DANIELLE GENNAOUI

Danielle Gennaoui (she/her) is a Lebanese-American multidisciplinary circus and theatre artist from St. Louis, MO. Specializing in aerial arts,  partner acrobatics, and physical theatre, Danielle has been coaching, performing and choreographing professionally for over 12 years.

 

Since she was little, Danielle loved to direct plays in her parents’ basement, climb every tree in sight, and spin around in circles until she fell over. Fortunately, not much has changed (though the falling over is fewer and further between). Danielle took her first aerial class in 2008 and immediately fell in love with circus while training at The Actors Gymnasium. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre, focus in directing and performance, from the Jordan College of Fine Arts at Butler University and is a graduate of The Aloft Circus Arts Full-Time Training Program (Major: Lyra). 

 

Currently based in Chicago, IL, Danielle is proud to have created new work, coached, and performed with: The Actors Gymnasium, Aloft Circus Arts, Circus Harmony, Chicago Center for Dynamic Circus, MSA & Circus Arts, and Gravity Aerial Arts, Thodos Dance Chicago, Apple Tree Theatre, Sussurus Performance Group, and The Alexandrinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia.

 

Specialties: Lyra, Static & Dance Trapeze, Silks, Duo Lyra, Duo Trapeze, Partner Acrobatics, Physical Theatre

 

Additional Skills: Sling, Chinese Pole, Rope, Spanish Web, Clowning, Stilt-Walking, foundational Tumbling, foundational Juggling  

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*CV available upon request.