dan
ansaldo
singer | actor | dancer
What I do
Performer • Educator • Facilitator
Artist mental Health Advocate
Dan has been involved in the performing arts since his youth. After a move to New York City from Manila, Philippines in 1987, Dan has been privileged to grow and experience an arts career both nationally and internationally, performing in shows, concerts and festivals in the States, Poland, Germany, France and Italy under mentorship with Shelley Jameson (New York City Opera, Washington Opera), and Joel Jameson (Houston Grand Opera, Minnesota Opera, Caramoor Festival). Dan is a legacy of the studio Grammy award-winning soprano, Esther B. Hinds, and the studio of Dr. Stanley L. Ralph.
In 2020-2021, when the arts industry halted due to pandemic, Dan used the downtime to go back to the basics, falling into the caring hands of premier international artist, founder, and proprietor of Meisner Studio Manila, Angeli Bayani, completing training in Fundamentals Of Acting and Meisner Technique. Inspired to continue, he connected with performer and Sightlines Actors’ Space Community founder, Alecx Lorica, and completed his second Meisner program. He continued his Meisner study, obtaining his Meisner in Music Teacher Training certification, and his full certification as a Designated Meisner Teacher.
Dan’s fascination with the aspects of the Meisner approach, its repetition exercise’s impact and functionality in Acting and Mental Health, and its effects on the cross-cultural aspects of a newly globalized acting ecosystem led him to pursue formal academics, taking on advanced studies at Yale University and The University of Toronto, focusing on Artist Mental Health coordination and facilitation.
dan ansaldo
musical theater • stage • screen • dance
he/him/his
tenor-lyric/spinto; bari-tenor (B2-C5)
training
DESIGNATED MEISNER TEACHER TRANING
MEISNER IN MUSIC TEACHER TRAINING
HANSEL TAN AUDITION TECHNIQUE WORKSHOP c/o Sightlines A.S.
SIGHTLINES ACTORS SPACE
MEISNER STUDIO MANILA
ANGELI BAYANI ACTING MASTERCLASS
BROADWAY DANCE CENTER
MARIANNE CORNETTI MASTERCLASS
STELLA ADLER
SLEEPY HOLLOW PERFORMING ARTS
BERKLEE SCHOOL OF MUSIC
SHELLEY & JOEL JAMESON STUDIO
ESTHER B. HINDS STUDIO
musical theater
Ragtime; The Drowsy Chaperone; Claude Frollo (Hunchback: A New Musical); The Engineer, Thuy (Miss Saigon); Jean Valjean (Les Misérables); Simon (The Twelve); Principal Artist (50 Years Of Broadway); Lun-tha (The King and I); Radames sub. (Disney’s Aida), Mufasa sub. (Disney’s The Lion King), Simeon (Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat), Anthony Hope (Sweeney Todd)
opera
Rodolfo (La Bohème); Alfredo (La Traviata); Eisenstein (Die Fledermaus); Cavaradossi (Tosca); Judas, John the Beloved
(I Am The Way); Don José (Carmen); Il Duca (Rigoletto);
Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni); Faust (Faust); Sailor (Dido and Aeneas); Luigi (Il Tabarro); Tamino (Die Zauberflöte)
arts instruction &
mental health advocacy
• bel canto technique
• meisner technique
• meisner in music
• beginning & advanced voice
• singing for musical theatre
• voice (speech, accent & dialect)
• modern/contemporary dance • lyrical hip-hop
• open style • movement for the actor
• repertoire analysis & exploration • sight-singing
• functional piano • sight reading
• artist mental health support & facilitation
• artist self-care, well-being & maintenance
Designated Meisner Teacher
Meisner In Music Teacher Certification
Art & Science of Human Relationship
Neurobiology of Everyday Life
Conflict Transformation
Psychological First Aid
Science Of Well-Being
Psychology
Positive Psychology
Diversity & Inclusion in the Workplace
- Gender & Sexuality
Sightlines Actors Space, Meisner In Music NYC
Meisner Studio Manila, Meisner Institute
State University Of New York
credentials
Advanced Degree in Behavioral Psychology
YALE UNIVERSITY
2023
Advanced Degree in Human Behavior & Relationship Science
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
2023
Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance & Pedagogy
NYACK COLLEGE
2004
CERTIFICATIONS
The Meisner Institute, L.A.
Jillian Paige, N.Y.C.
University Of Toronto
University Of Chicago
Emory University
Johns Hopkins University
Yale University
Yale University
University Of North Carolina
University Of Pittsburgh
2022
affiliations
inspired
performance and
through
and
what people say about me
His unique performance pedigree has allowed him to impart wisdom and information that holds unique perspectives.
lisa a. aguirre
voiceover artist, actor
As a Mental Health Advocate, Dan is clearly quite passionate. The staggering amount of coursework he has taken regarding mental health is a testament to his dedication.
lynn sepenswol
performer, educator
I ran the light board for Les Mis on Broadway over the years. Dan’s Valjean is worthy of being with any of the best Valjeans I have ever seen. It was a joy running the light board all those nights just to hear him sing.
Earle Ziff
lightboard
operator,
Les Misérables,
New York
Dan’s “Bring Him Home” was indescribably beautiful. I was so overwhelmed that I had to step out, but I listened from outside.
lisa spielman
actor,
President
elmwood playhouse
media board
THE
CONFRONTATION
Les Misérables
Jean Valjean, with Marius in tow, runs into Javert for their final clash.
WHEELS OF
A DREAM
Ragtime
Coalhouse tells Sarah of his dreams of a future with her and her child.
BRING HIM
HOME
Les Misérables
Jean Valjean finds Marius among the weary at the barricade.
E LUCEVAN
LE STELLE
Tosca, Act. III
Bravo Alliance of Performing Artists
Imprisoned and suspected of aiding an escaped criminal, Mario Cavaradossi is set for execution. He writes a letter to his beloved Tosca, herself imprisoned. With his last possession, a ring, he bribes a prison guard, asking to have the letter delivered to Tosca. In his cell, he sings of his love for her and of life.
CHE GELIDA
MANINA
La Boheme, Act I sc. 5
Bravo Alliance of Performing Artists
Paris. 1930. The Latin Quarter. Rodolfo has stayed home while his roommates have gone to the Café Momus for the night. Enter Mimi-a beautiful, yet sickly neighbor. She's lost her key. He helps her find it. This is their meet cute.
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