Daniel Stark danced with the Pennsylvania Dance Theatre, Corning Dances and Co., David Berkey Dance Company, Duarte Dance Works and Vandance. He has performed works by Alfonso Cata, David Dorfman, Louis Falco, Françoise Martinet, Lonne Moretton, Chardaniel_starkles Moulton, David Parsons and Shapiro & Smith. He studied the Afro/Cuban folkloric tradition with the Los Munequitos de Matanzas and Grupo Afrocuba de Matanzas in Cuba, and Michael Spiro and Roberto Borrell here in the States. Stark is a founding member and dance coordinator for The University of Iowa Afro/Cuban Drum and Dance Ensemble, which recently performed at the prestigious Percussive Arts Society International Conference (PASIC) in 2004. His choreography has been featured at the Dance Gala at Hancher Auditorium, the Regional American College Dance Festival (ACDF) in ’03, ’04, and ‘05, and at the Kennedy Center (Diplomacy) in Washington D.C. as part of the National ACDF Conference. His work has been performed by Duarte Dance Works and Vandance, and he has choreographed musicals for the Iowa City Community Theatre (Tintypes), and the University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts (A Funny Thing…). He was the recipient of the Outstanding Performer Award at the Regional ACDF festival in ’04 and was awarded the Iowa Arts Fellow in ’02. Daniel holds a B.S. in Psychology and an M.F.A. in Dance, and currently is a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Iowa Department of Dance.