about us

Eric   Wilcox   arrived   to   the   Goldston   School   for   Mimes in   1983,   inspired   by   the   dazzling   technique,   in-depth curriculum   and   expansive   vision   for   mime   art,   he   ran with     his     hard     won     skills     for     more     than     1500 performances across the US   over   fifteen   years.      In   San   Francisco   he   produced the     SF     Buffoons,     receiving     grant     support     and residencies    to    create    five    original    productions    in    a unique grotesk style. Currently   living   in   Istanbul,   Turkey,   Eric   presents   his English   language   historical   solo   play   ‘Oscar   Wilde   in San    Francisco’    to    sold    out    audiences    and    teaches theater   to   young   people.   He   is   working   in   Europe   as MMR     -     Mind     Movement     Research     with     German partner   Jan   Romberg.   They   are   celebrating   the   true cross-cultural possibilities of pantomime, performing their   wordless   shows   "Imagine!   Now!"   and   "Pronk"   for German, Italian, Armenian, and Turkish audiences.   Jan    Romberg    started    learning    mime    with    Giselle Schwenk   in   Stuttgart   and   started   to   perform   in   the ensemble   of   the   International   Pantomime   Theater   in Stuttgart.   With   the   time   he   became   the   backbone   of the   theater   until   it   was   closed   in   2012.   He   performes in   the   Mimenbühne   with   Ralf   Herzog   were   he   also cares   for   the   theater   administration   and   long   term strategy.     Jan     also     learned     with     Gregg     Goldston, Bartlomiej   Ostapczuk,   Dr.   Radim   Vizvary,   Gyöngyi   Biro, Pau   Bachero   and   others.   Since   2010   he   coordinates the   International   mime   festival   Dresden   what   includes fund raising and creating the artistic program. tempora mutantur nos et mutamur in illis - the history of pantomime

MMR thanks

  Mimenstudio Dresden PAPA / AKADEMIA SZTUK SCENICZNYCH W POZNANIU Gregg Goldston Warsaw Mime center sanat odasi Istanbul (by Haydar Zorlu) Pablo Zibes Netzwerk der Mimen Teatralna Das halbrunde Zimmer Club Novitatis MMR performed • during modern mime evening / International mime festival Warsaw 2012 (part of the programme) • Studententage Dresden in novitatis club (premiere