Curriculum Vitæ
Daniel Leveillé
Phone +41 (0) 79 232 19 26
Email dan_leveille(at)bluewin.ch
Phone +41 (0) 79 232 19 26
Email dan_leveille(at)bluewin.ch
Curriculum Vitæ
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 10 years straight, 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 in 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 professionnal tap productions touring Europe : Box-Son (2010), Clap (2012), Danse avec les Mots (2012), Délits de danseurs dans débits de boisson (2014) and Slap (2015). He also dances alongside Lukas Weiss and Daniel Borak in Funny Feet since 2015. 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.
At the same time, Daniel is, since 2018, the co-president of the swiss association for tap dance, Swisstap. The same year, he created his own jazz ensemble, the Daniel Leveillé Trio, with Cedric Schaerer (piano) and Pierre Balda (double bass).
Daniel has been teaching weekly classes to children, teens and adults in Geneva since 2015. He teaches in the dance school Dance Area and at the Cultural Activities of the University of Geneva. 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 give numerous workshops in Czech Republic, England, Germany, Israel, France, Spain, Sweden, Russia and in the United States.
Daniel is fluent in French, English and Russian.
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 10 years straight, 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 in 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 professionnal tap productions touring Europe : Box-Son (2010), Clap (2012), Danse avec les Mots (2012), Délits de danseurs dans débits de boisson (2014) and Slap (2015). He also dances alongside Lukas Weiss and Daniel Borak in Funny Feet since 2015. 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.
At the same time, Daniel is, since 2018, the co-president of the swiss association for tap dance, Swisstap. The same year, he created his own jazz ensemble, the Daniel Leveillé Trio, with Cedric Schaerer (piano) and Pierre Balda (double bass).
Daniel has been teaching weekly classes to children, teens and adults in Geneva since 2015. He teaches in the dance school Dance Area and at the Cultural Activities of the University of Geneva. 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 give numerous workshops in Czech Republic, England, Germany, Israel, France, Spain, Sweden, Russia and in the United States.
Daniel is fluent in French, English and Russian.
Training
Tap
Pete DANIEL (1999-2006)
Fabrice MARTIN Planet Dance Martin, Lausanne (2006-2012)
Workshops in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Europe with Barbara DUFFY, Derick K. GRANT, Lane ALEXANDER, Chloe ARNOLD, Brenda BUFALINO, Ayodele CASEL, Heather CORNELL, Michelle DORRANCE, Jared GRIMES, Ray HESSELINK, Lee HOWARD, Jason JANAS, Kendrick JONES, Ted LEVY, Danny NIELSEN, Max POLLAK, Jason SAMUELS SMITH, Randy SKINNER, Dianne WALKER, Cartier WILLIAMS, Mark YONALLY, Nicholas YOUNG etc.
Jazz
Brigitte MATTEUZZI (2004-2007)
Caty EYBERT Dance Area, Geneva (2007-2011)
Modern
Martine BRODARD Geneva's Dance Academy (2007-2008)
Robert RUSSELL and Lucy NIGHTINGALE Dance Area, Geneva (2009-2010)
Gérald DURAND Dance Area, Genève (2011-2013)
Ballet
Kate KETCHUM, Laura SMEAK and Louise UITERWIJK Geneva's Dance Academy (2005- 2009)
Yvette REGUEIRO, Lucie NIGHTINGALE and Hélène ROUX Dance Area, Geneva (2009-2014)
Others
Lindy hop, latin dances (cha-cha-cha, rumba, jive, paso doble, samba), hip-hop, salsa
Tap
Pete DANIEL (1999-2006)
Fabrice MARTIN Planet Dance Martin, Lausanne (2006-2012)
Workshops in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Europe with Barbara DUFFY, Derick K. GRANT, Lane ALEXANDER, Chloe ARNOLD, Brenda BUFALINO, Ayodele CASEL, Heather CORNELL, Michelle DORRANCE, Jared GRIMES, Ray HESSELINK, Lee HOWARD, Jason JANAS, Kendrick JONES, Ted LEVY, Danny NIELSEN, Max POLLAK, Jason SAMUELS SMITH, Randy SKINNER, Dianne WALKER, Cartier WILLIAMS, Mark YONALLY, Nicholas YOUNG etc.
Jazz
Brigitte MATTEUZZI (2004-2007)
Caty EYBERT Dance Area, Geneva (2007-2011)
Modern
Martine BRODARD Geneva's Dance Academy (2007-2008)
Robert RUSSELL and Lucy NIGHTINGALE Dance Area, Geneva (2009-2010)
Gérald DURAND Dance Area, Genève (2011-2013)
Ballet
Kate KETCHUM, Laura SMEAK and Louise UITERWIJK Geneva's Dance Academy (2005- 2009)
Yvette REGUEIRO, Lucie NIGHTINGALE and Hélène ROUX Dance Area, Geneva (2009-2014)
Others
Lindy hop, latin dances (cha-cha-cha, rumba, jive, paso doble, samba), hip-hop, salsa
Competitions
Nine times tap swiss champion (SwissTap) and seven times world tap champion (International Dance Organization, IDO) in the solo category (children, juniors and adults) from 2002 to 2013.
16 world champion titles in the following categories: solo, trio, small group, formations, productions, small group with live music et Battle of the feet.
Nine times tap swiss champion (SwissTap) and seven times world tap champion (International Dance Organization, IDO) in the solo category (children, juniors and adults) from 2002 to 2013.
16 world champion titles in the following categories: solo, trio, small group, formations, productions, small group with live music et Battle of the feet.
Performances
Dance
• Musical “Noël à Brooklyn” Espace culturel des Terreaux (Lausanne), 2006.
• “Box-Son” (Martin’s Tap Dance Company) 2010 - 2013.
• “Danse avec les Mots” (Martin’s Tap Dance Company, Philippe Cohen, Jean Duperrex) 2012.
• “Clap” (Martin’s Tap Dance Company) 2012-2014.
• “Funny Feet” (Lukas Weiss Production) since 2015.
• “Slap” (Martin’s Tap Dance Company) since 2015.
• "Stomp" (STOMP Productions) since 2016.
• "La Chauve Souris" (Adriano Sinivia, Opéra de Lausanne) 2018.
Acting/Singing
• “La Poudre aux Yeux” (David Bauhofer, Théâtre de Carouge) 2013.
• “Délits de danseurs dans débits de boissons” (Martin's Tap Dance Company, Philippe Cohen, Jean Duperrex) 2014.
Dance
• Musical “Noël à Brooklyn” Espace culturel des Terreaux (Lausanne), 2006.
• “Box-Son” (Martin’s Tap Dance Company) 2010 - 2013.
• “Danse avec les Mots” (Martin’s Tap Dance Company, Philippe Cohen, Jean Duperrex) 2012.
• “Clap” (Martin’s Tap Dance Company) 2012-2014.
• “Funny Feet” (Lukas Weiss Production) since 2015.
• “Slap” (Martin’s Tap Dance Company) since 2015.
• "Stomp" (STOMP Productions) since 2016.
• "La Chauve Souris" (Adriano Sinivia, Opéra de Lausanne) 2018.
Acting/Singing
• “La Poudre aux Yeux” (David Bauhofer, Théâtre de Carouge) 2013.
• “Délits de danseurs dans débits de boissons” (Martin's Tap Dance Company, Philippe Cohen, Jean Duperrex) 2014.
Others
Studied jazz piano with Maël Godinat and Michel Bastet (2000-2013)
Studied jazz piano with Maël Godinat and Michel Bastet (2000-2013)