DANNY GROSSMAN FACT SHEET



Date/Place of Birth
  • San Francisco, CA 1942
Background/Training
  • Began folk dancing in grade school.
  • Studied modern dance with Gloria Unti.
Performing Highlights
  • Joined the Paul Taylor Dance Company where he danced and toured for 10 years.
  • "Nureyev and Friends" at the Coliseum Theatre in London.
Choreographic Highlights
  • Choreographic accomplishments include Higher (1975), National Spirit (1976), Endangered Species (1981), and Ground Zero (1990).
Teaching/Directing/Personal Company Highlights
  • Joined faculty at York University, Toronto, Canada in 1973.
  • Founded the Danny Grossman Company in 1975.
  • In 1978, he received Canada's Jean A. Chalmers Award for choreography.
  • Has taught at Juilliard, Brown University, The Paul Taylor Studio, The Harlem Dance Foundation, NYSSSA, Jacob's Pillow and has set works on The Paris Opera Ballet, The National Ballet of Canada and Les Grands Ballet Canadians.