Wolfgang Neuhausen

Wolfgang Neuhausen , alias "Nemo" (born April 7, 1949 in Düsseldorf ), is a German pantomime , actor, director and author.

Life

Neuhausen graduated from Görres-Gymnasium in Düsseldorf and studied philosophy and Latin at the University of Cologne .

Neuhausen appears worldwide under the artist name Nemo and has had guest appearances in 36 countries and over 100 television shows. He plays pantomimes, mime comedy, clown scenes, meditations, performs pantomime tours and improvisation programs with musicians, orchestras, writers and performers of all kinds. Since 2007 he has also been active in the Düsseldorf meeting carnival .

In April 2008 Neuhausen founded the Clownsschool for Live (CSFL) in Mpumalanga (South Africa) , a social project that aims to create career prospects for young people in the townships.

Honors (selection)

In 1978 he received the sponsorship award of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for young artists . In 2006 he received the SPD award for citizen engagement in the category “Initiatives that promote the voluntary engagement of migrants in Düsseldorf ” for his honorary commitment . Neuhausen is appointed cultural ambassador for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia . In 2013 he appeared for the third time at the Ethos Ankara Uluslararası Tiyatro Festivali with Yaşar Nezih Eyüboğlu and won the festival award with him for the second time. In 2015 he won the Festival Award at the Golden Lynxx Festival in Banja Luka .

literature

• Neuhausen, Wolfgang (Ps. Nemo). In: Otto J. Groeg (Red.): Kürschner's German Literature Calendar , Volumes 1–2; Volume 63; W. de Gruyter, 2002, p. 848.
• Nemo. In: Otto J. Groeg (Ed.): Who's who in the Arts , Volume 2, Who's Who-Book & Pub, 1978, p. 7.

Web links

• Literature by and about Nemo in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Nemo  in the German Digital Library
• Website Nemo
• CSFL blog

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Portrait: Philosopher with a clown nose. In: Das Tor , issue 8/2012, 78th year, Düsseldorfer Jonges , p. 10. ( available online ( Memento from May 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ))
2. ↑ Ambassadors of good humor. NGZ online , July 22, 2009
3. ↑ Dieter Sieckmeyer: A pantomime discovers the world of fools. Westdeutsche Zeitung , January 28, 2007.
4. ↑ Dirk Neubauer: Without words in Düsseldorf: Five clowns and pantomimes from South Africa encourage. report-D, June 22, 2015.
5. ↑ High honors for pantomime Nemo , xity.de, May 4, 2015.