Dance Career:

•  San Jose Ballet (2004-2009)
• Menlo Park Academy  (2009-2017)
• University of North Carolina School of the Arts (2017 - Gillian Murphy Scholarship Award - www.uncsa.edu/news/20171205-daniela-thorne.aspx)
• Nominated member of International Dance Council-CID by president of association Mr. Alkis Raftis  http://www.cid-world.org/ (2019)
• Amsterdam University of the Arts at Dutch National Ballet Academy (2019)

Accomplishments:

• Earned Distinction in all Royal Academy of Dance Exams (Grades 1 through Advanced )
• Youth America Grand Prix  (YAGP- http://yagp.org/)
  • YAGP San Francisco 2014
  • YAGP San Francisco 2015
  • YAGP San Francisco, Denver, New York Final 2016
  • YAGP San Francisco,  New York Final 2017
  • YAGP New York Finalist 2017
• UNCSA Fall 2017 onward (Gillian Murphy Scholarship Award)
• Prix de Lausanne 2018
  • Variation from Paquita
  • Rossini's Cards by Mauro Bigonzetti
• Role of Center Girl in "Symphonic Variations" at UNCSA Winter Dance 2018
• Principal role of "Paquita" at UNCSA Spring Dance 2018
• Role of "Sugar Plum" at UNCSA Nutcracker 2018
• Role of "First Violin" for "Concerto Barocco" at UNCSA Winter Dance 2019
• Role of "Raymonda" at UNCSA  Spring Dance 2019

Summer Intensives:​

• American Ballet Theater (2014-2015 & 2017)
• Master Ballet Academy (2015)
• Ellison Ballet (Merit Scholarship 2016)
• Houston Ballet (Merit Scholarship through Prix De Lausanne 2018)
• International Ballet Summer School at Palucca University (Merit Scholarship through Prix De Lausanne 2018)​
• Dutch National Ballet (Merit Scholarship 2019)
• Tivoli Ballet Skole in collaboration with Hamburg Ballett (2019)

 
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Current Teachers:
Angelina Sansone
​​Abigail Yager
Eva Draw Vorobiev
​Ilya Kozadayev
Jennet Zerbe
Jared Redick
Laura Martin
Misha Tchoupakov
Nina Danilova
Susan Jaffe

Past and Guest Teachers:
Carlos Dos Santos
Cheryl Yeager
Christian Canciani
Clairemarie Osta
​Claudio Munoz
Cynthia Harvey
​Dayna Fox
Edward Ellison
Erin Yarbrough-Powell
Fabien Voranger
Franco De Vitta
Guy, Jean-Jacques, Albouy
Irena Wozniak
Irina Dvorovenko
Jason Beechey
Juhani Teråsvuor
Jolanta Valeikaite
Julie Giordano
​Julie Kent
Kate Lydon
Kristine Elliott
Laurie Yeames
Leslie Browne
Lorena Feijoo
Marina Antonova
Mercedes Bernardez
Michael Lowe
Monica Mengarelli
Monique Loudières Dirmann
Nadia Pavlenko
Nicolas Le Riche
Raymond Lukens
Rebecca Gladstone
Sally Rojas Herrera
Sarah-Jane Measor
Siner Gonenc Boquin
​Véronique Jean
Xiomara Reyes
Yannick Boquin
 
Mentors:
Angelina Sansone
Eva Draw Vorobiev
Gillian Murphy
Laura Martin
​Laurie Yeames
​Lorena Feijoo
Susan Jaffe