Dance Career:

•  Amsterdam University of the Arts at Dutch National Ballet Academy
• University of North Carolina School of the Arts (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/ 
• Menlo Park Academy (San Francisco Bay Area)
• San Jose Ballet 

Accomplishments:

• Role of "Snow Flake" with the corps de ballet at Dutch National Ballet Nutcracker (Winter 2019)
• Made a piece for Dutch National Ballet Academy Choreographic Project and the piece was chosen by the director for school demonstration at the Opera House
• Role of "Raymonda" at UNCSA  Spring Dance 2019
• Role of "First Violin" for "Concerto Barocco" at UNCSA Winter Dance 2019
• Role of "Sugar Plum" at UNCSA Nutcracker 2018
• Principal role of "Paquita" at UNCSA Spring Dance 2018
• Role of Center Girl in "Symphonic Variations" at UNCSA Winter Dance 2018
• Prix de Lausanne 2018
  • Variation from Paquita
  • Rossini's Cards by Mauro Bigonzetti
• Earned Distinction in all Royal Academy of Dance Exams (Grades 1 through Advanced )
• UNCSA Fall 2017 onward (Gillian Murphy Scholarship Award)
• 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 Top Finalist 2017

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​Video Feature 
Get to know a little about Daniela in this 6 minute UNCSA Promotional Video
​Ballet dancers reach new heights in Marius Petipa's "Raymonda"

Summer Intensives:​

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

 

Current Teachers:
Caroline Iura
Emanouela Merdjanova
Ernst Meisner
Eva Draw Vorobiev
Grigory Tchitcherine
Jane Lord
Laurence Korsenti
Rinat Gizatulin
Susan Jaffe

Past and Guest Teachers:
​Abigail Yager
Anne Peyk
Angelina Sansone
Carlos Dos Santos
Cheryl Yeager
Christian Canciani
Clairemarie Osta
Cynthia Harvey
​Dayna Fox
David Makhateli
Edward Ellison
Erin Yarbrough-Powell
Fabien Voranger
Franco De Vitta
Guy, Jean-Jacques, Albouy
​Ilya Kozadayev
Irina Dvorovenko
Jared Redick
Jason Beechey
Jennet Zerbe
Juhani Teråsvuor
Jolanta Valeikaite
Julie Giordano
​Julie Kent
Kate Lydon
Kevin Haigen
Kristine Elliott
Konstantin Tselikov
Laura Martin
Laurie Yeames
Leslie Browne
Lorena Feijoo
Mara Galeazzi​
Marina Antonova
Mercedes Bernardez
Misha Tchoupakov
Monica Mengarelli
Monique Loudières Dirmann
Nadia Pavlenko
Nanette Glushak
Nicolas Le Riche
​Nina Danilova
Raymond Lukens
Rebecca Gladstone
Sally Rojas Herrera
Sarah-Jane Measor
Siner Gonenc Boquin
​Véronique Jean
Xiomara Reyes
Yannick Boquin
 
Mentors:
Eva Draw Vorobiev
Gillian Murphy
​Laurie Yeames
Susan Jaffe