Daniel Salas
of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Please call 544-4363 or email [email protected] to reserve a spot
Born in 1994 on California’s Central Coast, Daniel Salas began his training at the Academy of Dance. In 2012, he graduated
with honors from Walnut Hill School for the Arts, where he was the Director’s Scholar. Salas has additional education from
Canada’s National Ballet School, The Juilliard School, American Ballet Theatre, and San Francisco Conservatory of Dance. He
has danced repertoire by Ohad Naharin, William Forsythe, Alvin Ailey, Robert Moses, and Nobert De La Cruz III; the latter with
whom he studied closely under as a part of Robert Battle’s New Directions Choreography Lab. Salas has participated in benefit
evenings including the Civic Ballet of San Luis Obispo Spring Gala, in 2011; The Ailey at the Apollo Gala, in 2013; Park Avenue
Armory Gala, in 2013; and The Ailey Spirit Gala at Lincoln Center, in 2014. He currently resides in New York City, where he is a
senior in the Ailey/Fordham BFA Program and working with the second companies of both Ballet Hispanico and Alvin Ailey
American Dance Theater.