DANIELLE GEORGIOU
DR. 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)
2023:
Vignette 2023, Dallas, TX
Opposing Ideas in Mind, The Lab on Santa Fe, Denver, Colorado
Gestures, La Mecha Contemporary, El Paso, TX
Further Fringes, Arts Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX
All+ Women Unite PopUp Show, Women/Life/Freedom, Dallas, TX
Mudhouse Residency Exhibition, Agios Ioannis, Crete, Greece
2022:
The Body Being, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
Vignette 2022, Dallas, TX
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)
2023:
Remember the Days at the Old Schoolyard
Official Selection: Berlin Women Cinema Festival
The Waiting Room
Semi-Finalist, Philadelphia International Filmmaker Awards
Official Selection: mignolo international screendance festival, Vesuvius International Film Festival
Best Dance Short: Cult Movies International Film Festival
2022:
Salt Bone
Official Selection: Mobile Dance Film Festival
The Waiting Room
Juried Selection: Woman-Life-Freedom-DFW Exhibition
Invited Selection: kNObox Dance Film Festival, Dance Films from Dallas Program
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 (collab. Mike Morris & 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
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
2023: Rest, Aurora Dallas, Dallas, TX
2022: Sunsets No Sleep, Aimed Summer Dance Festival, Beaumont, TX
2020: Purity Ball, Aurora Dallas, Dallas, 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
2023: Intimacy Coordinator, King Lear, Shakespeare Dallas
2023: Intimacy/Fight/Dance Choreographer, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Shakespeare Dallas
2023: Intimacy/Fight/Dance Choreographer, Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare Dallas
2023: Intimacy/Fight/Dance Choreographer, Our Dear Dead Drug Lord, Second Thought Theatre
2023: Intimacy Choreographer, The Last Truck Stop, Kitchen Dog Theater
2023: Director, The Butterfly’s Evil Spell, Theatre, Three
2023: Choreographer, The Elephant Man, Theatre Three
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
2018: Movement Consultant, Lonesome Blues; Dir. Katherine Owens, York Theatre (New York, NY)
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
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 AND CERTIFICATIONS
Theatrical Firearms Safety Course (Society of American Fight Directors)
The MAC
Dance Council of North Texas
World Dance Alliance
StateraArts
National Dance Education Organization