Eric Wilcox
Germany / USA
Eric 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 grotesque style. When he lived in Istanbul, Turkey, Eric presented 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. He has been teaching with Gregg Goldston in the GMI summer school, on the 32nd International Mime festival Dresden 2014. In Istanbul he has taught mime workshops focusing on Decroux technique at the Pantomime Conservatory in Istanbul University, and at Mimdepo. In 2015 he was the artistic director of mime>summer and taught together with Reza Keshavarz and Jan Romberg.