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= Dan O'Neill = Dan O'Neill is a British movement director and choreographer, working in theatre, opera, film and TV. Dan's extensive experience as a performer, working with many leading choreographers, informs his particular approach to creating distinctive choreography. His work encompasses theatre, opera, dance and film. He created the Synth Movement for Frantic Assembly and Kudos/AMC production of Humans which first aired on Channel 4 in 2016 and has continued to work as Movement Director on Series1, 2 and 3.

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Career

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Theatre and Opera

Film and TV

References

External Credits

Career
Dan O’Neill trained at London Contemporary Dance School and as a dancer has performed with companies such as DV8 Physical Theatre, The Featherstonehaughs and Second Stride, and also for opera and on film.

As a choreographer and assistant or associate director his credits in opera include Faust (Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg), Don Carlo (Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, Lisbon),  Parsifal, (The Royal Opera House, London), Wake (Nationale Reisopera) and The Gambler, Rusalka, La fanciulla del West, Le nozze di Figaro and Eliogabalo (Grange Park Opera).

His work as a movement director away from opera has included Monkey (Young Vic), Peepshow (Frantic Assembly), Escapade (South Bank Centre), Wolves in the Walls (National Theatre of Scotland) and productions for many regional theatres around the UK. In the West End he has worked as assistant choreographer on Jesus Christ Superstar (Lyceum) and Dr Dolittle (Apollo Theatre).

Dan has made several short films, including The Linesman (BBC/NPS), The Human Voice (Channel Four) and the award-winning Struck. He is a visiting lecturer at RADA and Central School of Speech and Drama.

Film & TV credits:

 * Curfew, Tiger Aspect/Sky 2018
 * Man v Robot Pilot, Tuesdays Child 2018
 * Humans 3.0, C4/AMC, 2017-18
 * Humans 2.0, C4/AMC,  2016
 * The Living and the Dead, BBC  2016
 * The Girl with all the Gifts, Gift Girl, dir. Colm McCarthy  2016
 * Humans 1.0,  C4/AMC   2014-15
 * Desert Dreams, BBC2  2004
 * The Planets, BBC   2003
 * The Linesman, BBC/NPS   2000
 * The Human Voice, dir. Tom Cairns, Channel 4   1999
 * The Man who Knew too Little, dir. John Ameil   1998
 * Ignition, Frantic Assembly 2012&2013
 * Inside Out, Arts Council   2009
 * Buena Vista Sheffield, South Yorkshire Dance   2008
 * Showtime, South East Arts   2002
 * Tag, East London Dance   2002
 * Lapse, Arts Council  2001
 * Struck, SYD   2000

Theatre and Opera credits:

 * Carmen, Greek National Opera, dir. Stephen Langridge 2016 and 2018
 * The Marriage of Figaro, Goteborgs Operan, Sweden, dir. Stephen Langridge 2016
 * Lucia di Lammermoor, Den Jyske Opera, Denmark, dir. Isabella Bywater  2014
 * The Marriage of Figaro, Goteborgs Operan, dir. Stephen Langridge  2014
 * Parsifal, Royal Opera House, London, dir. S. Langridge 2013
 * Charlie Peace, Nottingham Playhouse, dir Giles Croft 2013
 * Faust, Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, dir. I. Bywater 2013
 * Diary of a football Nobody, Notts Playhouse, dir. Matt Aston 2012
 * Don Carlo, TNSC, Lisbon, dir. S. Langridge   2011
 * Rusalka, Grange Park Opera, dir. Anthony McDonald   2011
 * The Three Musketeers, Unicorn Theatre, dir. Ros. Huth   2011
 * Disruption, The Barbican Centre   2011
 * The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Royal and Derngate, dir. Dani Parr  2010
 * Wake, Reis Opera, Holland, dir. S. Langridge   2010
 * Carmen, Wandsworth Prison,  Olivia Fuchs   2010
 * London Eye Mysteries, The Unicorn Theatre, dir. R. Huth   2010
 * Quicksilver, Tate Modern, dir. Lea Anderson   2009
 * Eliogabalo,  Grange Park Opera, dir. David Fielding  2009
 * West Side Story, Wandsworth Prison, dir. Michael Moody   2009
 * Billy Wonderful, Liverpool Everyman, dir. Serdar Bilis   2009
 * Wolves in the Walls, National Theatre of Scotland, dir. Vikki Featherstone   2008
 * Pretend you have Big Buildings, Manchester Royal Exchange   2008
 * La Fanciulla del West, Grange Park Opera, dir. Stephen Medcalf   2008
 * All  our Hellos and Goodbyes, St. Pancras, dir. Peter Davis  2007
 * Capuletti e Montivechi, Neville Holt, dir. Tol Christie   2007
 * The Gambler, Grange Park Opera, dir. D.  Fielding    2007
 * Moby Dick, Compass Theatre Company, dir. Neil Sissons   2006
 * Wolves in the Walls, NTS, dir. V. Featherstone   2006
 * The Barber of Seville, Neville Holt, dir. T. Christie   2006
 * Thais, Grange Park Opera, dir. D. Fielding   2006
 * Mister Purcell, ENO Knack Project   2006
 * The Marriage of Figaro, Grange Park Opera   2006
 * Jeff Koons, Actors Touring Company, dir. Gordon Anderson   2004
 * Escapade, South Bank Centre, dir. Keith Khan   2003
 * Great Expectations, Bristol Old Vic, dir. G. Anderson   2003
 * A Winter’s Tale,  Compass Theatre Company, dir. N. Sissons   2003
 * Beauty and the Beast, The Unicorn Theatre, dir. Tony Graham   2002
 * Peepshow, Fr antic Assembly, dir. S. Graham & S. Hogget   2002
 * Monkey, The Young Vic, dir. Mick  Gordon  2001
 * Red, Red Shoes, The Unicorn Theatre, dir. T. Graham   2001
 * Midsummer Night’s Dream, Royal National Theatre, dir. Sean Holmes   2000
 * Stiff, Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh, dir. Caroline Hall   1999
 * My Half of the Painting, ICA   1998

Assistant Choreographer:

 * Rent, Tampere, Finland, dir. Nic Bye    1998
 * Dr.Dolittle, Apollo Hammersmith, dir. Stephen Pimlott   1998
 * Honk, Scarborough, dir. Julia McKenzie   1997
 * Jesus Christ Superstar, Royal Lyceum, dir. Gail Edwards   1996

Teaching:

 * Visiting Lecturer at Central School of Speech and Drama
 * Tutor for ‘The Contemporary Drama Summer School’, RADA
 * Residencies & workshops for The National Theatre Studio, Frantic Assembly, DanceworksUK, The Jerwood Space, The Laban Centre, and NYU.