Co-founder and director of Good Company Arts, Daniel Belton was born in the Horowhenua region of New Zealand in 1970. During his performing arts career he worked with dance theatre luminaries including Kim Brandstrup, Lindsay Kemp Co, Tanz Company Gervasi and Douglas Wright Dance Co. Together with choreographer and producer Donnine Harrison, he established Good Company Arts after returning to Aotearoa in 1997. Good Company Arts projects have toured to international festivals with commissions and showcases, including Prague Quadrennial, World Stage Design, Festival de la Imagen and ISEA, Genius Loci Weimar International Video Mapping Festival, Romaeuropa International Festival, N.O.W DanceSaar Internationales Tanzfestival, Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Attakkalari India Biennial, Oceanic Performance Biennial, Aarhus Festival Denmark, Xintandi Festival Shangai, National Museum Singapore, Te Matatiki Toi Ora, Lunar New Year Fesival Wellington, Auckland Festival of the Arts and more. Daniel is an accomplished multi-modal arts creator with 30 years international experience working in and researching film, cinematography, projection mapping, motion capture, digital post production, XR, fine arts, sound and design. He is a Te Tumu Toi New Zealand Arts Foundation Arts Laureate, and a Creative New Zealand toi Aotearoa Choreographic Fellow. Daniel is part of Asia New Zealand Foundation's Arts Practitioner Alumni, and currently a PhD Candidate at Whiti o Rehua, College of Creative Arts Toi Rauwhārangi, Massey University Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa.

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