
Daniel Massarella - Dancer & Assistant Director
Daniel is from Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, in the UK. After 10 years as a Motionhouse performer, Daniel is now the company’s Assistant Director, supporting Artistic Director Kevin Finnan in the delivery of all aspects of our artistic programme. In this role, Daniel has been closely involved in the creation of Wondrous Stories, the opening show of the Birmingham 2022 Festival, the National Lottery’s Big Eurovision Welcome event in Liverpool in 2023, our touring production for families, Starchitects, and our Christmas family production Starchitects Save Santa!
After starting dancing aged 14 with Cheshire Youth Dance Company, Daniel graduated from Northern School of Contemporary Dance in 2011, having been a member of Verve11, the school’s Post Graduate performance company. Before joining Motionhouse, Daniel worked with Earthfall, touring with the company’s award winning show At Swim Two Boys. Daniel joined Motionhouse in 2013 for the first American tour of Scattered.
As a dancer with Motionhouse he performed in BLOCK, Broken, Captive, Cascade, Charge, Fragile, Knot, Lost, Lumen, Midwinter Magic, Nobody, Tigress, Traction, Underground, Watermusic, WILD, Wondrous Stories and Motionhouse’s recent TV appearances.