The artistic approach

  We   are   two.   We   are   not   having   exactly   the   same style.   Indeed   this   makes   it   interesting.   Jan   still refers   to   the   style   of   his   first   mime   teacher   Giselle Schwenck   that   is   so   far   from   arrogance   but   so full   of   happiness   and   love   to   the   audience.   Eric refers   to   Gregg   Goldston   and   the   American   mime schools,   and   his   experience   in   San   Francisco   with buffoon/grotesque   theater.   But   this   doesn’t   say that   Jan   is   the   poet   and   Eric   the   nasty   guy   in   this duet.    Often    this    situation    is    reversed.    However, we   meet   in   the   technique   of   mime   in   all   its   large variety.   All   the   efforts   made   in   America,   Europe and Asia Minor we take and use. At      their      most      essential      the      concepts      of contemporary mime are: reflection,    identification,    compression    of    time and   space,   to   express   thoughts   and   to   exploit   the imagination   of   the   audience.   But   we   do   not   just do   anything   and   hope   that   people   will   be   enter- tained.            We    work    carefully    to    achieve    a    pre- verbal   shared   cultural   space   and   show   them   our world.