My name is dANTE OR dIE

The Company formed in 2004 and has three core members: Daphna Attias, Terry O'Donovan and Clare Parke-Davies.

Daphna Attias (Director)

Daphna has directed all the company productions to date. Besides her work with dANTE OR dIE She is currently working on a performance collaboration entitled Chi Chi Bunichi (Shunt Lounge, Siobhan Davies studio) as well as a new show for children based on Eugene Ionesco's text. She has worked as an assistant to Akram Khan and Sidi Larbi Cherkaouii on Zero Degrees at Sadler's Wells. She was also an Assistant Director in many theatres such as the National Theatre of Israel, Herzrlia Theatre Ensemble, the Schaubuhne-Berlin, the Israeli Opera Institute and Itime Ensemble. For Lispector, she received The Israel-America Cultural Foundation Scholarship. She graduated from the MATP course at The Central School of Speech and Drama - and also studied at the school of visual theatre in Jerusalem and in the School for New Dance Development in Amsterdam. Daphna's experience as a workshop leader varies from facilitating various groups from refugee groups and disaffected youth, community centres, drama schools as well as university students.

Terry O'Donovan (Performer)

Terry grew up in Ireland. He studied Film & Theatre at The Universityof Reading before training at Central School of Speech and Drama. He has performed in all of dANTE OR dIE's productions. Other theatre credits include Shall We Dance (National Tour including National Theatre), The Winter's Tale (National Tour, dir Edward Hall), Russian National Mail (BAC), Yellowing (Theatre 503), Insomnia (Oval House Theatre).

Clare Parke-Davies (Performer / Education director)

Training: MA Advanced Theatre Practice - Central School of Speech, BA (Hons) Drama &Theatre Studies, University of Surrey, Roehampton. As an experienced performer her theatre credits include Never Smile at a Crocodile, Wanted and Ferrytale (dANTE OR dIE) and Macbeth (Lyric Hammersmith). She is currently filming a number of corporate education shorts (ER) and has worked as a voice-over artist for Macmillan-Heinemann Education. Throughout 2005-2006, Clare was the Youth Arts Development Manager at Thame Youth Theatre. She was responsible for coordinating and facilitating 6 workshop sessions for over 120 young people each week. She has led workshops with Stagecoach Theatre Arts, The Oxford Playhouse Theatre, The Modjeska Theatre, Poland, HMP Wormwood Scrubs and smaller local organisations across Europe

Kirsten Burrows (Creative producer)

Kirsten Burrows formed Dialogue Arts Management in 2006 to provide arts fundraising, project management and theatre production services. Clients include Scarlet Theatre, Creative Partnerships, Out of the Box Productions, Transfabulous and Eastside Consulting. In addition, Kirsten has over 15 years experience as a European road manager and tour producer. As dANTE or dIE’s company producer, Kirsten was drawn to the company’s ingenious concepts, the calibre of their performances and their vibrant and infectious energy; not to mention their outrageous capacity for hummus consumption.

Regular Collaborators

Yaniv Fridel (Musician)

Yaniv Fridel is a Producer, multi-instrumentalist, theatre composer, and songwriter. His music can be described as atmospheric, romantic and uplifting combining contemporary electronic sounds and live instruments. To date, Fridel has composed more than 10 dance and theatre shows, numerous TV and Film productions and ad campaigns. His album recently was top demo in Sound on Sound magazine. Fridel has worked with Scapino ballet, Tim Supple, Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra, ensemble Bat-Sheva, dANTE OR dIE theatre, CNN, Oi Va Voi, Pinedrop and other artists.

Mark Jones (Lighting Designer)

Originally from Wales, Mark has been a lighting designer for theatre, concerts and events for the past 6 years. His work includes artists such as, Kenny Ball, The Searchers and Denis O’Neil, along with shows ranging from musicals, Shakespeare to devised theatre. Mark is currently studying a BA Hons at the Central School Of Speech and Drama London.