Ballet Teacher.
Daniela Delerci is an Italian choreographer, movement director, rehearsal director and Royal Academy of Dance Registered Teacher based in London. She is the founder and Artistic Director of DCollective, an international dance company.
Originally from Sardinia, Daniela began her professional ballet training at the age of six under the Vaganova method before continuing her studies with internationally recognised teachers from the Bolshoi Ballet Academy, Australian Ballet and Ukrainian Academy of Dance.
Her performing career includes Balletto di Milano, Venezia Balletto, Gary Clarke Company, collaborations with the Mariinsky Ballet, and performances with the English National Ballet. She completed an MFA in Choreography at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.
Alongside her performance career, Daniela has developed an extensive teaching practice spanning over fifteen years. She has taught ballet, contemporary dance, creative movement, pointe work and conditioning at vocational schools, universities and dance academies throughout the UK and internationally. As a Royal Academy of Dance teacher, she has extensive experience preparing students for examinations across the RAD syllabus, coaching vocational students and training pre-professional dancers.
Her choreographic research explores improvisation, embodied memory and the relationship between movement, identity and lived experience. Her work has been presented internationally, including performances and screenings in London, Cairo, Alexandria, Venice, Lucca, Palermo, Berlin, Austria and Cagliari. Recent productions include Before Night Falls, Women Without Men and Songs of Love and Hate, which investigate themes of migration, masculinity, memory and cultural identity through contemporary performance.
Daniela is passionate about nurturing young artists while creating inclusive learning environments that combine technical excellence with creativity, curiosity and artistic confidence. Her teaching philosophy encourages students to develop strong classical foundations alongside imagination, musicality and expressive individuality.