro2 Art), Dallas, TX
2014: #hashtag, Women and Their Work, Austin, TX
2013: L’Homme Dérangé, Eugene Binder Gallery, Marfa, TX
Berlin Becher, Berlin Glas, Berlin, Germany
2012: I’m Looking Through You, Horton Gallery, New York, NY
VIDEO ART/FILM WORK – (selected)
2022: Salt Bone
Official Selection: Mobile Dance Film Festival
2021: The Purity Ball
Best Director: Vesuvius International Film Festival
Best Dance Short: Phoenix Shorts
Official Selection: Cyprus International Film Festival “Golden Aphrodite,” A Lyte in the Dark
Finalist: Cult Movies International Film Festival
Semi-Finalist: Rotterdam Independent Film Festival
Things Missing/Missed
Official Selection: Berlin International Art Film Festival, Frame of Mind, Toronto Film and Script Awards, 5th Logcinema Theatre on Film, Toronto Film Magazine Fest
Best Feature: Medusa Film Festival
Best Script: Vesuvius International Film Fest
Best Music: Vesuvius International Film Fest
Exceptional Merit: WRPN Women’s International Film Festival
Finalist: Cult Movies International Film Festival
2020: The Savage Seconds, official selection, Frame of Mind (KERA/PBS)
51 Days in Quarantine, official selection and awarded the Visionary Award, kNOwBOX dance Short Series
2018: Salt Bone, official selection, WomenCinemakers Biennale 2018
2013: Eating Out For Dinner, official selection, Oak Cliff Film Festival
2012: Iterations, official selection, Dallas Video Fest (collaboration with Mike Morris and Julie McKendrink)
2011: Love Crime, official selection, Short Films Competition, Texas Theatre
2010: Roam
Official Selection: Women In Film/SAG’s Chick Flicks; Hub Shorts Film Festival: Dance for Camera; Dallas VideoFest
One On One, dir. Luis Fernando Midence; official selection: New York City International Film Festival
DANCE AND THEATRE EXPERIENCE
Artistic Director Positions
2011-present: Artistic Director/Choreographer, Danielle Georgiou Dance Group
2019-2022: Associate Artistic Director, Undermain Theatre
Dance – Company Positions
2018-2021: Collaborator, Very Good Dance Theatre
2012-2015: Company Member, DekaDance
2011-2016: Company Member, Contemporary Ballet Dallas (now Ballet Dallas)
2014-2017: Choreographer, Dallas Neo-Classical Ballet
2011-2012: Guest Artist, Richland College
2010: Showcase Artist, National Performance Network
2008-2011: Collective Member, Muscle Memory Dance Theatre
The Danielle Georgiou Dance Group (Dance and Theatre)
Selected Performances/Livestreams/Films
2022: The Waiting Room (dance film)
2021: The Bippy Bobby Boo Show: Again! Again!, Theatre Three (co-production)
2021: Stronger Than Arms, Undermain Theatre (co-production)
2021: Things Missing/Missed (digital performance)
2020: The Bippy Bobby Boo Show: 2020 Call-In Special (live stream)
2020: The Savage Seconds, a feature-length film
2019: The Bippy Bobby Boo Show, Theatre Three (co-production)
2018: Just Girly Things, Festival of Independent Theatres
2017: Things Missing Missed, Dallas Public Library
2017: Donkey Beach, Hamon Hall, Winspear Opera House
2017: War Flower, Bath House Cultural Center
2016: SWARM, Dallas Public Library
2016: Pizzicato, 17th International Theater Festival
2015: The Show About Men, Festival of Independent Theatres
2014: NICE, Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre
2014: Dirty Filthy Diamonds, Margo Jones Theatre
2013: What This Is Not About, Bath House Cultural Center
2012: Elegant Ghost, Teatro Dallas
2011: Love and Vice, Teatro Dallas
Festivals and Commissions
Selected Performances
2022: Sunsets No Sleep, Aimed Summer Dance Festival, Beaumont, TX
