The film projects of Richard Daniels showcase his signature approach to storytelling — combining the intimacy of movement with the visual language of cinema. As an award-winning filmmaker and dance artist based in New York City, Daniels creates films that explore emotion, memory, and the beauty of everyday human experience. His body of work spans dance films, narrative shorts, and documentary storytelling, each reflecting his deep sensitivity to both motion and meaning.
A Vision of Film and Movement
Richard Daniels continues to reach audiences worldwide, celebrating the intersection of cinema, movement, and human experience. Through each frame, Daniels invites viewers to see film as dance — and dance as a story that never stops moving.
NEW!! – The Pandemic Dances
“The Pandemic Dances” flow from my previous dance-on-camera pursuits. Sheltered at home due to pandemic, miles apart from and grappling with my mother’s final days, I created a small dance for her utilizing at-hand elements of lighting, sound, set. This first film is leading into a series seeking to capture the character of the moment in which we’re living through intimate dances in interior settings – my first effort to capture autobiographical work on film in movement and imagery.
Watch All Of The Pandemic Dances
The Pandemic Dances Nos. 1 – 5
It’s lockdown – we cried, we laughed, we stressed, we cooked. A pandemic narrative is suggested in five short dance films.
A Dance for A – Pandemic Dance No. 1
Mom is nearing the end of her life as a pandemic rages: I am here; she is there. I made her a dance.
Zooming – Pandemic Dance No. 2
Sheltering in place, Zoom is a lifeline and an inspiration. Then something else happens.
Turbulence – Pandemic Dance No. 4
“Sleep comes more easily than it returns.” ― Victor Hugo
Test Kitchen – Pandemic Dance No. 5
“Tutti a tavola a mangiare..” Lidia Bastianich
And another new project…
Watch all of Adrienne’s Garden
Adrienne Dornbusch, yogini
Inspiring renewal and rebirth against a peony photograph by Beth Burstein.
Music: Moby
Adrienne Dornbusch, yogini
Dynamic poses for a change of season against a Stanley Goldberg fall foliage photograph.
Music: Grant Miller
Adrienne Dornbusch, yogini
Uplifting the chakras against a Stanley Goldberg tulip photograph.
Music: Paula Kimper
Adrienne Dornbusch, yogini
Joining ground to sky against a Stanley Goldberg iris photograph.
Music: Grant Miller
PAST PROJECTS & FILMS
DANCES FOR AN IPHONE FILMS
Volume 1
A Scriabin Suite – Volume 3
Preludes
- Op. 48 No. 2 in C Major: Poetico con delizio (1:49)
- Op. 15 No. 4 in D Flat Major: Andantino (1:52)
- Op. 37 No. 2 in F Sharp Major: maestoso, fiero (1:30)
- Op. 22 No. 1 in g sharp minor: Andante (2:12)
- Op. 15 No. 3 in E Major: Allegro (1:32)
- Op. 11 No. 5 in D Major: Andante cantabile (2:04)
- Op. 11 No. 15 in D Flat Major: Lento (2:05) v.2
