For the second year in a row Romania will be present at the annual New York International Fringe Festival, the largest multi-arts festival in North America. There will be presented the award winning physical theatre production Contrasts, created and performed in U.S. Premiere by actors Dana Cavaleru and Richard Bovnoczki. The 16th Anniversary edition of Fringe NYC takes place in August 10-26, 2012.
Dana Cavaleru and Richard Bovnoczki are part of Dan Puric’s internationally renowned Pasepartout Company and the finest movement actors in Bucharest. They combine pantomime, dance and theatre assembled into an original stage vocabulary.
Dana Cavaleru and Richard Bovnoczki declared themselves closer disciples of Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton, following similar story telling and gag-techniques, rather than of classical pantomime actors.
The play, Contrasts, tells the story of a man and a woman who wake up in the same bed and cannot remember where they have seen each other before. Using gestures, words, sounds or tap dance steps they create an ever-changing imaginary world.
Their project received already two European awards: the 2009 Special Jury Award at the Faces without Masks Festival in Skopje (Macedonia), and the 2009 Audience Award at the “Solo Mime Festival” in Belgrade (Serbia).
Once again the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York supports Romanian independent theatre and talented actors.
Image: icrny.org
A.V.
artline.ro editor
