Guests
Augusto Valença – opera singer
Augusto studied journalism and theatre, but soon the love for singing operas and oratorios took over. He has taken parts in various national and international projects. At DPC, he has been the singer and music coach in Façade and Love Dolls 1 and 2.
Erikk Mckenzie – soundscape, music
The first encounter of Erikk and DPC happened during the Atelier production, where Erikk took part as a dancer, but also as music maker\performer. Duda was impressed by Erikk’s talent and invited him to compose the soundscape for Malediction and Bastard!
www.myspace.com/erikkmckenzie
Javier Murugarren – dance, costumes
Choreographer and costume designer, Javier joined the crossover work of DPC for the first time during his studies at the School for New Dance Development, where Duda was invited to give a workshop. The result of the workshop was a 10-minute-presentation by Javier and Andre Mello in Birds. The next step was Atelier with Javier, Andre Mello and Erikk Mckenzie, directed by Duda. Javier is the second dancer in Malediction and designer of costumes for Love Dolls 1.
www.murugalas.com
Jaka Ivanc – dramaturgy
Is a Slovenian theatre director. His works for theatre also include video and set design. Duda and Jaka met for the first time during Lutke, a puppet theatre festival in Ljubljana. There was a professional click between the two, and Jaka got invited to be the dramaturge of Love Dolls 1 and the dramaturge for Bastard!
www.jakaivanc.com
Neville Tranter – coach puppetry
Without Neville Tranter the production period is not complete. He is the coach whose critical eye follows the manipulation of objects and elaborates the effect they will have on the audience. He went a step further in Malediction and was the end director of the piece.
Yaser Khaseb - co creater of Cloud
This Iranian theatre maker mixes mime, dance and puppetry in his productions. In 2007 he presented with great success his Mysterious Gift in Dancing on the Edge. In 2006, this performance won the press award on the Mobaark, International Puppet festival in Tehran.
Allan Segall – music for Love Dolls and Love Dolls 2
Allan's power lies in combining different styles in a composition. This is the reason that Duda asked him to compose the music of Love Dolls, to create the combination of popular songs and opera.
Andre Mello – puppets/stage design
During his studies at Rietveld Academie, Andre had an internship at DPC. It all started with cutting the foam butts for Morningstar. After that project, cutting objects out of foam became his specialty. Andre has been involved with many productions of DPC. At the end of 2010 he decided to go back to his native country Brazil.
