Daniel Belton's Page

FULL NAME

Daniel Alexander Belton

Do you want this account to represent:

individual human (me), organization of humans (us) many of you

If you are an organization, what kind of organization?

Company, Education, Media

Website:

http://www.goodcompanyarts.com

About Me (human/individual)/interests, work..:

I bring 20 years of professional experience as a dancer (contemporary), choreographer, and film artist. My work includes extensive collaboration with renowned directors/companies in the UK and Europe, and with my own project based group in New Zealand.


“I will always keep my eye out for Daniel, not only for myself but as someone I believe in who could do so much for dance if given the opportunity. He is held in high esteem by many in the dance world as a thoughtful, committed and exciting dancer” Siobhan Davies, Artistic Director Siobhan Davies Dance Company, London

“I immediately sensed Daniel’s creative approach to his dancing, as well as being delighted with his natural facility and his dynamic and instinctive sense of movement. He has the ability to question, explore, suggest, and a desire to understand the core of the movement physically as well as mentally. When I first saw Daniel on stage, what impressed me the most was his ability to combine spontaneous animal physicality with mature dramatic concentration” Kim Brandstrup, Artistic Director Arc Dance Company, London

“Daniel Belton and Good Company form an extremely interesting and challenging voice from New Zealand. Their production of dance films is the outcome of a coherent and devoted to the experiment itinerary, and it is being highly appreciated by the audience here in Greece” Christiana Galanopoulou, VideoDance Artistic Director, International Thessaloniki Film Festival, Athens

“Daniel Belton's contribution to the development of dance in New Zealand is outstanding, drawing from a European intellectual tradition in a way that is without parallel in this country” Philip Temple, Author, Dunedin

“He is truly a New Zealand choreographer of the 21st century. Daniel has proved over the last decade that he can deliver what he promises; his works have consistently explored the meetings of new technology, choreographic language and design” Marianne Schultz, Choreographer, Auckland

“Manchester-based moves screendance festival showcased Game in 2006 and its sequel Reset in 2007. We have been very impressed by both the technical and artistic quality of Daniel Belton’s work: not only is it impressive from a moving image perspective but it is also playful and clever and makes the work very accessible to all types of audiences, which is why we have selected Reset to be part of our 9-month European and UK tour (only thirteen films amongst eighty-two are touring). Pascale Moyse, Festival Director, Manchester, UK

Website:

http://www.goodcompanyarts.com

Where are you based?(city and Country)

I work from Dunedin, New Zealand.

Languages that you would use in this network besides English:

Spanish.

Areas of interest on performance and new media

I am particularly interested in exploring interactive technologies which draw from and dialogue with the human body - in the context of story-telling.

How did you learn about dance-tech.net?

I met Marlon at DNA

Environments and applications that you use the most for your projects

Isadora, Pure Data, Processing, Final Cut ( or any other video editing), camera work, dance forms, Protools (other sound editing software), robotic devices, other

Which other:

Dance Flume (anti-gravity chamber)

Additional site

www.somasongs.net (pending revival)