Daniel Burkholder

Daniel Burkholder is a dancer/choreographer/improviser and the Director of The PlayGround, Co-Director of Improv Arts, inc., and serves on the Steering Committee for the West Coast Contact Improvisation Festival. Daniel and his company recently received a 2006 Metro DC Dance Award for Outstanding Group Performance in a Dance Production. Daniel's work has been presented at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Dance Place, Lisner Auditorium, The Warehouse Theater, The H Street Playhouse and numerous other venues throughout the D.C. region as well as in New York City, San Francisco and the Mid-Atlantic states. Daniel currently teaches at George Washington University, Joy of Motion Dance Centers, and CityDance Center at Strathmore. Daniel has also taught at the West Coast Contact Improvisation Festival, at numerous universities, and as guest teacher for Cirque du Soleil. He holds degrees from Sarah Lawrence College, American University and is a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner (cm).