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.