News – Blue13 Dance Company

Introducing “Play Date”: A Digital Salon for LA Dance

August 6, 2020

Achinta S. McDaniel has been brewing this idea for ages now: PLAY DATE, an initiative for Los Angeles dance companies and dance makers to come together and share. Imagine that! Teach each other, [...]

Hiring Executive Director

August 6, 2020

Blue13 Dance Company seeks a part-time executive director to address the organization’s needs in the areas of development, operations, marketing and fundraising. Candidates should possess strong [...]

Decolonizing the Canon: Blue13 Dance Company Review

April 23, 2020

Sophie Bress for Ampersand LA Blue13 questions the lines that we use to divide dance into categories, the lines that denote what is diminishingly called a “fusion” or “cultural” dance form. The [...]

Each work had color signatures, a blended mix of music and movement styles distinctly connected to multiple lineages, and a unique personality.

Ancient and in the Instant: Blue13 Review

February 26, 2020

Mary Pat Cooney, LA Dance Chronicle

Last night’s boffo showcase by the 15-year-old Blue13 Dance Company brought great pleasure, including a former secret now in plain sight thanks to presentation by The Wallis: the presence of a real choreographer in our midst. Achinta McDaniel, American-born of Indian descent, along with her handsome dance troupe, displayed the right stuff in Friday’s fulsome dance program in Beverly Hills.

Review: Blue13 Hits Home Run at the Wallis

February 25, 2020

Review of Blue13 Dance Company World Premiere Feb 2020 by Debra Levine of Artsmeme. Read the full article here: https://artsmeme.com/2020/02/22/review-blue13-dance-company-hits-home-run-at-the-wallis/

Ever Seen a Beatles Baraat?

June 10, 2017

ACHINTA’S BEATLES BARAAT Blue13’s Achinta created some pretty unique and incredible concepts in June for her brother’s big wedding in Greenwich, Connecticut! Never one to be [...]

Associated Press covers McDaniel’s Bollywood Classes

January 12, 2017

USC News Article on McDaniel’s Bollywood Course

September 16, 2016

Bollywood class brings the sounds and moves of India to USC Kaufman

NBC News covers Achinta S. McDaniel

August 17, 2016

Read the NBC News piece on Achinta S. McDaniel.

Radio Interview on K-USC FM

May 28, 2016

Listen to the interview of Achinta S. McDaniel on K-USC 91.5, “Arts Alive” with Brian Lauritzen! She discusses growing up as a South Asian American art maker, her history in the [...]