for the rest

“for the rest” is a short film choreographed by Emily Chapman, and filmed by danniel waters during the summer of 2024.

Lit_

Inspired by the mysterious disappearance of an entire colony called Roanoke in 1590, "Lit_" serves as a sequel to 2021's Trip_. Both pieces explore the effects of European people settling into the Americas.

SECRETS

"Secrets" is a short Dance Film about friendship, struggles and identities Choreographed and Performed by Julian Xiong and danniel waters Cinematography by Emily Chapman

Dragon Scales

This live performance with music by Dr Lisa Yoshida features danniel waters creating a daring dance composition inspired by the exemplifying the beauty of collaboration.

Love Me If You Dare

"Never thought that I would ever take up ‘love’ as a subject matter — so trivial compared to the ecstatic pain, drama, whimsy and ridiculousness of it all, right? That’s why I am interested in the antithesis of love more than love itself."

Story and Choreography by Maggie Liang (Xiao Liang)

yellow

This choreography by danniel waters imagins 12 stories happening all at once. Much like in real life you might find love, confidence, anger, fear and happiness amongst a sea of interconnecting relationships.

and I miss you...

Choreographer: Phoenix Cole Music Franz Schubert Dancers: Francisco Chavez, Teresa Flores, danniel waters

Roses

Roses was the first piece ever choreographed by danniel. Performed at various venues in 2019. Roses describes the story of a man that is forced to sacrifice everything to achieve greatness.

the anatomy of nonsense

"the anatomy of nonsense" is a work by Julian Xiong and danniel waters that dives deep into the structure of meaningless ideas, exploring how gibberish, contradictions, and absurdity shape our understanding of language, logic, and even humor.

crows

“crows” is a duet by danniel waters that asks the audience to put themselves in the body of a crow looking through the window of a college dorm.

artemisia

“artemisia” is structure in a set of 3 distinctive vignettes, each of them representing a different side of performing for a live audience. artemisia studies the relationship between the art making process and social acceptance, ideas first presented in "Tory: and art installation".

love, earth, autumm

This duet was choreograph by Jeevika Bhat in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts in Dance at the University of California, Irvine.