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''Dan Knechtges'' is a director and choreographer, for musicals, opera, television, film and music videos.〔("Dan Knechtges biography" ) wrightwaymasterclasses.com, retrieved April 21, 2010〕 ==Life and career== Knechtges is from Grafton, Ohio and is a graduate of Midview High School and Otterbein College (1994), with a degree in musical theatre.〔("Talking With Choreographer Dan Knechtges" ). Playhousesquare.org, retrieved April 21, 2010〕〔("Dan Knechtges biography" ). Playbill.com, retrieved April 21, 2010〕 As a child, he took dance lessons in Elyria, Ohio, where his sister was taking lessons.〔("''Xanadu''? Can Do!" ). ''The News-Herald'', February 28, 2010, accessed April 21, 2010〕 Immediately after college, he moved to New York where he began to work as a dancer and teacher, and soon he was getting choreography jobs,〔 including eight of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas for the Blue Hill Troupe.〔 Knechtges' work on Broadway as choreographer includes the musicals ''The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee'' (2005), ''Xanadu'' (2007), ''110 in the Shade'' (2007 revival), ''You May Now Worship Me'' (Special benefit concert, 2008), and ''Sondheim on Sondheim'' (2010). He received nominations for the Tony Award, Best Choreography and Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Choreography for ''Xanadu''. Knechtges' choreography for ''Sondheim on Sondheim'' was praised for making "excellent use of multiple layers offered to him by set designer Beowulf Boritt."〔(''Sondheim on Sondheim'' ). ''Brian on Broadway'', accessed April 21, 2010〕 His off-Broadway work includes ''Nerds'' (2005); ''The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee'' (2005), for which he received the Lucille Lortel Award nomination, Outstanding Choreographer; ''Vanities: A New Musical'' (2009) (also at Theatreworks, California); and ''Citizen Ruth'' (New York International Fringe Festival, 2009).〔("'Citizen Ruth' listing" ). Citizenruth.info, retrieved April 21, 2010〕 In regional theatre, he choreographed ''The Girl in the Frame'' at the Norma Terris Theatre in Chester, Connecticut (2005)〔(Dan Knechtges ) at BroadwayWorld.com, accessed April 21, 2010〕 and both directed and choreographed ''Give It Up!'', with a book by Douglas Carter Beane at the Dallas Theater Center, Dallas, Texas (2010).〔("'Give It Up!' listing ). Callastheatercenter.org, retrieved April 21, 2010〕 Knechtges choreographed the music video for Fatboy Slim's "It's a Wonderful Night. 〔 In 2008, in Berlin, Germany, he choreographed a stage version of ''Der Schuh des Manitu''.〔("Who's Who in the Cast: Dan Knechtges" ), Playbill.com, April 19, 2010, accessed May 26, 2015〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dan Knechtges」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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