Tomas Danielis

Tomas Danielis, choreographer and media artist is known for creating artworks founded on the totality of perception, aiming at integral arts. His choreography engages in a type of dramaturgy overruling the primacy of music and libretto in dance, engaging instead with sociological works on stage. After working on the mechanics of power, he founded the collective Radical Empathy in 2021, where, along with his colleagues, he explores empathy, the fundamentals of human perception and interaction, and their impact on creation sociological structures. His work is characterized by a high intensity of movement expressiveness, a defined intellectual concept, and uncompromising dramaturgical stylization. His choreography is composed of extraordinary images, expressed in a rich physical language and complemented by spare poignant and often ironically funny texts, making it as comprehensible as music, sculpture, painting, or architecture. Danielis´s works have been presented in over 20 countries across three continents. His most notable creations include Custom View, Faidrós, 21&Counting, Mainly Love and Carry. In 2016 and 2017, Danielis served as the head teacher and resident choreographer of Ballet Moskva, where he created performance Equilibrium, based on game theory research, as a part of a series exploring mechanics of power, with a particular focus on abuse of power. From 2007 to 2009, he was the artistic director of International Bühnenwerkstatt Tanztheater Festival Graz. His teaching engagements have taken him to Charleroi Dans, Henny Jurriens Amsterdam, NRW Düsseldorf, CODARTS,TQW Wien, Hot Summer Kyoto, Dansehallerne Copenhagen, Bora Bora Arhus, Ballet Moscow, Danceworx New Delhi, Tsekh, Ukrainian Contemporary Dance Platform, International Bühnenwerkstatt Tanztheater Festival, Anton Bruckner University Linz. Tomáš Danielis has received numerous awards for performing arts and choreography, including the 2007 Contest – TanzRat Wien, a special prize for choreography and performing arts at the 2007 Theatre Arts Festival in Rybnik. As a performer, he was part of the Reumert Award-winning productions Men and Mahler (2013) and Rite of Spring – Extended (2014) as a member of Danish ensemble Granhøj Dans.