Mummenschanz creepy
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World Encyclopaedia of Puppetry Arts
Swiss company specializing in visual and object theatre, mask and mime. Mummenschanz was established in 1972 and is based in Altstätten in the Canton of Saint-Gall. It was set up by three actors and mime artists: Andres Bossard and Bernie Schürch, both Swiss, and Floriana Frassetto, an Italian American. Bossard and Schürch were trained at the Jacques Lecoq School in Paris; Frasseto studied at the Roy Bosier School and the Alessandro Fersen International Academy in Rome.
They presented their first show at the Festival of Avignon in 1972. The completely silent puppet production was entitled Mummenschanz, a title derived from the German and Swiss masquerade tradition. This show, the start of their long partnership, was a great success. They moved to the United States in 1977, launched by a theatre critic who was in total admiration of the impossible-to-classify character of their productions, and retained a place of pride on the playbills of the Bijou Theatre on Broadway for the next three years.
After the death of Andres Bossard
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Mummenschanz
Mummenschanz est une compagnie suisse de théâtre de masques, de clowns, et de formes animées créée en 1972 entre Paris, Rome, et Zurich par Andres Bossard, en association avec Floriana Frassetto et Bernie Schürch.
Mummen signifie[1] « mime » et schanz, « chance ».
Fondation de la compagnie
[modifier | modifier le code]Andres Bossard et Bernie Schürch débutent sur scène dans des spectacles de mimes et des représentations clownesques en 1971. Floriana Frassetto découvre ces deux artistes dans un vieux théâtre du Trastevere à Rome. Elle décide de les suivre au théâtre de la Vieille-Grille à Paris où elle s'associe à eux. Jusque-là, les spectacles comportaient des séquences parlées, elles seront supprimées et transposées en jeu de masque muet. Sous l'influence de Floriana Frassetto, des masques de corps en caoutchouc de mousse viennent enrichir le numéro[2].
Floriana Frassetto est une Italo-Américaine formée à la pantomime à Rome, Bernie Schürch est originaire de Berne et Andres Bossard (mort en 1992) est Zurichois. Lorsqu
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Mummenschanz
Theater troupe
Bernie Schürch, Floriana Frassetto, Andres Bossard in 1974 | |
| Formation | 1972 |
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| Type | Theatre group |
| Purpose | Mask theater |
| Location | |
Notable members | Bernie Schürch, Andres Bossard, Floriana Frassetto |
| Website | www.mummenschanz.com |
Mummenschanz is a Swiss mask theater troupe who perform in a surreal mask- and prop-oriented style. Founded in 1972 by Bernie Schürch,[1] Andres Bossard (August 9, 1944 – March 25, 1992), and the Italian-American Floriana Frassetto, the group became popular for its play with bizarre masks and forms, light and shadow, and their subtle choreography. The name Mummenschanz[ˈmʊmənˌʃanʦ] is German for "mummery", or a play involving mummers. Mummer is an Early Modern English term for a mime artist.
Ensemble
- Bernie Schurch (August 3, 1944), Switzerland
- Andres Bossard (August 9, 1944 - March 25, 1992), Switzerland
- Floriana Frassetto (December 9, 1950), Italy/United States
- Philip Egli (October 24, 1966), Switzerland
- Sara Hermann (January 10, 1985), Switzerland
- Oliver Pfu
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