The Many Hats of Cullen Vance
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Musician and Composer
Cullen Vance is a self taught musician based in Eugene, Or.
He plays over 12 instruments including: Violin, Guitar, Piano, Mandolin, Hand Drums, Tin Whistle and Bodhran.
He is most known for his "Live Looping Electric Violin" Performances where he records and loops his own accompainment, completely live. To see an example click here.
Cullen is also an accomplished sound designer for film and theatre and has written, recorded and produced more than 5 solo albums.
Actor and Storyteller
Cullen Vance is also a professional actor and storyteller and has performed through California, Oregon and Washington.
Cullen's speciality is Improvisational theatre and the Stage movement philosophy of "viewpoints."
He studied improv and movement with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the Michel Chekov Association.
Cullen was mentored and learned his style of storytelling from the ledgendary Mark Lewis. He has a BA in Theatre Arts.
Animation and Motion Graphics
Cullen is also a 2D, 3D and Motions Graphics Animator.
Cullen has produced animation for Best Martial Arts, Bach Festival, Oregon Community Foundation, as well as all of Cullen's personal projects.
Click here for his Animation Demo Reel.
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Cullen is also extremely passionate about teaching. He has taught theatre and music to students from kindergarten to college and beyond.
Cullen believes it is never too late to start
something new and that permission is one of the greatest gifts you can give a student.
He works through the Lane Arts Council
and with the A3 school in
Springfield, Or.
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Interactive Storytelling/ Video Games
Cullen also creates video games for PC and Mac through his side company Cercle. He is incredibly passionate about the ability to create unique experiences for such a huge and diverse audience. He has created many games with two titles released to the public: "Don't Push The Red Button" and "Staircase."
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