Director | Choreographer
As an award-winning professional director and choreographer, Dionysia has worked for Short North Stage, Shenandoah Summer Music Theater, Wright State University, Columbus Children’s Theatre, CATCO, Human Race Theater Company, and BalletMet2.
Most recent credits include Mamma Mia! at Short North Stage (director/choreographer), Bring It On at Columbus Children’s Theater (director/choreographer), and Newsies at Shenandoah Summer Music Theater (choreographer).
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“I have had the great pleasure of working with Dionysia over the past 8 years on several different shows I’ve directed. In every case she was so collaborative, fun to work with, inventive, efficient, and professional. Her work is always spot on for the skills of the cast, and perfect for the show. I recommend her highly!” – Joe Deer
Newsies - Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre
Choreographed BY Dionysia Williams
MAMMA MIA - SHORT NORTH STAGE
DIRECTED AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY DIONYSIA WILLIAMS
REVIEWS:
“Mamma Mia benefits immensely from being directed by a choreographer; Dionysia Williams studs the production with dazzling set-pieces. She makes use of the large ensemble on exuberant, creative numbers like “Money, Money, Money,” backing Langel; “Lay All Your Love on Me,” cocooning Davis and Trieger in boisterous energy and swim fins; and the glow-stick flecked dream sequence of “Under Attack.” Acrobatics and big sections beef up the fast pace and help when the second act lags with a larger helping of mid-tempo numbers.
“Just as important as the fireworks on those big pieces, Williams understands dance as an expression of character. Tiny, delightful moments pop up throughout and enrich this Mamma Mia, like Langel’s Donna warming up to her friends’ entreaties on “Dancing Queen,” embodying a younger, more carefree person emerging from a shell entirely with gesture and movement. If you love ABBA or you already have an attachment to Mamma Mia! It’s hard to picture a better version on stage. This is two-and-a-half hours of sexy fun and real warmth, which can be even more necessary this time of year..” -COLUMBUS UNDERGROUND
“Short North Stage stages the first major Columbus production of the Broadway mega-hit with giddy conviction and frisky humor. The sunny musical comedy, which opened Friday at the Garden Theater, is so warm in its performances and Mediterranean-island-summer staging that theatergoers may forget that it’s cold outside. Director-choreographer Dionysia Williams helps make the brisk two acts bubble with antic personality and youthful movement.” -THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
“Choreographer Dionysia Williams, a Wright State University graduate and BalletMet Dance Academy faculty member, offers flavorful, character-specific movement, especially in “Big Black Man,” “Michael Jordan’s Ball,” “The Goods,” and exuberant finale “Let It Go.” -MOST METRO
“Columbus Children’s Theatre Director/choreographer Dionysia Williams sleekly moves the focus from individuals to the much larger group and back again, and her lively, varied choreography is well adapted to the musical variations. Flashy cheerleading routines surprise and delight without overwhelming the broader dance moves.” -THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
OTHER DIRECTED & CHOREOGRAPHED PIECES
including
Bring It On
Christmas In Columbus
The Addams Family Musical
Urinetown
Les Miserables
Annie
Full Monty
Justice Fashion Show
James and the Giant Peach
Beauty and the Beast
Spring Awakening
Music Man
REVIEW:
“Every inch of Christmas in Columbus bursts with beautiful, old-school spectacle. The slew of dancers and full chorus perform bring reverence to the holiday, but there’s a delightful goofiness that keeps the production numbers from ever feeling too stiff or sterile. It echoes holiday concerts many of us grew up and while the attempts to modernize some of the references are a little cringey it understands what’s good about bringing people together with nothing to prove.” -COLUMBUS UNDERGROUND