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Bio
Daniel was born on "Rue des Asters" in Geneva (Switzerland), which to a few letters might seem like a good omen. He took his first tap dance classes at the age of 5 and went on studying this dance discipline for 7 years with Pete Daniel. He then started taking classes with Fabrice Martin, in Lausanne (Switzerland). At 10 years old, Daniel started taking jazz and ballet classes. For the next 10 years, he trained in ballet, jazz, contemporary and modern'jazz and studied hip-hop, latin dance, Irish, lindy hop, salsa, piano, juggling, judo and the recipe for zucchini salad, which he still does not master. Daniel won the IDO Tap Dance World Championships in the children category at age 8, and went on to win six more gold medals in the junior and adult solo categories between 2006 and 2013. Over 10 years of participation at the World Championships, we won 16 world champion titles in the following categories: solo, trio, small group, formations, productions, small group with live music et Battle of the feet. In 2006, he was spotted at a tap dance workshop by Barbara Duffy, a great American dancer and teacher, former dance partner of Gregory Hines, who encouraged him to attend the pre-professional program of the Tap City festival in New York. |
Over the years, Barbara became his mentor; he owes his general culture about tap, his taste for improvisation and his knowledge of Gene Kelly’s language to her. Daniel has taken numerous classes and workshops in Belgium, France, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and in the USA with Barbara Duffy, Derick K. Grant, Lane Alexander, Jason Janas, Michelle Dorrance, Jason Samuels Smith and many other prominent tap dancers.
Since 2010, Daniel is a part of the Martin's Tap Dance Company, based in Lausanne, and performs in various professional tap productions touring Europe : Box-Son (2010), Clap (2012), Danse avec les Mots (2012), Délits de danseurs dans débits de boisson (2014), Slap (2015), Swing Gum (2022). He also dances alongside Lukas Weiss and Daniel Borak in Funny Feet between 2015 and 2018. Daniel regularly performs on stage in Switzerland and abroad. He has been invited by the Association for Contemporary Dance in Geneva and the OSR (Orchestre de la Suisse Romande) to perform tap solos on various occasions (Antigel and Musiques en Eté festivals, for example).
Since 2016, Daniel is a member of the world acclaimed show Stomp, created in 1991 and touring across the globe ever since.
In 2015, Daniel creates the Carpe Rhythmum ensemble along with Daniel Borak, Gilles Guenat and Sophie Romanelli. Between 2018 and 2023, he co-presides the Swiss tap dance federation, SwissTap. In 2018, he creates his own jazz ensemble, the Daniel Leveillé Trio, with Cédric Schaerer (piano) and Pierre Balda (double bass). Daniel produces his first event in 2019, a show called Fascinating Rhythms starring Maria Busquets, Christina Carminucci, Shyrleen Müller, Daniel Borak accompanied by Pierre Balda (double bass), Matthieu Llodra (piano) and Noé Tavelli (drums).
In 2021, he presents his own one-man dance show in Geneva, En attendant John Bubbles.
Daniel has been teaching weekly classes to children, teens and adults in Geneva since 2015. He taught in the dance school Dance Area between 2015 and 2021, and at the Cultural Activities of the University of Geneva since 2015. He also choreographs numbers and prepares young talents for the Swiss championships as well as for the European and World Tap Dance Championships. Over the past years, he has been invited to teach numerous workshops in Czech Republic, England, Germany, Israel, France, Spain, Sweden, Russia and in the United States.
In 2021, he opened his own dance school with Ivan Larson, called Lar & Lev, where he teaches tap lessons for all ages and levels.
Since 2010, Daniel is a part of the Martin's Tap Dance Company, based in Lausanne, and performs in various professional tap productions touring Europe : Box-Son (2010), Clap (2012), Danse avec les Mots (2012), Délits de danseurs dans débits de boisson (2014), Slap (2015), Swing Gum (2022). He also dances alongside Lukas Weiss and Daniel Borak in Funny Feet between 2015 and 2018. Daniel regularly performs on stage in Switzerland and abroad. He has been invited by the Association for Contemporary Dance in Geneva and the OSR (Orchestre de la Suisse Romande) to perform tap solos on various occasions (Antigel and Musiques en Eté festivals, for example).
Since 2016, Daniel is a member of the world acclaimed show Stomp, created in 1991 and touring across the globe ever since.
In 2015, Daniel creates the Carpe Rhythmum ensemble along with Daniel Borak, Gilles Guenat and Sophie Romanelli. Between 2018 and 2023, he co-presides the Swiss tap dance federation, SwissTap. In 2018, he creates his own jazz ensemble, the Daniel Leveillé Trio, with Cédric Schaerer (piano) and Pierre Balda (double bass). Daniel produces his first event in 2019, a show called Fascinating Rhythms starring Maria Busquets, Christina Carminucci, Shyrleen Müller, Daniel Borak accompanied by Pierre Balda (double bass), Matthieu Llodra (piano) and Noé Tavelli (drums).
In 2021, he presents his own one-man dance show in Geneva, En attendant John Bubbles.
Daniel has been teaching weekly classes to children, teens and adults in Geneva since 2015. He taught in the dance school Dance Area between 2015 and 2021, and at the Cultural Activities of the University of Geneva since 2015. He also choreographs numbers and prepares young talents for the Swiss championships as well as for the European and World Tap Dance Championships. Over the past years, he has been invited to teach numerous workshops in Czech Republic, England, Germany, Israel, France, Spain, Sweden, Russia and in the United States.
In 2021, he opened his own dance school with Ivan Larson, called Lar & Lev, where he teaches tap lessons for all ages and levels.