Stefan Niedziałkowski

Poland

Outstanding mime artist, one of the most acclaimed representatives of this form of art in the world today. Actor, choreographer, teacher, director and author of scripts for mime theatre.

In the years 1964-1975, he was an actor at Henryk Tomaszewski’s Wroclaw Pantomime Theatre. In 1975 he co-founded, co-created and acted in The Stage of Mimes at The Warsaw Chamber Opera. From 1979 to 1993 he worked as a mime artist in the USA.

In 1979, in the heart of New York City (Manhattan), he established a school of mime art – AMERICAN SCHOOL OF POLISH MIME and founded a mime company – MIMEDANCE THEATRE, authoring all of its performances, which he directed and took part in. Director of both – school and mime company was Alice Eichen-Winslow, and artistic director of both was Stefan Niedzialkowski.

Niedzialkowski taught at numerous American universities. He was frequently invited by Marcel Marceau to teach at his famous Ecole Internationale de Mimodrame de Paris Marcel Marceau. 

In 1993, Niedzialkowski published a book in the USA, entitled “Beyond the Word – The World of Mime” with a foreword by Marcel Marceau. The book was later translated into Polish and published in Poland. 

In the years 1994-2002, Niedzialkowski was the artistic director of the Warsaw Pantomime Theatre at the State Jewish Theatre in Warsaw. In 1994 he also created The Mimes Studio set up at the Warsaw theatre, ‘Teatr na Woli’, where he taught future mime artists. In the years 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2004 Niedzialkowski was the author and artistic director of The International Mime Art Festival at the ‘Teatr na Woli’ theatre. 

Since 2005, Stefan Niedzialkowski’s Mimes Studio has been situated at the Mazovia Region Centre of Culture and Arts in Warsaw.