Daniel Belton

Daniel Belton originates from a visual arts and contemporary dance background. He is a scholarship graduate of the New Zealand School of Dance. Daniel performed extensively in New Zealand and Europe during the 1990’s including with Douglas Wright Dance Company, Kim Brandstrup and Arc Dance Company, Irek Mukhamedov, Lindsay Kemp Company, Compania Vicente Saez, Aletta Collins Dance Company, Tanz Company Gervasi, Royal Opera Covent Garden, and Glyndebourne. Daniel has established an international reputation for his choreography and film with Good Company Arts. His visionary projects for dance, theatre, opera, cinema, galleries, building facades and digital spaces have made selection to many international festivals – receiving finalist nominations and awards. In 2003 he was awarded New Zealand Arts Council’s Choreographic Research Residency at Otago University. He was appointed Media Artist in Residence at Massey University in 2008 to continue this research, and in 2010 won the Creative New Zealand Choreographic Fellowship. Daniel is the artistic director and co-founder of Good Company Arts. http://www.goodcompanyarts.com