Peter Mim

Peter Mim (2008)

Peter Mim , actually Peter Stefanow Todorow , Bulgarian Петър Стефанов Тодоров , (born January 28, 1952 in Topolowgrad , Bulgaria ) is a German pantomime , lecturer and trainer for body language and non-verbal communication. He lives in Isernhagen near Hanover.

Career

During his first studies in mechanical engineering, which he graduated from the Technical University of Sofia (formerly ВМЕИ "В. И. Ленин"), he discovered his love for the art of pantomime. At the same time he began his training as a pantomime artist. Peter Mim got his first engagements in theater academies in Sofia and Moscow. His stage career as a mime began in 1973. He founded his first ensemble "MIMANS" in Sofia, from which five years later the professional theater troupe at the city theater (Драматичен Театър "Стефан Киров" - Сливен) Sliven resulted. From 1978 he worked at various municipal theaters in Bulgaria as a trained actor, director and pantomime artist, most recently at the Sliven City Theater, where he was director from 1987 to 1989. During this time Peter Mim made guest appearances in almost all of the major cities of the former GDR and toured other socialist countries. He attended training courses with mimes such as Tomaszewski , Ladislav Fialka and Marcel Marceau . A close artistic friendship later connected him to the latter. He also completed the Butoh master class with Tadashi Endo (a student of Kazuo Ohno ).

Since 1991, the year he settled in Germany, he has appeared on the big stages and festivals around the world. For the seasons 2003 and 2004, the summer academy of the Daidogei World Cup in Shizuoka , Japan was under his artistic direction. For the 2007/2008 season he was engaged for the opera “ Un re in ascolto ” (“A King is Listening”) by Luciano Berio at the Munster Municipal Theaters . In 2008 and 2010, he toured South America , Dubai and Qatar . Another project in 2010 was the collaboration with the NDR Symphony Orchestra Herbert Chappell's “Paddington Bear” in a family concert. In 2011 Peter Mim worked as a visiting professor at the Hassan II University in Casablanca, Morocco. In 2012, numerous engagements followed in the Netherlands, Malta, Croatia, Italy, France, Portugal and Switzerland.

Peter Mim also works as a director and mimographer. Productions were "The Old Clown", "Charlie Chaplin lives on ..." - a homage to Charlie Chaplin , the mimodrama Carmen (based on Prosper Mérimée ) and the "Plastic Theater Pygmalion", based on the most famous myths of ancient Greece and inspired by the mystical Finnish sagas.

As a freelance artist, he has been performing in Germany, Europe and overseas for decades. He makes use of classic pantomime, but also uses elements of modern, innovative pantomime and visual theater. His performances are a mixture of poetry, humor, philosophy and comedy. Isabel Christian wrote in 2011 in the Hannoversche Allgemeine : "He is considered the successor to Marcel Marceau: The Hanoverian Peter Mim celebrates worldwide success as a pantomime. "

Productions and stagings

• Two lads with ladies (1974; 1978)
• The Creation (1974)
• The Student (1975)
• Hypothesis (1975)
• Requiem for Freedom (1976)
• The old clown (1978; 1993)
• Made in Terra (1980)
• It can't be (1980)
• Marathon (1981; 1996)
• Wedding during the plague (1982)
• Masks (1982)
• Peter Mim Show (1988)
• Carmen (1983)
• Comedy and Poetry (1993)
• Mim, Mim, Mime ... (1994)
• Comedy Mime Cabaret (1995)
• Plastic theater Pygmalion (1996)
• Chaplin Lives On (1998)
• Who Stole the Clown Nose (1999)
• Black & White (2000)
• Romantic Moments (2002)
• Garden Eden (2004)
• The almost forced marriage (2011)
• Mime Painting Performance (2012)

Filmography

• The Cage (1976): First prize for short films in Babelsberg

Web links

• http://www.petermim.de
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTMCCIOUry0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Biography Kulturportal
2. ↑ http://www.haz.de/Hannover/Fotostrecken-Hannover/Pantomime-Star-Peter-Mim-auf-der-Buehne
3. ↑ http://www.haz.de/Hannover/Aus-der-Stadt/Uebersicht/Peter-Mim-macht-Theater-ohne-Worte