Selected credits*
WEST END/NATIONAL TOURS, REGIONAL & INTERNATIONAL THEATRE
Dane has coached principal performers in:
Frozen (West End & Int’l Tour), Wicked (West End, UK & Int’l Tours), Newsies (West End), Waitress (West End & UK Tour), Hamilton (West End & UK Tour), Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (West End, UK Tour & Los Angeles), Mandela (West End), &Juliet (Manchester, West End & Broadway), Six (West End, UK Tour & Int’l), Jesus Christ Superstar (UK Tours), The Producers (Manchester), Cabaret (West End), Book of Mormon (West End & UK Tour), Dreamgirls (UK Tour), The Drifters Girl (West End), Mamma Mia (West End, UK & Int’l Tour), Matilda (West End), Sunny Afternoon (West End), Shout (UK Tour), Wuthering Heights (National Theatre & US Tour), Little Women (London & Film), Tell Me On a Sunday (UK Tour), Motown (West End), Rock of Ages (West End), Moulin Rouge (West End & Australia), The Wind in the Willows (West End & Film), Saturday Night Fever (UK Tour), Lift (London), The Lion (London), Les Miserables (West End & UK Tour), Phantom of the Opera (West End), Tina the Musical (West End & Australia), Heathers (West End & UK Tour), Mary Poppins (West End), Fiddler on the Roof (Menier Chocolate Factory), Get Up Stand Up (West End), The Third Man (Menier Chocolate Factory), Kinky Boots (West End & Off-Broadway), The Addams Family (UK Tour), The Cher Show (UK Tour), Chess in Concert (London), Hex (National Theatre), Legally Blonde (Regents Park), 42 Balloons (London), Miss Saigon (Crucible & Australia), Dirty Dancing (West End), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (UK Tour), Pretty Woman (UK Tour & Madrid), The Last Five Years (Int’l Tour), The Seagull (National Theatre), Blues for an Alabama Sky (National Theatre), Sister Act (UK Tour), Ain’t Too Proud (West End), MJ the Musical (West End)
TV/FILM
One Love (Paramount), Matilda (Netflix), The Woman King (Entertainment One/TriStar), Rupaul’s Drag Race UK Series 2 ,4 & 5 (World of Wonder), The Voice UK (ITV), The One Show (BBC), The Eurovision Song Contest, Wind in the Willows (Riverbank Pictures), Little Women the Musical (Aria Entertainment & Broadway HD), The National Lottery’s Big Night at the Musicals (BBC)
MUSIC INDUSTRY
Becky Hill, Ella Eyre, Hurts, Everything Everything, JP Cooper, Incognito, Sigala, Delphic, The Whip, Embrace, Matt Willis (Busted), Laurel, Tigress, Twisted Wheel, Jonny Brown, Karima Francis, Baiana, GND, Fizzy Blood, The Mend, Beth Orton, Roachford, John Parr, Courtney Love, WuLyf, Salt Ashes, Izo Fitzroy, Cskts, Lola Young, Barb Jungr, Goldfrapp,
Dane has also been an advisor for TC-Helicon products including live vocal processing modules, pedals, monitors and microphones.
PUBLICATIONS
TC Helicon’s Ultimate Guide to Singing (2016), Bloomsbury’s The Singer-Songwriter Handbook (2017), Training Contemporary Commercial Singers (Compton 2020), the 2nd edition of Compton Publishing's seminal The Voice Clinic Handbook (2018), and Troubadour's Sound Advice: The Ultimate Guide to a Healthy and Successful Career in Music (2021)
Dane has also contributed to magazines and newspapers including The Stage, Men’s Fitness, Zest, The Telegraph, DJ Booth, Voice Council Magazine, City Life
CHARITY WORK
Dane is a past President (2015-16) and Director (2005-2014) of the British Voice Association. He was Vocal Advisor (2016-2019) to the Medical Committee of the British Association of Performing Arts Medicine (BAPAM) where he pioneered the creation of competencies for Vocal Rehabilitation Coaches working in multidisciplinary voice clinics in the UK. He was also a member of the Musicians Health and Wellbeing group for Help Musicians UK.
EDUCATIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Academic appointments include Associate Professor of Vocal Coaching and Rehabilitation at Leeds College of Music (now Leeds Conservatoire), where he was also Principal Lecturer of Artistry and Performance (2007-17), both posts were newly created for Dane’s unique skill-sets. Other academic posts include Teaching Fellow in Pop Voice at Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (2003-6), Senior Lecturer in Pop Voice at the Royal Northern College of Music (2008-10), and Lecturer in Voice and Acting at University of Salford (2001-03). Dane now works exclusively in private practice but is happy to present workshops and masterclasses at reputable institutions internationally.
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