Lance Dann
Lance Dann | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Goldsmiths' College, Bath Spa University |
| Known for | sound art |
| Awards | Two Sony Radio Academy Awards, Prix Marulic |
Lance Dann (born ca. 1969) is an English sound artist, radio producer and writer working for international theatre and radio since 1994.
Life and work
Dann is the founder of Radio Art group Noiseless Blackboard Eraser (1994–2007) and former Associate Member of The Wooster Group. He studied Radio at Goldsmiths' College and produced a number of experimental radio programmes for Festival Radio Productions' Brighton based RSL radio stations during the early 1990s.
As a radio artist he has worked extensively with composer Rohan Kriwaczek on a series of works for BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4 and independent stations internationally. Their collaborations included a long-running series of live radio performances and a trilogy of experimental plays for radio ("If on a Summer Night a Listener...", "Ho! Ho! The Clown is Dead" and "Glowboys").[1] Between 1996 and 2000 he worked with The Wooster Group as producer of a sequence of plays for BBC Radio 3 ("The Emperor Jones", "Phèdre"[2] and "The Peggy Carstairs Report"). He worked as sound designer for the company during the development of "To You the Birdie" and through performances of "House/Lights". In 1999 he recorded two documentaries with Yoko Ono for BBC Radio 3, the first time she'd spoken at length to the British media for over 20 years.[3] In 2001 he wrote a serialisation of John Wyndham's "The Day of the Triffids" for the BBC WorldService.[4] His work in radio and theatre has earned a number of awards including two Sony Radio Academy Awards and a Prix Marulić.
In recent years he has been writing for BBC Radio, carrying out doctoral research in the development of radio drama commissioning at the BBC on behalf of the Society of Authors and writing and producing the audio drama series The Flickerman.[5]
References
- ^ Gaisford, Sue (13 April 1997). "They are poets, and they know it". The Independent website. London. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ^ Cazeaux, Clive (April 2005). "Phenomenology and Radio Drama". British Journal of Aesthetics. 45 (2): 157–174. doi:10.1093/aesthj/ayi018. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ^ Karpf, Anne (12 January 2000). "Give peace a chance: stop cutting your hair". The Guardian website. London: Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ^ Holmwood, Leigh (11 February 2009). "Eddie Izzard and Vanessa Redgrave line up for BBC Day of the Triffids remake". The Guardian website. London: Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ^ Williams, Zoe (22 April 2009). "Radio head: Flickerman". The Guardian website. London: Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 23 April 2013.