About Lecturers
George Mascarenhas (Brazil)
PhD in Performing Arts, Professor of drama and physical theatre at the Federal University of Bahia (Brazil), theatre director, actor and certified mime artist specialized in Etienne Decroux's corporeal mime with over 30 years experience in performing arts. Corporeal mime training with Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum at the International School of Corporeal Mime (Ecole de Mime Corporel Dramatique in Paris and London).
Artistic Director of Mimus theatre company, dedicated to the artistic research of corporeal mime and dramaturgy. Author of the book "A Ação Mímica " (The Mime Action - Principals and poetics of Etienne Decroux's Dramatic Corporal Mime; in Portuguese language)
Ofer Blum (Israel)
Graduate of the European Academy for Corporal Theatre Magenia by Ella Jaroszewicz in Paris (Académie européeenne de Théâtre corporel Studio Magenia). Also studied mime at the Paris International School of Mimodrama Marcel Marceau. Clowning workshops with legendary clown Slava Polunin (Slava's Snowshow on Broadway). He is the only Israeli that did his high school graduation in mime at the Rubin Music and Dance Academy high school of arts. Performed and lectured for more than 35 years in festivals, theaters, circuses, schools, on TV and in the streets on three continents. Vice-President and co-founder of the World Mime Organisation and co-initiator of the World Mime Day (March 22).Marko Stojanović (Serbia)
Award wining actor and mime artist, university professor of Acting and Stage Movement with more than 30 years of professional experience in theatre, film and television. Expert in non-verbal communication and public speaking coach. Studied mime at the Paris International School of Mimodrama Marcel Marceau (Ecole Internationale de Mimodrame de Paris Marcel Marceau). President and co-founder of the World Mime Organisation and co-initiator of the World Mime Day (March 22). Author of the book "Komunikator = Gladijator" ("Communicator = Gladiator" a handbook in public speaking for politicians, managers and artists; in Serbian language)