2019: Without A Body, Houston Fringe Festival, Houston, TX
2018-2019: Run of Show, Houston Fringe Festival, Houston, TX; Theorist Fest, Austin, TX
2018: Dances with Whales, Aurora Dallas, Dallas, TX
2018: Fending, 254 Dance Fest, Waco, TX; Dallas Dances, Dallas, TX; Dance Co-Op, Arlington, TX
2015-2017: Chatter, Dallas DanceFest, Dallas, TX; 254 Dance Fest, Waco, TX
2016: War Flower, 254 Dance Fest, Waco, TX; Exchange Dance Festival, Tulsa, OK
2015: Social Studies and Other To-Dos, Aurora Dallas, Dallas Arts District
2013: Pizzicato Porno, Rouge Fringe Festival, Fresno, CA; Texas Biennial, San Antonio,
2011: Love Stoned…wasted, Exchange Dance Festival, Tulsa, OK
2010: Roam, National Performance Network’s Annual Conference
Theatre (Dallas and Fort Worth, TX)
Selected Productions – more available upon request
2022: Intimacy Choreographer, Between Riverside and Crazy, Stage West Theatre
2022: Choreographer, High Five, Kitchen Dog Theater
2022: Director, The Do-Over, Pup Fest, Junior Players/Kitchen Dog Theater
2022: Director/Choreographer, Stede Bonnet: A F*cking Pirate Musical, Theatre Three
2021: Director/Choreographer, Scrooge in Rouge, Stage West Theatre
2020: Co-Creator and Choreographer, The Naughty List, Moonrise Initiative
2020: Choreographer, The Children; Dir. Kara-Lynn Vaeni, Stage West Theatre
2020: Choreographer, Madame Bovary; Dir. Bruce DuBose, Undermain Theatre
2020: Choreographer, House on Mango Street; Dir. David Lazano, Cara Mia Theatre
2020: Choreographer, Slide By; Dir. Jake Nice, Elevator Project
2019: Choreographer, The Thanksgiving Play; Dir. Bruce DuBose, Undermain Theatre
2019: Intimacy/Movement, Reykjavík; Dir. Kara-Lynn Vaeni, Kitchen Dog Theater
2019: Movement Director, Office Hour; Dir. Jenny Ledel, Circle Theatre
2019: Co-Director, so go the ghosts of mexico, part 3; Undermain Theatre
2019: Choreographer, The Manufactured Myth of Eveline Flynn; Dir. Kara Lynn Vaeni, Theatre Three
2018: Choreographer, Everybody; Dir. Jake Nice, Stage West Theatre
2018: Choreographer, Once; Dir. Marianne Galloway, Theatre Three
2018: Actor, Shakey Jake+Alice; Dir. Katherine Owens, Undermain Theatre
2018: Choreographer, Three Sisters; Dir. Katherine Owens, Undermain Theatre
2017: Choreographer, Adding Machine; Dir. Blake Hackler, Theatre Three
2017: Choreographer, so go the ghosts of mexico, part two; Dir. Katherine Owens, Undermain Theatre
2016: Choreographer, DP92: Dir. Thomas Riccio, Dead White Zombies
2014: Dancer/Actor, El Conde Dracula; Dir. Matthew Posey, Ochre House Theatre
2013: Actor, (w)hole; Dir. Thomas Riccio, Dead White Zombies
2012: Actor, Flesh World; Dir. Thomas Riccio, Dead White Zombies
Theatre (New York, NY)
2018: Movement Consultant, Lonesome Blues; Dir. Katherine Owens, York Theatre
Film/Commercials/Music Videos
2022: Intimacy Coordinator, Obsession, Dir. Nathaniel Aron, short film
2021: Featured Extra, Spinner, Dir. Anne Fleitas, short film
2020: Choreographer, Rejoice, Dir. Andrew Ryan Shepherd, music video
2019: Choreographer, Christus Ad Spot, Dir. Roger Peters, commercial
2019: Featured Extra, Final Dress, Dir. Christie Vela, feature film
2019: Actor, About Face, Dir. Thomas Riccio, short film
2019: Actor, All My Waking Hours, Dir. Christian Vasquez, short film
2016: Actor, Bring The Thunder, Dir. Robert Anthony, music video
2014: Featured Extra, Lover Girl, Dir. Jason Reimer, music video
2013: Featured Dancer, Disco Queen, Dir. Matt Cooper, music video
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2011-Present Eastfield College, Mesquite, TX
