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Danielle Marie Fusco is an award-winning Italian-American dancer, choreographer, aerialist, educator, and cultural preservationist whose multifaceted career bridges commercial theatre, concert dance, circus arts, arts-in-education, and Southern Italian folk and diasporic traditions. Her work is rooted in embodied lineage, ritual, and cultural memory—bringing ancestral practices into contemporary performance with reverence, innovation, and power.

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Her artistic journey spans Off-Broadway productions, international concert stages, and professional circus training at Circus Warehouse NYC. Danielle’s Off-Broadway and Equity credits include Tink, The Anthem, and The Vanity, with additional performances at the New York Innovative Theatre Awards Opening Ceremony and the New York Musical Festival.

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In concert dance and physical theatre, Danielle has collaborated and performed with acclaimed artists and companies including Dzul Dance in New York and Mexico, with performances at New York Live Arts, Teatro Paula Toro (campeche), Teatro Angela Peralta (Mazatlan),, as well as Noemi LaFrance, Nejla Yatkin, Miriam Barbosa, Jazz Roots NYC under the direction of Sue Samuels, Edgar Cortes, Graham 2, and Sam Pott’s Episode of American Document at the Joyce Theatre with The Martha Graham Company, Jazz Dance Legacy, and the Luigi Jazz Center Memorial Shows.

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In the realm of circus and experimental performance, Danielle has appeared at Big SkyWorks and STREB Lab for Action Mechanics, including Friday Night curated performances by Bobby Hedglin-Taylor, and Devenaio by Marcela Duarte. She actively teaches Lyra and Silks/Hammock at Aerial Haven in Queens, NY, and was a circus artist-in-residence for the inaugural Hupstate Circus Residency with Circus Culture.

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Renowned as a tarantella dancer, Danielle has trained extensively with master artists from La Notte della Taranta, including Lucia Scarabino, and has performed with Alessandra Belloni & I Giullari di Piazza. She has appeared as a featured guest artist for Vanessa Racci, Allegro Dance Company, and FINI Dance in both Italy and New York. Her solo work Il Rituale was selected for presentation in Calabria, where it was restaged with 20 local young dancers, deepening her commitment to intergenerational and community-based cultural exchange. Additional solo and featured performances include the Columbus Citizens Foundation Women’s Auxiliary, Festa Della Donna at the Triad Theatre, Dance Astoria Festival, the West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival, Orosogna Mutual Aid Society, The Italian American Museum, OSDIA Farmingdale and Connecticut, San Gennaro Festival in Norwalk, CT and commissioned work for the Long Island Traditions Folk and Traditional Arts Performance Series at Westbury Arts and Patchogue Theatre in collaboration with Patchogue Arts Council.

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Danielle is featured in the documentaries The Other Italian Americans and The Martha Graham Technique with Penny Frank (Dance Spotlight). Her accolades include being the 2026 recipient of the Alba Mazza Award for Education and the Arts for The Festival of Song, the 2022 Italian Dance Award for Best Dancer in Calabria with FINI Dance Festivals and Awards, recognition as a #1 Critic’s Pick by Time Out Magazine, and a feature in Dance Informa Magazine: Women in Dance. She is also a PEACE Grant participant with the Patchogue Arts Council. Danielle was awarded an official government proclamation from the Westchester NY County Legislature proclaiming March 24th as “Danielle Marie Fusco Day” for her excellence in performance, choreography and preservation of cultural art forms.  

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As an educator, facilitator, and arts-in-education specialist, Danielle has taught nationally and internationally at institutions including the Martha Graham School, NYU, PACE University, Kean University, Nazareth College, private dance conservatories, NYCDOE, Eastern Suffolk BOCES, Peridance, FINI Dance Festival and Awards in Italy, Espacio de Danza (Mexico), and Sceneindgangen (Copenhagen). She previously served as Director of Outreach for RIOULT Dance NY, expanding access to professional dance experiences through community-based programming.

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Danielle is deeply committed to inclusive, intergenerational, and community-centered arts practice. She participated on a Federal research grant for 10 years with Eastern Suffolk BOCES on creative classroom collaboratives (www.creativec3.org). She works with local senior citizen centers, creating joyful opportunities for older adults to stay active, connected, and embodied through dance. Danielle Marie Fusco  has been collaborating with Renaissance Lifestyles by Jurukan Inc., founded by Rev. Ruben D. Cruz II , through the Raíces Astoria Social Club. Danielle and Rev. Cruz have partnered to support senior dancers, cultivating spaces of movement, cultural connection, and celebration.

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She also works with New York City Department of Education as a guest artist for inclusive dance programs, has volunteered dance classes at St. Joseph’s School for the Deaf in the Bronx, and has facilitated long-term residencies in diverse educational settings. Additionally, Danielle works extensively within D75 special needs schools, supporting teens and adults who are nonverbal with autism and other developmental and physical disabilities, integrating movement, sound, ritual, and sensory-based practices to foster communication, regulation, and creative expression.

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In addition, Danielle has offered mentorship programs for newly arriving Italians in America through COMITES NY, invited by media personality Ornella Fado, supporting cultural transition, artistic integration, and community connection for members of the Italian diaspora.

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Danielle is the founder and artistic director of The Italian Arts Festival: The Spirit of Italy and the creator of Terra Nuova Company (New Earth), a contemporary performance company dedicated to bringing ancient traditions into new theatrical forms. She is also the creator of American Strega, a platform devoted to Southern Italian mysticism, folk magic, and women’s ancestral traditions. A proud member of the National Organization of Italian American Women, her current practice centers on sharing embodied lineage, ritual, and mysticism through workshops, retreats, and performance-based works.

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Through interdisciplinary creation, Danielle unites movement, spirituality, and heritage to cultivate transformative experiences that honor tradition, ignite embodiment, and deepen cultural connection. Her evolving vision merges mind/body/spirit healing, the ancestral rhythms of Southern Italian dance, and the power of storytelling through human connection—leaving an indelible impact on the global dance and cultural arts community.