While growing up Danielle explored various dance forms such as Ballet, Jazz, Tango, Samba, and Hip Hop along with focusing on painting, drawing and sewing. Danielle completed her BFA at the Ontario College of Art & Design in 2007 and recently finished her MFA at Concordia University. Her Middle Eastern dance training began at Freddy's Dance Academy in 2002, where she was a member of the Arabian Sahara Dance Company for four years. She then spent a year at Arabesque Academy studying with Denise Mireau. In 2006, she went on to study Tribal Fusion and Modern Belly Dance with Audra Simmons, at the Dark Side Studio, where sne was a student and a member of Lavish Dance Company. Starting in 2009, she returned to studying the classical styles of belly dance with Aziza from Montreal.  Danielle is also level one certified in the Suhaila Salimpour Format and she also holds the ATS General Skills Certification.  She is also the founder of Les Orchidees Rouges, a student troupe based in Montreal.