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Raised in the Adirondack Mountain area of New York State, Daniel began Irish and tap dancing lessons at age five, and initiated his performing career with a touring carnival at age nine. His dance studies continued in the Vaganova and Graham traditions at the High School of Performing Arts, and in the Cecchetti and Imperial Russian Ballet School traditions with Vincenzo Celli, Barbara Fallis, Vera Nemchinova, and Richard Thomas in NYC.

Mr. Levans also appeared in films, TV and stage productions, including TURNING POINT, GREASE, RED BADGE OF COURAGE, GOODBYE GIRL, THE WALTONS, and STREET SCENE with New York City Opera. He choreographed musical theater productions of MISS LIBERTY and BLOOMER GIRL for Goodspeed Opera House, BRIMSTONE for Stockbridge Theater and the workshops of Hal Prince and Musical Theater Works, and directed and choreographed productions for the Smithsonian Institute, the King Cole Loves Broadway series at the St. Regis hotel as well as Off-Broadway productions of OH BOY!, THE GOREY DETAILS and AMPHIGOREY, which received an Obie nomination for Best Musical.

Daniel Levans Productions

 
[Off-Broadway, 2000]
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[Off-Broadway, 1994]
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Daniel Levans News


Ginger Thatcher Will Be on the Faculty of Ballet Arts, Inc.'s Summer Intensive


GINGER THATCHER will be on the faculty of Ballet Arts, Inc.’s Summer Intensive which will be taking place from June 13-17, 2022 in Jackson, Tennessee. Ms. Thatcher will be teaching musical theater, jazz, and modern dance classes for the participants in this year’s Summer Intensive.

Ginger Thatcher and Violeta Angelova Will Be Guest Teachers at The Goh Ballet Academy


GINGER THATCHER, former principal dancer of the Cleveland Ballet, will be a guest teacher from March 23-27, 2020, and VIOLETA ANGELOVA, former principal dancer of the Suzanne Farrell Ballet, will be a guest teacher from July 20-August 1, 2020 at the Goh Ballet Academy. Ms. Thatcher will be a guest teacher for the New a?" Spring Performance Workshop, and Ms. Angelova will be a member of the faculty for the International Summer Intensive.

New Jersey Ballet to Perform Ginger Thatcher's SATURDAY NIGHT as Part of Annual Gala, 4/9


The New Jersey Ballet will perform Ginger Thatcher's Saturday Night as part of the company's annual gala performance on April 9, 2016 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, New Jersey. Ms. Thatcher's work is choreographed to the music of jazz singer Etta James, and has been in the company's repertoire for over a decade.

Stage and Screen Dancer and Choregrapher Daniel Levans Dies at 62


BroadwayWorld reports with great sadness the passing of Daniel Levans of a lung infection on September 15, 2015 in New York City.

Ginger Thatcher and Phillip Broomhead Set for Faculty at Goh Ballet Academy's Summer Program in Vancouver, 7/7-8/9


GINGER THATCHER, former principal dancer of the Cleveland Ballet and former soloist of the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, and PHILLIP BROOMHEAD, former principal dancer of the Royal Ballet and the Houston Ballet, will members of the faculty for the Goh Ballet Academy's Summer Program in Vancouver, Canada from July 7-August 9, 2014.

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