Daan Ho, is an international champion magician from Taiwan based in London.  Besides being a TV magic figure, he's also an officially recognized theatre director, theatre illusion effect director, and actor. He's now a residential magician at the Rhythm&Ruse London.

Daan won the grand prix at the Taiwan Magic Championship, Taiwan's biggest magic festival, at only 17. As the youngest winner ever, he was invited to represent Taiwan in the young magician program of the FISM Asia Asian Magic Championship.
In 2020, Daan founded his theatre company, Good Dream Lab Co., successfully leading the team in multiple commercial collaborations with brands and commercial theatres. He directed several immersive and interactive theatre experiences, incorporating a diverse range of performing art forms, and led the company in collaborations with talented artists from various fields.

In 2021, Daan was selected by the National Opera House as a cutting-edge artist for leading the project Genesis I- Prometheus' Dream. He was invited to experiment and perform in the National Opera House of Taiwan.

In subsequent years, Daan Ho became a TV figure in Taiwan, recognized as an extreme magician and the first in Asia to challenge glass eating and needle swallowing on TV.

In 2022, after accumulating a wealth of accolades in Asia, he moved to London to start his career in Europe. He won the Champion at the International Brotherhood of Magicians British Ring and the 3rd prize at the Almussafes Spanish Magic Competition.

With multiple talents, Daan is not just a performer but also a creator in the arts. He is proficient in blending various art forms into theatre or magic pieces. His works are often described as inventive, unconventional, experimental, and cross-disciplinary. He excels in audience engagement, utilizing contemporary technologies and non-theatrical theories to fulfill theatregoers' desires, offering them a novel experience and imagination of performing arts.

Awards

Champion- International Brotherhood of Magicians (IBM) British Ring
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

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
丹恩·賀，生於台灣，目前定居倫敦，長期駐演於Rhythm&Ruse 魔術劇院。他是台灣新生代的魔術師、演員及劇場導演，英國皇家中央戲劇學院碩士，台北藝術大學戲劇系學士。17歲時，他以最年輕得獎者的身份拿下台灣魔術大賽總冠軍。2020至2022年間，丹恩成為綜藝節目《同學來了》的固定班底。

丹恩擅長將不同藝術形式融合，創造出獨特且具個人風格的演出。2015年，他創作了首部原創作品《小提琴狂想曲一部曲》，在魔術界引起極大迴響。此後，他開始大量結合魔術、戲劇、劇場及音樂，不斷推陳出新，創造出令人印象深刻的演出，並在無數比賽中屢獲佳績。
2019年，丹恩前往荷蘭烏特勒之藝術大學戲劇學系深造，留學期間曾跟隨荷蘭魔術大師狄翁·范·萊特學習，並在「荷蘭國際魔術節」發表了新作品《小提琴狂想曲二部曲》，廣受好評，從而將他的事業拓展至國際舞台。

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沈浸式劇場《好夢之後》。同年，他與團隊的燈光藝術家作品入選台中國家歌劇院的「新銳藝術家開場計畫」，透過魔術介入數學函式既定系統的燈光聲響機制，回應現代人在清醒意識與夢境潛意識之間的往返狀態。
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2022年後，丹恩移居英國倫敦，將其發展重心轉向歐洲。迄今為止，他已獲得英國IBM魔術大賽冠軍及西班牙魔術大賽季軍等獎項。他還在愛丁堡藝術節、倫敦Format藝術節等場合發表了《Fortune Bistro》、《Green Bird》、《Collage Magic Show》等個人作品。

獎項

英國IBM魔術大賽- 冠軍
西班牙國際魔術大賽- 季軍
清水魔術節台灣魔術大賽- 學生組總冠軍
近年主要劇場創作作品包括：
  • 2024至今駐演於倫敦《Rhythm&Ruse》
  • 2023年愛丁堡藝術節《Collage Magic Show》
  • 2023年愛丁堡藝術節《Green Bird》：演員、共同創作、幻術設計
  • 2023年英國倫敦Format藝術節《Fortune Bistro》：主創、演員
  • 2021年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年國家兩廳院藝fun線上《待毀滅的那一天到來》：導演
  • 2020年《魔幻旅人魔術公演》：導演、演員
  • 2020年台北知名酒吧沉浸式演出《好夢之後》：導演、演員
  • 2019年荷蘭魔術節《Violin Fantasia》：發表及演出
  • 2019年荷蘭戴爾夫特藝術節《Art in Motion》：魔術設計、演員
  • 2019年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