Daniela Essart, artistic director, trained in Physical theatre, mask work and Commedia dell'Arte with Jacques Lecoq, Philippe Gaullier, Monica Pagneux and Carlo Boso from TAG Teatro and In Butoh dance with Kazuo and Yoshito Ono.

She has been directing and performing since 1984. She has special skills as a stilt dancer, in balance acrobaticss, static trapeze, corde lisse and abseiling. She studied Theatre and Film Studies at the Faculty of Modern Literature, University of Turin - Italy - and has been awarded an MA in Performing Arts by Middlesex University -London.

Daniela is fundamentally a Mediterranean, loves sunshine, good food and good company, therefore she transfers her culinary abilities in creating performances that mix and fuse different styles of performance. She loves telling stories through vivid imagery, and suspending them in the air.

Contact Daniela at:
daniela@scarabeus.co.uk

Søren Nielsen, production director, trained in physical theatre, clowning and circus in his native Denmark, where he toured with various circus companies before descending on England.

He has been directing and performing since 1985. He has special skills in stilt dancing, balance acrobatics, static trapeze, abseiling and fire breathing.

Søren clearly has Viking blood in his veins, and having been deprived of his horns, has substituted them with stilts, becoming a master stilt artist. He also has a passion for geometric forms, ropes and a head for height. These days he is easily spottable managing the ropes from where Scarabeus’ artists dangle.

Contact Søren at:
soren@scarabeus.co.uk

Clare Furey
General Manager
info@scarabeus.co.uk