Practitioners
Iliev, Alexander Lubenov
Practitioner
An expert in dance disciplines from around the world, Dr. Alexander Lubenov Iliev is one of the most celebrated mime artists on the planet, and Associate Professor at the National Academy in Sofia.
Chair Trap is based on several gags from Mack Sennet’s slapstick comedies, and on Adam Darius’s pantomime The Chair.
Concertissimo is based on a sketch by the clown Oleg Popov, and on Miklosh Kölö’s pantomime Concertissimo.
Fishing is based on Jean-Louis Barrault’s style exercise Fishing, and Evgeniy Lebedev’s sketch Fishing.
Horse is inspired by the novels of William Faulkner, and by Jean-Louis Barrault’s interpretation of a horse.
In the Park is based on Leonid Engibarov’s interpretation of a classical sketch by the clown Bambino.
Pantalone Tells is an etude in the Italian style of Commedia dell’Arte style in Italian, but understandable by every human being.
Pantalone Tells (for TV) is an etude in the Italian style of Commedia dell’Arte style in Italian, but understandable by every human being.
Sunflower is based on Milan Sladek’s pantomime The Sunflower, and Velyo Goranov’s interpretation of it.
Surgeon is based on a 15th-century sketch by Andrew Borde, and Jean-Louis Barrault’s interpretation of it in his one man show, Body Language.
Torture of a Shirt is an etude that demonstrates how an object can be imbued with a human soul.
Weight Lifter is based on several classical clown sketches and a part of Marcel Marceau’s pantomime Bip – King of Sports.
- Bali
- Brechtian
- Bulgaria
- Clowning
- Commedia dell’arte
- Dervish Mevlyaana Dance
- Eastern Traditional Theatre
- Jean-Louis Barrault
- Kathakali Dance
- Lakhon
- Marcel Marceau
- Martial Arts
- Mime
- Nepalese Buddhism
- Pantomime
- Physical Theatre
- Puppetry
- Royal Nepalese Dhime Nrittya Dance
- Sofia, Bulgaria
- Tibetan Buddhism
- Tibetan Cham mystery
