DANA DAJANI: Per former

dana@danadajani.com ♦ +971 55 401 9000 ♦ www.danadajani.com

Height: 175cm Hair: brown, curly Eyes: olive Languages: English, Arabic, Spanish

Theatre I am My Language * Devised Experimental Theatre Manarat Al Saadiyat – Abu Dhabi Invisible Cities * Original Solo Performance American University of Sharjah & The Fridge – Dubai Oneness: Voice Without Form * Sister Nevedita Sydney Opera House & Brisbane Multicultural Arts Center, AU MiC Prophecies * Lydia Short+Sweet Top 20 Week 2 - DUCTAC – Dubai Yeki Bood / Yeki Na Bood * Eve Short+Sweet Top 20 Week 1 - DUCTAC – Dubai 7 Jewish Children 1-7 as a solo show Traffic Art Gallery + The Shelter – Dubai Kalubela * ** Mistress of Ceremony First Group Theater in Madinat Jumeria + The Fridge – Dubai What I Would Tell Her * Original Solo Performance Emirates Airlines Festival of Literature – Dubai, UAE Jido Saad Al Bitar * Original Solo Performance Rotaract Club of Jumierah event at AUD + Sikka Art Fair – Dubai Medusa’s Misunderstanding * Original Solo Performance Quint Magazine event at The Fridge – Dubai Almost, Maine Rhonda, Gayle Desert Players Production - DUCTAC - Dubai The Yellow House * Quest Home Devised for the University of Chicago Arts Incubator Residency Sinbad: The Untold Tale * Ittifaq Adventure Stage Chicago - Vittum Theater - Chicago The Hour of Feeling Abir Workshoped at The Playwright’s Center - Minneapolis, MN The Moon has no Desire to be Described * Poetess Devised for Dramatic Need - New Rock Theater - Chicago Marriage in a Pickle * Carrie MacDaniels AbbieFest XXI and XXII - Mary-Archie Theater - Chicago The Wish * Esperanza Teatro Luna 10x10 Festival - Studio Be - Chicago Jacob and Jack * Robin/Rachel U/S Victory Gardens Biograph Theater - Chicago Please take…Seriously * Michelle English Alternative Theatre - Lawrence Arts Center, KS Lights fade, Curtain * Sara KCACTF Region 5 2008 Omaha, NE + EAT – Lawrence KS Antigone Greek Chorus *** English Alternative Theatre - Lawrence Arts Center, KS Palestinian Debkah (Folklore dance) The Bride Arabian Sunshine Group - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Written by Dana Dajani * Original Piece Premiere ** Winner of Best Theatrical Performance 2012 - Time Out Dubai *** Role for which I received the KCACTF Ensemble Acting Award and an Irene Ryan nomination (Semifinalist)

On Camera Select Film, Television, and Web As One: the Autism Project Supporting- Documentary Image Nation + Crown Prince Court Abu Dhabi In Her Eyes * Lead Arab Film Studio Competition – Image Nation The Real Truth about Palestine Lead- Viral Web Video Kharabeesh Studios & Visualizing Palestine 1% Inspiration Supporting Boomtown Productions for LYNX awards Melody ** Supporting Oedipus Productions 04 Supporting- TV Series 03 Productions for MBC 4 Tooth of Hope Lead Aflam Qaseera – Abu Dhabi Film Commission At First Sight *** Lead Circus Studios Angel Trumpets, Devil Trombones Lead Play2win Productions Maybe We Should Go Supporting KMS Entertainment

* Awarded Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Cinematography at Arab Film Studio Competition 2013 ** Awarded Best Ensemble Cast at Dubai 48hr film festival and Audience Choice Award at Mumbai Women’s Film Festival *** Awarded Best Actress at Tropfest Arabia 2011 and screened in Cannes Festival Short Film Corner 2012

Event MC & Presenter Awards Ceremony, Product Launch, Rebranding Re-launch, Training Weekend, Conference, Gala

-Damas -Etisalat -Coca Cola -Jaquar -Bayt.com -Pepsico

-Dubai Whole Sale City -Bridgestone -Essilor -Reemami -Tampa Foods -Entourage

-3allimni.net -Mother, Baby & Child Magazine -Johnson & Johnson -DTEC -DM Aster Healthcare

