About Me
Height: 5'10" (177cm)
Weight: 12st. 16.5lb. (80kg)
Playing Age: 19 - 37 years
Appearance: Hispanic, Latin American, White
Eye Colour: Black
Hair Colour: Dark Brown
Hair Length: Short
Facial Hair: Beard
Voice Character: Authoritative
Voice Quality: Strong
Hi there!
My name is Daniel Gavris and I can proudly say that I am a trilingual self-motivated and progress-driven professional actor, director and drama tutor with an extensive background in this industry and with a long-standing record of initiative and innovation.
I define myself through creativity, humour, patience, responsibility and above all, through professionalism and punctuality. I always like to say that the best motivation is and remains your own will and knowledge to pursue a career. And this can only be achieved with a healthy dose of nerve, spontaneity, empathy, wit and fanaticism at work.
As for me, my experience and my work, I can say that I had the first contact with the acting field at the age of 11 and the first pedagogical activity was a couple of years later when I decided to be a co-grounder of an association of this kind named, Theatre and Art-Club ''Arttis'' in my homeland. An Art-Club that organized workshops, plays for volunteering and theatre festivals and competitions between young artists. After that, I decided to move to Vienna to sharpen my knowledge in this fine crafts of teaching, acting and directing and graduated the university Degree and then a Master´s Degree from V.I.D.C (Vienna International Drama Center) - Acting School Pygmalion. Being a nomad, I arrived in London, United Kingdom where I am part of MA Theatre Arts study at Middlesex University.
As a professional actor, I was active for 6 hard years and, as you know, you have to deliver a high-quality performance, having a lot of responsibilities from the very beginning, building a role, being punctual, improvising and applying the knowledge accumulated so far. Skills and abilities that helped me design and create until now over 30 different drama characters and roles.
I am an astute problem-solver as well, very capable of prioritizing and managing complex problems and analysis with proficiency and professionalism. In my previous commitment, I also exercised leadership, motivation, and Manager assistance in the contribution of team efforts and improvement. I am very open-minded and focused on new developments in my field, enjoying brainstorming and doing efforts to achieve a common goal.
Training
11/2010 – 07/2013: Co-Founder, Actor and Director of Theatre and Art club ''ARTIS'', Romania
04/2014 - 02/2018: Vienna International Drama Center - Acting School 'Pygmalion', Austria
- Acting and Drama Theatre: after Bertolt Brecht, Konstantin Sergejewitsch Stanislawski, Lee Strasberg and Michael Chekhov technique
- Breathing, Voice Training, body alphabet: after Jerzy Grotowski and Wsewolod Meyerhold with university lecturer Camelia Tino and Teresa Nawrot, founder of the theatre school 'Reduta Berlin' and the last direct student of Jerzy Grotowski
- Semantics and Subtext
- Elocution, Speaking technique and Voice training
UNIVERSITY DEGREE in Acting and Drama Theatre: DISTINCTION
- SECONDARY PROFILE:
- Theatre Directing
- Theatre technical directing
- Set Designer
03/2018 - 02/2020: Vienna International Drama Center - Acting School 'Pygmalion', Austria
- Acting and Drama Theatre
MASTERS DEGREE in Acting & Drama Theatre: DISTINCTION
01/2021 - 01/2022: Middlesex University London
- MA Theatre Arts/Master of Arts
Special Skills
- Languages: English, German, Romanian
- Dances: Formally trained in ballet, Waltz, Tango and Freestyle, Ballroom (good), Break dancing (good), Classical (good), Dance improvisation (good), Dance theatre (good), Dance training (basic)
- Dialects: American-New York, American-Southern States, Arab, Austrian, Canadian, East European, French, German, Italian, London, Romanian, Russian, Scottish-Standard, Spanish, Swiss-German
- Driver´s License: Category B
- EDV/Software: ECDL, Microsoft Office, Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Creative Cloud
- Acting skills and Performance: after Bertolt Brecht, Konstantin Sergejewitsch Stanislawski, Lee Strasberg and Michael Chekhov technique: Character Design & Development Tutor (professional), Comedy, Improvisation, Commedia Dell'Arte, Dueling Arts International-Actor Combatant: Basic, Meisner Technique, Musical Theatre, Physical Comedy, Physical Theatre, RCC Dramatic Combat Level 2 (Intermediate), Strasberg Technique, Voice Acting, Voice-Over
- Breathing, Voice Training and body alphabet: after Jerzy Grotowski and Wsewolod Meyerhold technique
- Semantics
- Elocution, Speaking technique and Voice
- Canto:Art Song (good), Blues (good), Cabaret (good), Choral Singing (good), Country (good), Folk (good), Hip hop / rap (good), Jazz (good), Stage singing (good), Classical singing, tenor and baritone/ D-G# register(Tenor)
- Aesthetics: (Philosophy, Psychology, The history of the theatre, The history of arts, Acting and drama theory)
- Theatre Directing: Assistant Director (experienced), Assistant Stage Manager, Company Stage Manager, Workshop Leader (Acting and Drama), Production Assistant (experienced).
- Pedagogy and teaching
- Theatre technical directing: Scenic Artist, Sound Designer, Sound Engineer/Technician (experienced), Technical Theatre, Theatre Design.
- Set Designer
- Drums
- Photography
- Dialects: Berlin (fluent), Greater London (fluent), Transylvanian (fluent), Viennese (fluent), Baden (good), England (East) (good), England (North East) (good), England (North West) (good), England (South East) (good), England (South West) (good), German (Northern) (good), Hungary (Central) (good), Lower Austria (good), Moldova (good), Upper Austria (good)
- Accents: English (native accent), German (fluent), Hungarian (fluent), London (fluent), Swiss (fluent), Arabic (good), Austrian German (good), Baden (good), Californian (good), Canadian (good), Cumbrian (Nord England) (good), East Anglian (good), East European (good), French (good), German (Northern ) (good), Italian (good), Low-German (good), New York (good), Portuguese (good), Russian (good), Scandinavian (good), Scots (Standard) (good), Scottish (good), UK (Northern) (good)
- Sports: Billiards (very good), Bowling (very good), Boxing (very good), Cycling (very good), Gym (very good), Ice skating (very good), Jogging (very good), Stage fighting (very good), Sword fighting (very good), Archery (good), Basketball (wheelchair) (good), Handball (good), Karate (good), Kickboxing (good), Skiing (good), Snowboarding (good), Soccer (good), Swimming (good), Table tennis (good), Tennis (good), Gymnastics (basic), Body Combat (good), Boxing (good), Horse-riding (good)
Other Skills
Barista (experienced), Business Management (BSc), Chess, Construction (experienced), Cow Milking (by hand), Farm Skills, Fashion Designer (basic), Graphic Artist (basic), Gun Spinning, Lighting Technician, Living Statue, Military Training, Painting, Performance Artist, Photographic Model, Photography, Public Speaking Coach, Translating, Translator, Waiting Staff (experience).