Daan Ho, currently basing in London, is a Taiwanese TV magic figure, officially recognized theatre director, theatre illusion effect director, and an actor. Being one of the youngest magic prospect in both Taiwan and mainland China, he's not just a talented magician, but also a theatre artist, specialised in creating magic effect for theatre productions.
Daan won the grand prix in the Taiwan Magic Championship, the biggest magic festival in Taiwan, when he was only 17. Being the youngest winner ever, he was invited representing Taiwan to participate in the young magician program of FISM Asia Asian Magic Championship.
In 2020, Daan founded his own theatre company Good Dream Lab Co. while successfully led the team to achieve multiple commercial cooperation with brands and commercial theatres. While successfully directing multiple immersive and interactive theatre experience with a diverse range of performing art forms, he also led the company to cooperate with talented artists from different fields.
In 2021, leading the project Genesis I- Prometheus' Dream, Daan was selected by the National Opera House as the cutting-edge artist, and was invited to experiment and perform in the National Opera House of Taiwan.
Later years, Daan Ho became a TV figure in Taiwan, well know as an extreme magician who's the first person to challenge glass eating and needle swallowing on TV in Asia.
In 2023, after accumulating sufficient accolades in Asia, he moved to the London and started his career in Europe.
He won the 1.st prize at the International Brotherhood of Magicians British Ring, and the 3.rd prize at the Almussafes Spanish Magic Competition.
Having multiple skills, Daan isn’t just a performer, but also a creator in arts. He's proficient in combining different kind of art forms into a theatre or magic piece. His works are often being described as inventive, unconventional, experimental, and cross-disciplinary. He's skillful in audience engagement and using contemporary technologies, non-theatrical theories to hit the theatre goers' desire, giving them a whole new experience and imagination of performing arts.
Daan won the grand prix in the Taiwan Magic Championship, the biggest magic festival in Taiwan, when he was only 17. Being the youngest winner ever, he was invited representing Taiwan to participate in the young magician program of FISM Asia Asian Magic Championship.
In 2020, Daan founded his own theatre company Good Dream Lab Co. while successfully led the team to achieve multiple commercial cooperation with brands and commercial theatres. While successfully directing multiple immersive and interactive theatre experience with a diverse range of performing art forms, he also led the company to cooperate with talented artists from different fields.
In 2021, leading the project Genesis I- Prometheus' Dream, Daan was selected by the National Opera House as the cutting-edge artist, and was invited to experiment and perform in the National Opera House of Taiwan.
Later years, Daan Ho became a TV figure in Taiwan, well know as an extreme magician who's the first person to challenge glass eating and needle swallowing on TV in Asia.
In 2023, after accumulating sufficient accolades in Asia, he moved to the London and started his career in Europe.
He won the 1.st prize at the International Brotherhood of Magicians British Ring, and the 3.rd prize at the Almussafes Spanish Magic Competition.
Having multiple skills, Daan isn’t just a performer, but also a creator in arts. He's proficient in combining different kind of art forms into a theatre or magic piece. His works are often being described as inventive, unconventional, experimental, and cross-disciplinary. He's skillful in audience engagement and using contemporary technologies, non-theatrical theories to hit the theatre goers' desire, giving them a whole new experience and imagination of performing arts.
Awards
1.st Place- International Brotherhood of Magicians (IBM) British Ring
3.rd Prize- Almussafes Spainish Magic Competition
Grand Prix- Taiwan Magic Championship (Qinshui Magic Festival)
3.rd Prize- Almussafes Spainish Magic Competition
Grand Prix- Taiwan Magic Championship (Qinshui Magic Festival)
Academic background
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (UK)- MA Advanced Theatre Practice
Taipei National University of the Arts (Taiwan)- BA Acting
University of the Arts Utrecht (Netherlands)- Exchange project in the school of theatre arts
Taipei National University of the Arts (Taiwan)- BA Acting
University of the Arts Utrecht (Netherlands)- Exchange project in the school of theatre arts
he has performed in......
