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Daniela Cardim

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’Two Husbands’

New English Ballet Theatre

Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells, London 2019



Music: Heitor Villa-Lobos

Sets & Costume Design: April Dalton

Lighting Design: Andrew Ellis 

Piece for 10 dancers

 

"Where Cardim has succeeded is that the story is clear – there is no need to read the programme beforehand and that is a feat in itself. It is a courageous step into narrative dance” 

- Deborah Weiss - Dancetabs, Sep 2019

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'What Got You Here'

Dutch National Ballet Junior Company

 

Meervaart, Amsterdam  2019

 

Music by Nico Muhly

Text excerpts from Bill Bryson’s audiobook: 

‘A Short History of Nearly Everything’ (with kind permission from the author)

Costumes: Oliver Haller

Lighting Design: Wijnand van der Horst

 Piece for 6 dancers

 

“The first new work - and also the most interesting of the program - is What Got You Here by the Brazilian Daniela Cardim. On each of the beautiful miniatures by composer Nico Muhly, three men and three women answer the amazement that sounds in Bill Bryson's texts, as quoted from his equally witty and masterly A Short History or Nearly Everything. The dance is frieze and airy, but with enough interesting movement material. I would like to see it three times in a row.” - Het Parool, 2019

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’The Message’

Elmhurst Ballet School
Birmingham, 2019

Music: Ludovico Einaudi

 

"The Message, a smart piece of neo-classical choreography built on a clever idea, used pointes and partnering to good effect and was given a strong performance by the dancers of the school’s touring Company” 
SeeingDance, Jul 2019 - Maggie Foyer

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'The Whisper'

English National Ballet School
 

New Wimbledon Theatre, London, 2017



Music: Nico Muhly

 

Piece for 20 dancers

 

“Daniela Cardim’s The Whisper was a class work of modern ballet with a quirky back story to give a handle”

SeeingDance.com - by Maggie Foyer 

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photo by John Ross

'Vertex'

New English Ballet Theatre


Peacock Theatre, London 2016



Music: Camargo Guarnieri

Costumes: April Dalton

Projected Art: Ann Christopher RA

Lighting Design: Andrew Ellis

 

Piece for 8 dancers

 

"The most accomplished work on the programme was Daniela Cardim’s Vertex, with aesthetic designs by April Dalton. This looked like a full-blooded, pure dance work with clear lines, lovely duets and a sense of symmetry."

- Deborah Weiss - Dance Europe 2016

photo by Júlia Ronai

Dancers: Karen Mesquita & Alef Albert

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'Uirapuru'

Ballet do Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro

Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro 2016



Music: Heitor Villa-Lobos
Costumes: Rene Salazar
Sets: Gringo cardia
Light design: Maneco Quinderé​



Piece for 14 dancers

"The neo-classic dance is guided by the musical score in a well-resolved harmony. Karen Mesquita and Alef Albert show excellent technique while sets, lights and projections frame the elegance of the piece.”

 - By Adriana Pavlova - O Globo newspaper

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Dancer: Claire Calvert

'Similarities between diverse things'

Royal Ballet - Draft Works
 
In collaboration with choreographer Érico Montes

Royal Opera House - Linbury Theatre , London 2015


Music: Joby Talbot

 

Piece for 5 dancers

Ignition Dance Festival 2015 - Photograp

photo by Gigi Gianella

Dancers: Alexandra Cameron-Martin & Gyorgy Baan

'Wundarra'

New English Ballet Theatre

St. James Theatre - London 2015


Music: Various Iwra
Costumes: Allie Duthie & Daniela Cardim
Light design: David McDade

 

Piece for 2 dancers

 



"This was the kind of duet that makes dance accessible and exciting for all."​

 - London Theatre 1, 2015

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photo by Dave Morgan

Dancers: Christina Cecchini & Gyorgy Baan

'Tangents'

New English Ballet Theatre


Peacock Theatre, London 2014

 

St. James Theatre, London 2015

Tour: Richmond, Cheltenham, High Wycombe 2015



Music: Modest Mussorgsky

Costumes: Daniela cardim

Original lighting: Malcolm Glanville

 

Piece for 6 dancers

 

"Tangents, by company manager and choreographer of growing repute Daniela Cardim Fonteyne to Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition was an abstract, lyrical journey centred around the changes in relationships, the differences in how people interact with each other. It was sensitively shaped, with a number of eye-catching sequences."

