A Short History

Mr. Daniels began the study of dance while attending Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, where he received a Fine Arts degree and studied with Valentina Litvinoff. Although he dreamed of being a dance artist as a child, alone in his room, he sought a more acceptable path of the study of piano, which continued for 12 years and included the giving of recitals as well as accompaniment for musical productions, choirs and orchestras. Throughout all of his schooling, he participated as an actor, dancer, singer in numerous school and civic productions.

As an arts manager and consultant during the 80s, he worked with, among others, the Limon Dance Company, Joyce Trisler Danscompany, Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico, Nancy Duncan's CoDanceCo, Charlie Moulton, Molissa Fenley, the Center for African Art, several visual artists and many local arts councils as well as the New York State Council on the Arts. While with FEDAPT, a management consulting firm with a national presence, he worked with scores of dance and theater companies.

In the 90s, he returned to the pursuit of his own creative impulses. To that end, he formed Spirited Design, an interior design firm inspired by the tenets of Feng Shui.

With what would seem so many disparate interests, what has continually informed and fueled his artistic life is both the underlying commonality of techniques and esthetics and the cross-pollination derived from such wide ranging creative pursuits.

Mr. Daniels is a sponsored artist of The Field, a not-for-profit organization to which tax-deductible contributions may be made. Specify a gift to The Field to support the work of Richard Daniels,