Danielle Harvey is a curator, creative producer and director. Danielle works across festivals, live performance, talks, installation and digital spaces, creating layered programs that connect deeply with audiences. A true polymath, she is currently Festival Director of the infamous Festival of Dangerous Ideas and Director of the line-blurring theatrical events company Dancing Giant Productions. Danielle was creator of BingeFest (pop and screen-culture festival) and Antidote (a festival of ideas and action), and co-creator of All About Women (feminist festival). She was the co-creator and originating director of the award winning immersive experience A Midnight Visit. Her latest immersive work Eternityland created an adult art park meets playground in a former department store to rave reviews. Past roles include Head of Contemporary Performance at Sydney Opera House, the Festival Executive Producer of the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras and the Director of Engagement for The Ethics Centre.Career highlights include producing artist Spencer Tunick’s mass nude installation The Base with 5,000 nudes on the steps of Sydney Opera House, touring comediennes Margaret Cho and Joan Rivers, presenting Stephen Hawking as a hologram in the first event of its kind. Also working with Shia LaBeouf and his art collective to produce the powerful mixed media work #ANDINTHEEND and producing the sold out production This Is Our Youth starring Michael Cera, Kieran Culkin and Emily Barclay. Alongside international theatre, dance, cabaret and circus programming and producing, Danielle has curated music line ups and facilitated and created stage show spectaculars as part of Mardi Gras Party with Cyndi Lauper, George Michael, Amanda Lepore and Olivia Newton-John.Presenting culture creators like Stephen Fry, Tavi Gevinson, Dan Harmon, Jad Abumrad, Ira Glass, Arianna Huffington, David Simon, Pussy Riot, Alan Ball and Miranda July, and thought leaders like Noam Chomsky, Janet Mock, Slavoj Zizek, Germaine Greer, Salman Rushdie, Alicia Garza, Roxane Gay and Eve Ensler have also ranked high as 'cool career moments'! Check out more career highlights at www.danielleharvey.com.au