Meet Dani Maloney

DMD Artistic Director and Founder

Dani Maloney’s dance journey began at the age of three when she started lessons at Long’s School of Dance in Erie, Pennsylvania. Her passion for the art form continued throughout her education at Shenandoah Conservatory, where she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance and Choreography in December 2017.

In addition to her formal training, Dani founded DMD (Dani Maloney Dance), a group she later transformed into a nonprofit dance company in 2020. Based in Las Vegas, DMD produces both live performances and films. The company has earned several accolades, including film awards from the Lady Filmmakers Festival, Festigous International Film Festival, Screen Dance International, Kalakari Film Festival, Prisma Independent Film Awards, RED Movie Awards, Rome Prisma Film Awards, and The BeBop Channel. DMD also placed in the top 10 at the World of Dance 2022 Championship Week, ranking among the top 10 dance acts in the U.S.

Beyond her work with DMD, Dani has choreographed for various projects, including Cirque Du Giselle, an aerial and dance play for the Hollywood Fringe Festival, and From Vegas, With Love. She has set work for several performance groups and has taught masterclasses and workshops across the United States. Dani also worked at AREA15 as their event coordinator, and she helped plan, manage, and execute the ins and outs of their large-scale entertainment events.

In 2022, 2023 and 2024, Dani worked as the choreographer for Neil Goldberg, contributing to the military tour (2022), the Miami residency (2023) and the TV special (2024) of Pomp, Snow and Cirqueumstance, as well as the Denver residency (2022 and 2023) of Cirque: Spirit of Christmas.

Dani’s performance career spans a wide range of roles and disciplines. She has worked as a dancer, singer, actress, acrobat, contortionist, and aerialist with various professional companies. Her credits include performing with the LA Philharmonic in Barry Edelstein’s production of The Tempest, where she collaborated with Tony Award-winning director Patrick McCollum. She has also worked with production companies such as TMU Events, Interlaced Productions, Dragon Talent Group, Buzzworthy, QProductions, Posh Productions, Undercover Productions, DBD, and Belluscious. Dani has performed at several high-profile events, including three consecutive New Year's Eve celebrations for JKAY Choreography, where Pitbull, Janet Jackson, and Gwen Stefani were headliners. She also toured as a company member with DIAVOLO | Architecture in Motion, directed by Jacques Heim (Cirque Du Soleil). Dani has performed as a dancer and aerialist in Cherry Boom Boom, a show created by one of the original Pussycat Dolls, Lindsey Allen and choreographers Lisa Eaton and Melanie Lewis-Yribar. She also has worked at the Bellagio Mayfair Supper Club as a full-time After Dark dancer, Specialty Artist, and a swing Main Show dancer.

Dani is a certified 200-hour yoga instructor with Yoga Alliance and holds additional certifications as an Ayurvedic Specialist, as well as in Yin Yoga, Chair Yoga, and Restorative Yoga.

Her recent credits include working with Carnival Cruise Lines and OnTheFly Pros as a dancer, aerialist and dance captain for the debut of the new Mardi Gras ship. Dani was involved in the creation of aerial shows for the ship’s inaugural season, collaborating with directors Keith and Sharon Young (Rent), Paul Roberts (Harry Styles, Spice Girls), Aaron Jackson and JR White (2 Creative Entertainment), Jill Hillier (Ricky Martin), Jason Whicker, and Jennifer Reagan (King Kong Broadway). Carnival later brought Dani back as an install director to create and set the fleet’s newest center-stage shows incorporating dance, aerial, circus, and live music.

Dani also played an integral role in the immersive show Particle Ink: Speed of Dark, which ran in downtown Las Vegas. She played the Keeper and was the resident dance captain and rehearsal director in 2022. She was later cast in the role of Lilith when the show remounted at the Luxor Casino. In addition to her performance duties, Dani swung 4 out of the 6 tracks and was the resident dance captain in the remount.

Currently, Dani continues to tour with Cirque Du Soleil’s OVO where she is the red spider and the choreography artist coach, while also serving as the artistic director of DMD. She is represented by Go 2 Talent Agency.