2012-present: Professor of Dance (2012-2015, Visiting Scholar)
2019-present: Professor of Visual Arts (art appreciation)
2018-present: Professor of Humanities
2012-2020: Program Coordinator, Dance
2017-2018: Interim Associate Dean, Arts and Communication
2011-2012: Adjunct Professor, Dance
2019 Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
Guest Artist, Theatre (Movement Specialist)
2007-2015 University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
2012-2015: Director of the UTA Dance Ensemble
2007-2015: Instructor of Record, Dance
2010-2012 University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX
Teaching Assistant, Humanities and Arts
2009-2012 Richland College, Dallas, TX
Adjunct Professor, Government
SERVICE WORK – (selected)
2022: Performer, Family Pride Day, Resource Center, Dallas, TX
Director, Junior Players/Kitchen Dog Theater, Dallas, TX
2021: Dance Guest Artist, W.T. White High School, Dallas, TX
2020: Dance Guest Artist, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Dallas, TX
2018-2019: Co-Director, Musical Theater, SummerStage, Dallas Theater Center
2015-2019: Great Create at the Nasher Sculpture Center; Dallas, TX
2017: Series of Public Dance Theatre Workshops, Dallas Public Library
Dance and Visual Art Workshop, University of North Texas Art Galleries
2016: Illusion and Disillusion, commissioned performance by 29 Pieces and The Sixth Floor Museum for the Pulitzer Centennial
2014-2016: School of YES, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Cara Mia Theatre
2015: The Way You Move: dance workshop, Dallas Museum of Art; Dallas, TX
2014: Dance Theatre Workshop, Big Rig Dance Collective Co-Op
Contemporary Dance Workshop, Dance Council of North Texas
2013: AIDS Outreach Center Benefit Concert, Texas Christian University
CONFERENCES AND PANELS – (selected)
2022: Aimed Summer Dance Festival, Featured Teacher
2021: Texas Dance Improvisation Festival, Featured Teacher
2019: Texas Dance Improvisation Festival, Featured Teacher
World Dance Alliance Americas, scholarly presentation
2018: Art and Success, Vignette Art Fair, panelist
Exploring the Texas Creative Ecosystem. New England Foundation for the Arts Dallas Conference, panelist
2015: Arts and Culture from the Artists’ Perspective, (D Magazine), panelist
2014: Arts and Culture from the Artists’ Perspective, (D Magazine), panelist
2012: What the #$%& do you do with an art degree?, panelist
1.2 Million Stories: State of the Emerging Arts, panelist
RECENT AWARDS
2020, 2017, 2015: Best Dance Troupe, Dallas Observer (Editor’s Choice)
2017: Special Support Grant, Donkey Beach, City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs
2016: Best Dance Company, D Magazine (Reader’s Choice)
2015: Best New Play/ Musical, The Show About Men, Dallas Fort Worth Theater Critics Forum Awards
2015: Outstanding Creative Contribution: Choreography—The Show About Men and
NICE, Dallas Fort Worth Theater Critics Forum Awards
2015: Special Support Grant, The Show About Men, City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs
2015: Named a Forward Thinker by TheaterJones
PUBLICATIONS – (more examples available upon request)
The Sixth Position—columnist for TheaterJones
Dance Critic—TheaterJones, Dallas Morning News, KERA’s Art and Seek
Georgiou, Danielle. The Politics of State Public Arts Funding. Germany: VDM Verlag, 2008.
LANGUAGES
Greek – Conversational
French – Basic
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
The MAC
Dance Council of North Texas
World Dance Alliance
StateraArts
National Dance Education Organization