-Jebel Ali Racecourse -Unilever -GCC Gov HR Summit -Action Care -Surge For Water -Habib AG Zurich Bank

Training and Special Skills Stage Combat: Unarmed hand-to-hand Blades: Rapier and Dagger, Katana, Shamsheer Accents: British, Middle Eastern, most US dialects, French, Russian, Jewish, Irish, Character Acting Training: Viewpoints, Shakespeare, Lecoq technique, Improvisation training & performances at The Second City, Chicago

DANA DAJANI: Pro fe s s ional

dana@danadajani.com ♦ +971 55 401 9000 ♦ www.danadajani.com

Awards and Recognition Emirates Woman Magazine “Art i s t o f the Year” - 2016 Recipient of the “Young Arab Award” for Enter ta inment - 2016 Stylist Arabia Top 50 Insp ira t iona l and In f luen t ia l Women in the UAE – 2017 “Goalkeeper” at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Global Sustainable Development Goals Conference- 2017

Education and Training 2010 Graduate of Columbia College Chicago— Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre

Magna Cum Laude Emphasis in Acting

Training with La Pocha Nostra on Identity and Crossing Borders lead by Guillermo Gomez-Peña

Feldenkrais Somatic Education Practitioner training in San Sebastian, Spain-- ongoing 2013-2018

Experience Oasis Desert Mind Meld– Qasr Al Sarab 2018 – Event Planner – 4 Day Technology/Economics Conference

Mother of the Nation Festival – Abu Dhabi 2016 – Curator – Mamemo Pavilion on HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak

Xcellence Plus 2015 – Provided training in drama, improvisation, presentation and pitch-making to employees of First Gulf Bank and Dubai Petroleum Corporate Role Play Training– Dubai 2012-2015- Facilitated experiential, drama-based learning though for employees of Clyde&Co, Dubai Airports, and Barclay’s Bank Teaching – 2-month Drama Therapy Program for UAE children with Autism

1-day “Capoeira and Time Banking” for KHDA’s Sustainability Saturday Club, Dubai 2017 1-day on “The Work That Reconnects” for Taijitu House of Om, Dubai 2017 1-day on Casting & Directing Actors for Arab Film Studio Competition 2015 participants 2-day Acting workshop at Kuala Lampur Performing Arts Center, Malaysia Acting and Improvisation for Youth at Haya Cultural Center in Amman, Jordan Modeling and Audition Techniques for youth at Yasmin Talent Center, Dubai Ongoing private classes with professionals to teach public speaking, voice over

Muslim Protagonist Symposium- Columbia University NY 2015 – Panelist- “Narratives of Muslim Women” Moderator- “Hip Hop and Protest”

Emirates Airlines Festival of Literature 2015– Panelist- “Is Theatre Flourishing in Dubai?”

International Theatre Symposium Chicago 2011 – Respondent- “Internationalism” Panel Discussion

Volunteer / Charity Performances – Tkiyet Um Ali, Amman, 2017 Surge For Water, Dubai, 2016 Inaash, Beirut, 2015 Hopes for Women in Education, Amman, 2014 Welfare Association for Youth, Dubai, 2014

Medical Aid for Palestine, Dubai, 2010 to 2016 Rotaract Club of Jumierah, Dubai, 2012 Clowns Who Care, Dubai, 2011 Dramatic Need, Chicago, 2010 Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, Dubai, 2008 to 2015

Production

Film- Director and Writer BMB Internal Video Marwan Al Qadi Animations Director and Writer Love Letters from Palestine The Human Spirit Project Casting Director As One Documentary Film Image Nation Casting Director Beyond Borders Reality TV Show Image Nation- MBC Writer and Director Medusa’s Misunderstanding The Human Spirit Project Writer At First Sight * Tropfest Arabia finalist 2011 Circus Studios

Theatre- Stage Manager Dhow Under the Sun Kevin Spacey Foundation+ META Producer Al Qandeel Al Saghir Haya Cultural Center, Amman Dramaturg Oneness: Voice Without Form Sydney Opera House, Australia Writer, Director MiC Prophecies & Yeki Bood / Yeki Na Bood DUCTAC Kilachund Theatre, Dubai Writer Kalubela ** Best Theatrical Performance ‘12 First Group Theatre, Dubai Dramaturg Yasmina’s Necklace The Den, Chicago

