T. Daniel & Laurie Willets

(T. Daniel Productions)

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"Opening eyes and ears and offering new persectives are the real challenges for arts presenters. You helped us make yet another step in the right direction. Thanks,"

Hans G. Kaper, Chairman, Arts at Argonne Series


"You are truly masters of Mime, this was a wonderful important experience!"

Mme Laurence Saydon, Adjointe a la Mairie de Cambrai, Chargee de la Culture, Cambrai, France

"Finally, I have seen music in the body!"

Professor of Composition, Conservatoire National de France, Cambrai, France


"I just got the Oklahoma video and was totally wowed... from start to finish. I can't imagine how you can invent such interesting, fascinating, and relevant ideas for 15 abstract Bach pieces... And I loved your visualization of It Takes Four to Tango; it's a great feeling for the composer to have spawned a parallel creation that's so expressive of the original idea."

Daniel Dorff, Composer


"I have not seen anything like this since Torvill & Dean."

Jim Murphy, Director, Artists Relations, USA Yamaha Instruments


"I was moved to write to you because of the performances that I saw and heard in Norman, Oklahoma and Stockholm, Sweden this summer. These were two of the most memorable artistic experiences that I have ever had. While the music of Bach, Stravinsky, Larsen, and Poulenc was familiar to me, my greatest delight was in the alternately charming, moving, and fun expression coming from the physical theater of you two "Corporeal Instruments!" Never repetitious, always enchanting direct communication from your movements and imaginative use of simple props kept me enthralled throughout the program. I couldn't wait for each of the sections to begin, as I wondered what new invention you would devise with your bodies in relation to the music. Your theatre work must be the meaning of life."

Greg Barrett, Professor, Department of Music, Northern Illinois University


"When (you) began, I thought what have we gotten ourselves into. Then you slowly sucked us into an unbelievable experience"

Mats Uda, Sweden Yamaha Instruments


"What a marvelous program and performance! Thank you for having the idea, and bringing it to Norman. I have sent emails to my sons with your web site, telling them if (you are) coming anywhere near them, GO."

Bruce and Sharon Parker, e-mail from audience members in Norman, OK


"I've just finished spending time with your performance of Dancing Solo. It's marvelous! You've really captured the music with wit, grace and sophistication. What a pleasure. ....marvelous way in which the choreography interprets the precarious nature of the structure of this movement. Thanks for your wonderful interpretation of Dancing Solo."

Libby Larsen, Composer


"You're to be complimented in bringing new dimensions to the Art of Mime."

                                         Ivan Klecka, American Cultural Institute, Taipei, Taiwan


"’Fantasmia’ has shown us that Mime can reach a philosophical dimension."

                                                                      Sevgle Sanli, The Hurriyet, Istanbul, Turkey


"T. Daniel Productions are to Mime what David Copperfield Productions are to Magic… full-blown theatrical events full of drama, innovation, lighting, make-up, costumes and music, which captures the imagination of every age group."

                                                                             Marc Lebovitz, ISU Today


"The skillful, focused interplay between the two performers (Daniel & Willets) was offset by lively orchestral flourishes."

Clarissa Oon, Straits Times, Singapore

 

"When it comes to Ingenuity, T. Daniel follows in the footsteps of no one but himself."

                                                              Deborah Leigh Wood, Chicago Tribune


"I have seen dance companies and other mimes perform to music. They usually follow the melodies or rhythm of the music, but you two go beyond that to the soul of the music, were the composer creates."

Classical Musician, Cambrai, France

 

"Two masters (Laurie Willets and T. Daniel) of the exotic and magical Art of Mime!"

                                                                             Mary E. Ducklow, The Post-Crescent, Wi.

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