Klaus Kruse
A German director, scenographer, performer and poet based in the UK. He has studied contemporary Dance and Theatre at the School for New Dance Development Amsterdam (SNDD) and The University of the Arts Berlin (UDK) before graduating with a 1st class BA Hons (2005) and Masters (2007) in Devised Theatre at Dartington College of Arts. Klaus was a co-founder of the Solvents Performance Collective with whom he toured England and Europe between 2003 and 2007 (thesolvents.net). The Solvent’s immersive theatre production Leviathan won Klaus the 2006 UK Directors Guild award at the National Student Drama Festival (NSDF) and the collective an award for Best Soundscape and Versatility. Klaus has recently taught Theatre and Contemporary Dance as an invited lecturer at University of Plymouth and part time lecturer for Dartington College of Arts and University College Falmouth. His continuous research into audience/performer spatial relationships and the effecting potential of space within a theatrical experience has led him to co-found Living Structures. He is the Artistic Director and Set Designer of Cart Macabre.
Dani d’Emilia
An Italo-Brazilian artist working in various solo and collaborative performance, theatre and live art projects internationally.
Dani is particularly interested in nurturing opportunities for exchange and transformation, crossing borders between the logical and the lyrical to connect and activate different bodies (the anatomical body, the cultural body, the political body, the ecological body…)
She has studied at Dartington College of Arts (1st class BA Hons in Theatre and Visual Arts Practices), The Desmond Jones School of Mime and Physical Theatre and The University of Rio Grande do Sul (Scenic Arts) as well as undertaken training in Anthropological Theatre, Acrobatics, Butoh, Kalaripayattu,Yoga, Kung Fu and other physical practices.
Between 2004-2007 she integrated The Solvents Performance Collective (http://thesolvents.net) and since 2008 also works as part of La Pocha Nostra (http://pochanostra.com).
Dani is a co-founder of Living Structures in which she works as Assistant Director, Producer, Devisor, Installation Artist and Performer.
Samples of her work can be found on: http://dani-demilia.blogspot.com/
Dugald Ferguson
A British/ New Zealand artist based in Norfolk working on solo, collaborative and commissioned pieces in both the performing and visual arts. He has a background in acting, theatre devising, painting, acrobatic/gymnastic movement and graduated from Dartington College of Arts with a BA (Hons) in Devised Theatre in 2005. Since graduating Dugald co-founded the Immersive Theatre Company ‘Living Structures’ for which he works as producer, performer, devisor and set builder. He is regularly involved in performance projects around London, East Anglia and the South-West devising and acting with independent directors and companies. His visual arts practice currently explores male sexual-social hegemony appropriating extreme ideals of masculine sports figures and obliterating their figures / actions with hyper ‘domestic’ imagery. He regularly exhibits work around East Anglia.
Spotlight Number: 2619-1272-0693
Ula Dajerling
Ula Dajerling is a polish artist based in London. Ula studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, Dartington College of Arts and Chelsea College of Art and Design.
In 2010 Ula has been awarded Cecil Lewis Sculpture Scholarship and Special Project Award from The Chelsea Arts Trust towards her postgraduate research at Chelsea College of Art and Design. Her work focuses on the notion of transformation of material and space within a sculptural environment. She has exhibited in the UK, and also internationally, with organizations including Bbeyond (Belfast), Plymouth Arts Centre and Center of Culture Zamek (Poland). Her work has been reviewed in Circa Magazine, A-N Interface and other publications.
Verity Standen
A London based Composer, Performer and Vocal Coach, she graduated from Dartington College in 2007 with 1st Class Honours in Music Performance. Her vocal repertoire incorporates contemporary/soul/world and jazz.
To date, her work has focused on using and manipulating perceptions of the ‘feminine’ voice/aesthetic and incorporating stylised movement, theatre and farce into muliebral environments. ‘The Antique Women’ is a collaborative live performance group led by Verity. The group are taking part in this years LadyFest Festival with their new cross-artform piece ‘Mu*lie*bri*ty’.
In addition to running her own solo voice projects, Verity has toured with several acapella vocal groups. She is currently teaching and leading acapella harmony choirs/workshops in London as well as performing in a contemporary voice collective.
Verity works as Musical Director, Composer and Performer for Living Structures.