- Dance Europe 2015

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'Separation'

Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts



LIPA - Liverpool 2015



Music: medley
Costumes: LIPA students
Light design: LIPA students

 

Piece for 6 dancers

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'Aida'

Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam 2012
 

Dancers from Dutch National Ballet School

 

Piece for 3 dancers

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Dancers: Begoña Cao, Junor Souza, Désirée Ballantyne, Daniel Kraus

'Inertia'

​English National Ballet's Workshop 2011​

Music by Michael Nyman
performed by Balanescu Quartet

 

Piece for 4 dancers
 



"Daniela Cardim's 'Inertia' to Michael Nyman music was a confident, sophisticated work in neo-classical style"
- Dance Europe 2011

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Dancers: Laura Bury & James C Stout

'Bits and Bobs'

Dutch National Ballet

New Moves 2010


Music: Balanescu Quartet/Caetano Veloso/Bob McFerrin/Vivaldi


Piece for 7 dancers

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'Two Octaves Below Middle C'

Dutch National Ballet



Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam 2009



Music: Philip Glass / Nando Russo
Costumes: Yumiko Takeshima
Sets: Ellen Windhorst
Light design: Wijnand van der Horst

 

Piece for 10 dancers

 



"She handed her ten dancers in skilful and interesting designs, making innovative use of balletic form"

 - Dance Europe 2009

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'Passanoite'

São Paulo Companhia de Dança


Teatro Alfa, SP 2009



Music: Marcelo Petraglia, Hermelino Neder, Mário Manga and André Mehmari



Costumes: Ronaldo Fraga
Lighting: Domingos Quintiliano

 

Piece for 10 dancers

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Dancer: Natalia Hofman

'In Space'

Dutch National Ballet



Het Muziektheatre, Amsterdam 2008



Music: medley
Costumes: Oliver Haller

 

Piece for 1 dancer

'New York Choreographic Institute'

Lincoln Center, New York 2008



In collaboration with composer  Jude Vaclavik

(Juliard School graduate)

 

Dancers: School of American Ballet

 

Piece for 8 dancers
 

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Dancers: Ji-young Kim & Peter Leung

'Summa'

Dutch National Ballet

New Moves 2008


Music: Arvo Part

 

Piece for 2 dancers

 

"Daniela Cardim built her growing  choreographic reputation with 'Summa' , a neo-classical duet danced by Ji-Young Kim and Peter Leung. The movements were clearly etched, following the simple violin line, and beautifully interpreted"

 - Dance Europe 2008

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'Zaahir'

Dutch National Ballet



'Souk' - Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam 2007



Music: Claude Chalhoub
Costumes: Daniela Cardim with Dutch National Ballet's costume department

 

Piece for 2 dancers

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Dancers: Veronique Tamaccio & Juanjo Arques

'Piano Suite'

Dutch National Ballet

New Moves 2007


Music: Philip Glass

 

Piece for 2 dancers

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Dancer: Emanouela Merdjanova

'Baticum'

Dutch National Ballet

New Moves 2007


Music: Marco Antonio Guimarães

 

Piece for 6 dancers

Dancers: Emanouela Merdjanova & Peter Leung

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'3 Movements for Cello and Piano'

Dutch National Ballet

New Moves 2006


Music: Brahms

 

Piece for 6 dances

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'9 for 8'

Dutch National Ballet

New Moves 2005


Music: Uakti

 

Piece for 8 dances

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'Encuentro'

Dutch National Ballet

New Moves 2004


Music: aboriginal sounds

 

Piece for 8 dances

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