Souls in Motion collective will develop work during the 2 weeks stay in our residency.
"Theatre is ritual.
We aim to build a poetic ritual comprised of 4 to 8 explorations of music,
poetry, movement, language, art and rhythm. These explorations will be inspired
by our collective and individual experiences as young adults of the “third
culture”—born, raised, and living in countless cities across the world. Influenced
by globalization, as well as tradition, we are souls in motion. We aim to
highlight the resilience of the human spirit and speak straight to the
soul. "
Dana
Dajani
Dana
Dajani is
an award-winning Palestinian actor and writer based in Dubai where she quickly
gained recognition for her performances in Arabic and English. On stage, Dana wrote and
starred in Kalubela, winner of Time Out Dubai’s award
for Best Theatrical Performance of 2012. Her short films have been in
film festivals across the Middle East, garnering awards such as Best
Actress in Tropfest 2011 and Best Film at the Arab
Film Studio Competition 2013. Later that same year, Dana was one of only two
international artists invited to Australia to develop and perform a new work at
the Sydney Opera House.
Additionally,
Dana is a published author and poet and can often be spotted performing her
spoken-word poetry in a musical collaboration called Floetics. A freestyle
riff on rhythm and rhyme, Floetics have performed at many
premier music venues and festivals in Dubai. Independently, Dana has recently
collaborated with Dubai-based cellist and producer, Aaron Kim, to create an EP
which fuses electronic sounds and poetry.
Tim
Hassall
Tim
Hassall is an internationally established performer, songwriter and
multi-instrumentalist based in Dubai. Drawing on a diverse range of influences,
Hassall's eclectic musical taste inspires his unique 'pop/rock with soul'
style.
His second full-length album 'Gallatin' reached number 9 on the Virgin UAE
Charts (Feb 2014), gaining rave reviews from fans and critics alike. Described
as "a real wordsmith" by Grammy award winner Doug Sax, his music has
featured in major motion pictures; City Of Life (UAE), international music
festivals; Secret Garden Party (UK), Blended (UAE), Unspangled (GER) and has twice
earned him a TimeOut Dubai Nightlife award.
Katy
Hassal
A
recent graduate from Glasgow School of Art and winner of the RSA New
Contemporaries Award.Katy Hassall was born in New Zealand, grew up in
Dubai and studied in Glasgow. She has moved around the world all her life and
continues to be inspired and make connections with the places she has been.
Her
work features performances involving the engagement of the senses
manifested through the bodily awareness of space, sound, and the search for
self in relation to the world. She is interested in the physical impact of
sound and its ability to bring people together. The energy of sound through the
body allows which allows us to remember, heal and experience space in a new
way.
Our
existence is based upon experiences that force us to repair and
grow. Katy Hassall´s work features performances celebrating and
communicating this sense of time, craft, and the universality of human
experience.
Layla K
Having grown up between Sydney, Australia and Dubai, UAE, Layla
was exposed to all genres of music, and started to develop great appreciation
for world music at a very young age, with her major influence being jazz and
soul.
Her experience spans from musical theatre and television, to collaborative
projects, performing with local rappers and singers in Australia, and writing
lyrics and melodies for their tracks.
At 18 she began to focus on poetry and a fusion of traditional
middle-eastern music and jazz, which saw her work with some great names in the
Arab world. Today she continues
her music ambitions with writing and performing original acoustic music with an
Arabic flavour, as well as performing jazz standards at live music venues in
Dubai.