DANA DAJANI: Poe try & Music

dana@danadajani.com ♦ +971 55 401 9000 ♦ www.danadajani.com

Spoken Word Performances Amman Poetry Slam 2017 Jadal Amman Blank Canvas 2017 Café Arabia Abu Dhabi Festival @ Ideas Forum 2017 NYU Campus Abu Dhabi Poeticians + Punch @ Emirates Airlines Festival of Literature 2017 InterContinental Hotel Dubai Stylist 50 Live 2016 Jumeirah Beach Hotel Dubai TEDx talk: Babelogue: Reprogramming the Human OS 2016 Cambridge HS Abu Dhabi Poeticians @ Launch of “3arabi Song” 2016 Fraiche Dubai Poeticians + Punch @ Emirates Airlines Festival of Literature 2016 Bastakiya Dubai The Muslim Protagonist Literary Festival 2015 Columbia University New York City Noor Wa Nar Collective 2015 Manna Festival Beida, JO Poeticians + Punch @ Emirates Airlines Festival of Literature 2015 InterContinental Hotel Dubai Dubai Poetry Slam 2015 Impact Hub Dubai Poeticians @ Launch of “Nowhere Near a Damn Rainbow” 2015 Sublime Dubai It’s a Funny Story / Urban Arts in Support of PCRF 2015 Centre for Musical Arts Dubai Hopes for Women in Education 2014 Kempinski Hotel Amman, JO To North Africa 2014 Fraiche Dubai This is Palestine Festival 2014 Meydan Dubai Rooftop Rhythms 2014 The Basement Dubai Poeticians @ Launch of “On the Same Road Back” 2014 Sublime Dubai What Do You Hear @ SIKKA Art Fair 2014 Bastakiya Dubai Poeticians @ Emirates Airlines Festival of Literature 2013/4 InterContinental Hotel Dubai Poeticians @ SIKKA Art Fair 2012-4 Bastakiya Dubai One Woman Shows @ SIKKA Art Fair 2012 Bastakiya Dubai Type Two Error Type Two Error is an experimental collaboration with Dubai-based cellist and producer, Aaron Kim, which fuses electronic sounds and poetry in a wicked and sensual electronica.

2013 Recorded 4 track EP

Festival@ Ideas Forum 2017 NYU Campus Abu Dhabi Mother of the Nation Festival 2017 Corniche Abu Dhabi SIKKA Art Fair 2016 Bastakiya Dubai

Floetics Floetics is a collaboration of poetry, melody, and lyric. A freestyle riff on rhythm and rhyme. The soulful voice of Layla and the tantalizing wordplay of Dana is brought to life by Ansar on Guitar, and the collaborative stylings of amazing and established musicians from around Dubai.

2015 Selected to be among 100 artists and creators from Shanghai, New York, Milan, and Dubai. Photographed by Fabrizio Ferri to feature in a book published for the Maserati and Zegna “ONE IN 100” Campaign

2014 Recorded an album- Free Flow Live

2014 Recorded a session for The Flex which aired on FOX Arabia for 1 year

House of Harper’s Bazaar 2017 Mall of the Emirates Dubai Global Education and Skills Forum 2016 Atlantis Dubai The Fridge Concert Series 2016 The Fridge Dubai Action Care Gala 2015 Le Meridien Dubai Marina Music Festival 2015 Marina Promenade Dubai Dubai International Writer's Center Anniversary 2015 Bastakiya Dubai Various Concerts 2014 The Jam Jar Dubai

2013/4 Jazz@Pizza Express Dubai 2013 DIFC Art Night Dubai 2012 The Gramercy Dubai

Freshly Ground Sounds 2013 The Magazine Room Dubai FORTOM First Ladies (For The Love of Music) 2013 The Music Room Dubai TWANG 2012 The Music Room Dubai SIKKA Art Fair 2012 Bastakiya Dubai

Published Writing Dubai Poetics Issue XII 2017 Filmed “If I was President” for The Flex 2016 Nowhere Near a Damn Rainbow - Poeticians Anthology 2015 Uncommon Dubai 2014- an alternative tour guide

Campaign Magazine 2014 Quint Magazine 2012/11 Muse 2006/5 Teen Ink 2004

DANA DAJANI

Actor . Writer . Presenter

+971554019000 dana@danadajani.com www.danadajani.com