DEANNA DYS Choreographer/Director
917-743-1537 (cell) Height: 5'7" / Weight: 125 lbs. SDC / SAG / AFTRA Eyes: Blue / Hair: Blonde AEA / Canadian AEA [email protected]
TELEVISION Deception Choreographer NBC / Episode 104 Boardwalk Empire American Legion Hall Choreographer HBO / Ed Bianchi Director Ep. 309 Boardwalk Empire Babette’s Nightclub Choreographer HBO / Tim Van Patten Director Ep. 208 Boardwalk Empire Bader’s Birthday Bash Choreographer HBO / Ed Bianchi Director Ep. 204 Boardwalk Empire Grecian Goddesses Choreographer HBO/ Jeremy Podeswa Director Ep. 104 Boardwalk Empire Beaux Arts Sirens Choreographer HBO / Tim Van Patten Director Ep. 102 Boardwalk Empire Assistant Choreographer to Pat Birch HBO / pilot Martin Scorsese/seasons 1,2,3,4 One Life to Live Choreographer ABC / Larry Carpenter Director Cashmere Mafia Associate Choreographer (pilot) Darren Star Executive Producer Guiding Light Associate Choreographer CBS / Various Directors
FILM The Stepford Wives Assistant Choreographer Frank Oz Director / Scott Rudin Prod. Little Manhattan Assistant Choreographer New Line Cinema The Extra Man Associate Choreographer Young Gentleman Pictures, Inc.
BROADWAY Meet Me in St. Louis Baton Twirling Choreographer Broadway-Louis Burke, Director LoveMusik Assistant Choreographer Broadway-Hal Prince, Director Candide Associate Choreographer Broadway/NYCO-Hal Prince, Director
OFF-BROADWAY The Golden Land Choreographer Off-Broadway / The Natl. Yiddish Theatre
INTERNATIONAL/NATIONAL TOURS Crazy For You Director / Choreographer German and Swiss Intl. Companies Crazy For You Director / Choreographer US/Canadian Tour-Kevin McCollum Prod
WORLD PREMIERES The Great Ostrovsky Associate Choreographer Prince Musical Theatre Orphan Train Staging Associate New York Musical Theatre Festival DEANNA DYS
REGIONAL THEATRE Disney’s “Aladdin” Choreographer Regional Premiere Crazy For You Director / Choreographer Tuacahn Center for the Arts, UT Forty-Second Street Director / Choreographer Tuacahn Center for the Arts, UT Bye Bye Birdie Director / Choreographer Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Jupiter FL Annie Choreographer Tuachan Center for the Arts UT Aida Choreographer Tuacahn Center for the Arts, UT The Full Monty Choreographer* Arvada Center for the Arts, CO State Fair Choreographer** Palace Theatre, Dallas, TX A Funny Thing…Forum Choreographer Culver City Performing Arts, CA
VIDEO / COMMERCIALS A Dance 2 Last Forever Director / Choreographer Corporate Video Stretching on the Sand Director / Choreographer Demo Video Cave of Wonders 3-D Choreographer / 1st A.D. Geoff Puckett / S. Anderson Disney’s “Aladdin” Choreographer / 1st A. D. Regional Commercial SOX in the City Choreographer *** UPN 38 / P. Masucci Dir. Crazy For You Choreographer National Commercial / Fourquest Prod.
CORPORATE SHOWS The Paris Review Director/Choreographer Cipriani NY / George Plimpton, NY, NY A Night at the Oscars Director/Choreographer Millennium Hotel NY, NY The Financial Follies Director/Choreographer Marriott Marquis, NY, NY Celebration Director/Choreographer General Motors, Detroit, MI I’ve Got The Music in Me Director/Choreographer Washington D.C. (members of Congress) Easter Extravaganza Director/Choreographer Shopping Mall Tour, Southern CA Fairlane Fashion Show Choreographer Fairlane Town Center, Dearborn, MI
*Denver Post and Colorado Theatre Guild nomination for Best Choreography of a Musical **Dallas Theatre League nomination for best Choreography of a Musical ***Emmy Award for Best Non-News Promotion
SPECIAL CHOREOGRAPHIC SKILLS Professionally skilled in ballet, jazz, tap, partnering, ballroom, period dance styles. Works well with non-dancers and children. Baton twirling national champion, flag and rifle spinning, Circus skills, acrobatics, juggling Extensive skills choreographing with all types of props SPECIAL SKILLS Swimming, Diving, SCUBA Certified, Golf, Horseback Riding, Tennis, Bowling, Water Skiing, Snow Skiing, Ice Skating, Standard Stick Shift Driving, Current US Passport