United Kingdom • 英國
Spain • 西班牙
Taiwan • 台灣
SouthKorea • 南韓
Japan • 日本
Mainland China • 中國大陸
United States • 美國
Czech Republic • 捷克
Netherlands • 荷蘭
etc
Spain • 西班牙
Taiwan • 台灣
SouthKorea • 南韓
Japan • 日本
Mainland China • 中國大陸
United States • 美國
Czech Republic • 捷克
Netherlands • 荷蘭
etc
丹恩·賀,生於台灣,目前定居倫敦。為台灣新生代魔術師、演員及劇場導演,畢業於英國皇家中央戲劇學院。17歲時即以最年輕得獎者之姿拿下台灣魔術大賽總冠軍,2020-2022為綜藝節目《同學來了》固定班底。
丹恩擅長將不同的藝術形式結合並創造出一個獨一無二且富有個人風格的演出。2015年,丹恩創造了他的第一部原創作品《小提琴狂想曲一部曲》,並在魔術圈獲得了極大的迴響。從此他開始大量地將魔術、戲劇、劇場及音樂結合,並將作品推陳出新。從此創造出的演出令人印象深刻,並在無數比賽中屢獲佳績,拿下魔術冠軍之頭銜。亦多次擔任國內外魔術大會表演嘉賓,演出廣受好評。
2019年,丹恩前往荷蘭烏特勒之藝術大學戲劇學系繼續深造,並跟隨荷蘭魔術大師 狄翁·范·萊特 學習,後在「荷蘭國際魔術節」發表了他的新作品《小提琴狂想曲二部曲》,此演出廣受好評,從此將他的事業拓展至國際。
2020年丹恩創立劇場創作團隊「好夢製造所」,並與台北知名酒吧聯合製作並導演沈浸式劇場《好夢之後》。
同年,丹恩與團隊燈光藝術家作品入選2021台中國家歌劇院「新銳藝術家開場計畫」,透過魔術介入如數學韓式既定系統的燈光聲響機制,回應現代人往返清醒意識與夢境潛意識的狀態。
2022年後,丹恩移居英國倫敦並將其發展重心放至歐洲,至今他已獲得英國IBM魔術大賽冠軍,以及西班牙魔術大賽季軍等獎項。同時在愛丁堡藝術節、倫敦Format等藝術節發表《Fortune Bistro》《Green Bird》《Collage Magic Show》等個人作品。
近年主要劇場創作作品:
2023 愛丁堡藝術節 《Collage-Magic Show》
2023 愛丁堡藝術節《Green Bird》- 演員、共同創作、幻術設計
2023 英國倫敦Format藝術節 《Fortune Bistro》- 主創、演員
2021 台中歌劇院新銳藝術家開場計畫《創世紀首部曲-普羅米修斯》
2021 國家兩廳院藝fun線上《待毀滅的那一天到來》-導演
2020《魔幻旅人魔術公演》-導演、演員
2020《好夢之後》台北知名酒吧沉浸式演出-導演、演員
2019 荷蘭魔術節發表並演出作品《Violin Fantasia》
2019 荷蘭戴爾夫特藝術節《Art in Motion》-魔術設計、演員
2019 荷蘭烏特勒之藝術大學”Vanitas” -共同創作、演員
學歷背景
英國皇家中央戲劇學院藝術碩士 (先鋒戲劇導演)
國立臺北藝術大學戲劇學士(表演專業)
荷蘭烏特勒之藝術大學戲劇學院交換計畫
國立臺北藝術大學戲劇學士(表演專業)
荷蘭烏特勒之藝術大學戲劇學院交換計畫
獎項
英國IBM魔術大賽- 冠軍
西班牙國際魔術大賽- 季軍
台灣魔術大賽- 學生組總冠軍
西班牙國際魔術大賽- 季軍
台灣魔術大賽- 學生組總冠軍