Dani LeBlanc

Danielle LeBlanc is the Director of the Charles Hayden Planetarium at the Museum of Science in Boston, and leads the strategic programming and vision for the organization, its infrastructure, and its award-winning staff of educators, producers, and artists. She has partnered with industry colleagues, university and government researchers, grant representatives, and other outside collaborators to position the Planetarium as a leading venue for accessible educational content and innovative experiences that push the medium across the boundaries of science, art, and technology. She has been enamored with Planetariums since she was a young girl and she considers it a privilege to contribute to the field and help realize the full potential of these incredible spaces for inspiring educational, artistic, and community progress.

Ms. LeBlanc has been working in the Planetarium field since 2000 and writing, producing, and presenting programs for the dome since 2003. As an educator, she brings over 18 years of experience developing and presenting live, interactive astronomy shows for Museum visitors, including school groups, families, general public, and adult audiences. Since the Planetarium’s conversion to digital technology in 2010, she has produced four original feature shows for the dome which have been licensed by hundreds of venues across five continents, translated into dozens of languages, and screened at international festivals. She has overseen and contributed to the production of numerous arts, music, and experimental programs that promote and push forward the digital dome medium, and which have seen tremendous success both in bringing in diverse audiences to the Museum and in garnering international attention.