People
here are all the people involved in creating this project and bringing it to life!
photo by Jorge Carmona
António Sá-Dantas - artistic director, voice, movement, word
António is a countertenor, composer, conductor, co-founder of Cat’s Cradle Collective and its artistic director. With the Cat’s Cradle, he has performed at the Royal Academy of Arts, Britten Theatre, Union Chapel, Portuguese Embassy and been internationally broadcast, premiering new works and creating unique performances through collaborations with visual artists, actors and dancers. He is also the conductor of the Union Chapel, a community choir open to all.
His works have been broadcast internationally, with collaborations ranging from installations (Austronaughties, an·other voice) to works for instruments, voices and electronics (i.e. Conto num Violino, Invisible Cities, Eine Schwalbe falten) performed and broadcast internationally.Most currently he has written a work for soprano and piano based on a poem of Eugénio de Andrade, to be recorded very soon.
António is a choral singer in St. John’s Church Notting Hill, a member of the chamber choir Londinium and freelances as a countertenor. He has premiered multiple works for solo voice as well as voice and ensemble, with and without the Cat’s Cradle. Other collaborations include performances with choreographers Clara Andermatt (Suspensão) and Claire Heafford (Portrait of a Wrestler), actor Marta Carvalho (Songs my mother taught me). The collaboration between different artists and art forms permeates António’s multifaceted work.
António has a Bachelor of Arts in Composition (hons) and Orchestra Conducting (Kunstuniversität Graz) and a Master in Composition (hons, Royal College of Music).
Maren Bosma - co-creator, violin, piano, voice, word
Dutch-American violinist Maren Bosma (1996) started her violin studies at age 7. She was accepted into the Sweelinck Academy for Young Talent in Amsterdam in 2011 in the class of Lex Korff de Gidts, with whom she continued her studies and received her Bachelor’s degree in June 2017 from the Conservatory of Amsterdam, with a minor in Music Theory. She received her Master of Music in Performance degree with Distinction in 2019 from the Royal College of Music in London, under the tutelage of Daniel Rowland and Gabrielle Lester.
A highly demanded orchestral and chamber musician, Maren is the Concertmaster and Associate Artistic Director of the Bath Festival Orchestra and forms the Arboris Duo with Dutch percussionist Niek KleinJan. She held leader and principal positions in the RCM Symphony Orchestra and the RCM Opera Orchestra, performing under the baton of renowned conductors including Bernard Haitink, John Wilson, Rafael Payare and Andrew Gourlay. She was the leader of the London-based Maconchy Quartet from 2017 to 2020, and is the leader and co-founder of the London-based Cat’s Cradle Collective. She has appeared as a soloist in renowned halls such as St George's Bristol and Cadogan Hall in London. Maren plays on a 2018 W.E. Hill violin, kindly on loan to her from the Harrison-Frank Family Foundation.
Vianne Furey - invited co-creator, voice, movement, word
Vianne Furey is a visual artist, actor, dancer and cabaret performer, soon to graduate City and Guilds of London Art School at the end of June 2023.
Movement has long been a point of their fascination, leading first to training in classical ballet and contemporary dance, and most recently a career within the London cabaret scene as a burlesque performer: an all-encompassing art form. Vianne finds a great deal of satisfaction in the process of making, from the beginnings of seizing a thought, to the hands-on nature of making these thoughts tangible. Regardless of medium, Vianne’s work often explores a vibrant, and at times threatening inner world: coaxing out the components to form into a vivid and entertaining experience for their viewers.
Lucinda Dunne - clarinet, piano, voice, word
Lucinda Dunne is a graduate of the Royal College of Music, where she studied both saxophone and clarinet under professors Kyle Horch and Janet Hilton. She previously studied at Chetham's School of Music. In 2012, Lucinda reached the woodwind category final of BBC Young Musician of the Year.
She has gained orchestral experience playing with groups such as the National Youth Orchestra, Piccadilly Symphony Orchestra, and Orchestra Vitae, performing at notable venues including The Sage Gateshead and the Royal Festival Hall. Lucinda debuted as a soloist with the RCM Film Orchestra and performed Benson's 'Aeolian Song' with the RCM Wind Ensemble. She previously performed both of Weber's clarinet concertos as a soloist with the Portobello Orchestra.
Lucinda enjoys instrumental tripling (playing saxophones, clarinets and flutes) as part of pit orchestras for musical theatre. Some shows she has recently performed include The Addams Family, Singin' In The Rain, Sweet Charity, and Anyone Can Whistle. Lucinda is a keen chamber musician, playing in a number of ensembles including saxophone quartets and jazz combos, but is also the bass clarinet chair holder in The Sages of Future Soul. The group formed over the 2020 lockdown, recording big band music remotely, but now performs arrangements and original modern jazz and soul compositions across the USA.
Lucinda will begin studying for a masters degree in saxophone performance from August 2023 at The Ohio State University, and is looking forward to continuing her musical education in the USA.
photo by Michael Unger
Lynn Rinner - design and promotion manager
Lynn is a young visual artist currently based in Austria. Being very fascinated by millenary and fashion, they have done a millinery course in Morley College in London. They have created commissioned visual works of art on multiple mediums including canvas (oils and acrylics), paper and digital drawings and paintings.
Most recently they have designed multiple logos, as well as very successful promotion campains over social media platforms.
Lynn is is a self-taught artist and designer, that continues to build on their education through upcoming courses on digital mediums with a focus on digital promotion.
@finlynnette on instagram.
Matthew Tate - photography
Matthew is a creative freelance photographer based in London. Matthew works with multiple collaborators and offers his services in commercial, editorial, e-commerce and event photography. His creative practice has an ongoing body of work centred around his research in art history, conceptual photography, queer cinema and homo-erotic art. He produces detailed scenes that capture cinematic suspense, narrative tension and romance.
Matthew read for a First Class Honours in Illustration at Norwich University of the Arts in 2015. He was Artist in Residence at King Edwards School Witley from 2015 - 2017. During that time he curated his first solo show in London titled ‘Lost in the Shadows’ which was met with very positive reviews. Matthew studied at the Royal College of Art in Visual Communication: Illustration, graduating in the Summer of 2019. That same summer he was shortlisted for the Lumen Prize’s Photo-Monitor award.
Outside of his artistic practice and freelance services he offers guest lecturer, art critic, photo assistant, graphic designer and retoucher.
Online Portfolio: https://indd.adobe.com/view/f4269e4a-ca20-4614-86ad-89bd2fd85658
Anthony Wood - videography
Anthony’s background includes shooting documentaries, drama docs, promos and magazine features.
Currently he works regularly for CBS News London Bureau shooting news and news features.
Outside of his commercial work Anthony has been involved with a number of collaborations with artists and performers, engaging with the relationship between between photography and video. He has an interest in traditional photography processes and is part way through a long form black and white photography project
@coldwatermornings in instagram