The Azart Crew
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AUGUST DIRKS
August Dirks (Holland) studied 'Russian Language and Literature' at the University of Amsterdam. Still studying, he engaged, in 1986, a lot of his fellow students to open an Amsterdam/Moscow cultural exchange office that brought dozens of Russian artists to Amsterdam and vice versa. In 1989 he started "The Opera Ship" that brought an opera to Holland and Germany. In 1992 he founded "The Ship of Fools", the sailing music-theatre in which he became a professional captain after years of sailing and a professional actor through more then 800 performances. (Tour 1989-2008) |
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ROBBIE BAARS
Robbie Baars (Zimbabwe) studied Fine Art at the 'Michaelis School of Fine Art' in Cape Town, South-Africa. He co-operated in anti-apartheid street theatre before concentrating on the handprinting and painting of fabric and the design and sewing of stage costume and fashion. He is a founder member of the Azart Theatre Company. Together with Victor Barrientos he´s engaged as script writer, director and costume designer. He designs all the publications and posters. Seven hundred performances have proven him to be a professional actor. (Tour 1994-2008) |
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VICTOR BARRIENTOS ORMAZABAL
Victor Barrientos Ormazabal (Santiago de Chile) studied at the 'Teatro Estudio Latinoamericano' in Valparaiso (1990-1993). He was an actor in four theatre productions and did workshops of theatre costume design. He was art director in the nightclub/theatres "Teatro de Valparaiso" en "Valdivia". From 1996 he became the director of the theatre companies 'Teatro de las Indias', 'La Nave de los Locos' and 'Teatro Emocion. In 1998 he studied in Madrid 17th century costume design at the 'Instituto de las Artes Escenicas'. At the end of that year he joined Azart. (Tour 1999-2008) |
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BEA INSA
(Castellon, Spain) Actress, director
Bea was formed at the Mascara Theatre School in Valencia and did additional courses in clown, stilts, physical theatre, accordeon and violin. She was part of the theatre companies "Mascara Teatro", "Rodamons", "Peplum Teatro" and "Planeta Impro". At present she has three solo shows "The Lonely Woman" of Dario Fo, "The Circus of Dreams" and "Travel to Nowhere"
(Tour 2006-2008)
See also short Biography |
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CARLOS CONCHA
Carlos Concha studied at the "Club de Teatro" in Santiago de Chile and at the Academia Nacional de Arte Dramatico "Silvio D'Amico" in Rome. From 1989 to 1999 he worked simultanously for theatre and TV. He was nominated as 'Best New Actor' for his role in the soap opera "Amame" (Chile, 1993) and as 'Best Actor' for "Las Copas de la Ira" (Chile, 1999) that consequently has been performed in Kiel, Hamburg, Rome, Paris, Madrid and Barcelona. He was selected as 'Best Actor' in the international festivals "Santiago a Mil" (Santiago de Chile, 2003) and "Twin Cities" (Kiev, Ucrania, 2005) for his monodrama "Pastel de Choclo". (Tour 2007-2008) |
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ANNA GARCIA ALBA
(Andorra) Violin, accordion, piano, singer
(Tour 2006 -2008)
MEMBER OF THE FRATELLI LA STRADA |
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ANTONIO d'ANTONI
(Sicilia, Italia) Guitar, singer
(Tour 2006 -2008)
MEMBER OF THE FRATELLI LA STRADA |
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ERIK HENDRIKS
Erik Hendriks (Holland) studied audiovisual design and documentary at the Academy of Fine Arts in Breda. He's a cartoonist, cameraman and editor and made a lot of short movies and experimental animation shorts. This tour he made a flashing debut as an actor. (Tour 2005-2008)
See Erik's art work: www.erikhendriks.net
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ROSALIN DE WIDT
(Holland) Accordion, piano, singer
(Tour 2005-2007)
See also: Rosalin
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IRINEU TRANIS
Ireneu Tranis is actor, clown and acrobat born in Barcelona. He has been in different circus companies like "Gamusinos" and "Traka Cirkus". He has also been in theatre plays presented in different theatres in Catalunya. At present he studies at the Theatre Institute of Barcelona specialising in gestual and object theatre. (Tour 2007) |
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MERCE LOPEZ NAVARETTE
(Barcelona, Spain) Aerialist, actress
Merce studied Fine Arts at the Central University of Bacelona and has been part of theatre circus companies like "Zipp Circus" in England, "Circi Bidone" in Italy and "Desastrosus Cirkus" in Barcelona
(Tour 2006).
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MARIO AVILA GROTHUSEN
(Osorno, Chile) Guitar, singer, light-technician
(Tour 2006 - 2007)
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HECTOR ARNAU
(Valencia, Spain) Actor, Cabaretist.
(Tour 2006)
Hector was expelled from the University of Valencia for forging his grades. He, then, enrolled in Latinamerican Studies in Middlesex University, London, under prestigious Chilean professor Salomon Meckled. After a prolific 10-year stint of free wandering and obnoxious thinking, he graduated in English and Spanish Philology in University of Barcelona (UB). His roaring (and often disturbing) poetry performances gladly took him to squatting places and obscure bookstores around Lisbon, Porto, Naples, Majorca, Madrid and again Barcelona and Valencia with so unfortunate shows as "New Dawning of Folkloric Activism" or "The Insomniac" (later compiled into a book). He did also translate into Spanish novels by Flann O'Brien and Alex Trocchi. (Tour 2006) |
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GASPAR LUCACS ESQUEP
Gaspar Lucacs Esquep (Santiago de Chile), from Hungarian-Syrian descent, studied at the Escuela de las Artes de la Musica Popular, at the Insituto Interamericano de Educacion Musical and at the Insituto Universitari de l'Audiovisual. He collaborated with various theatre and dance companies as an instumentalist and composer. He made a study of ethnic music in three South-American countries as well as a project about the sound landscape of big cities, concentrating on the street seller hawking his wares. This project was shown as an audiovisual exposition in several museums in Chile and Spain. Living in Europe since 1995, he joined Azart in 2002. (Tour 2002-2005)
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IRINA GALARDO BAEZ
Irina Gallardo Baez (Chuquicamata, Chili) comes from a theatre dinasty and has participated from her eighth year in film- and theatre productions. In 1996 she was awarded top honours from the Escuela de Teatro Imagenes of Santiago de Chile for her three parts in Shakespearean Comedy of Errors. For three semesters she studied modern dance at the Escuela de Danza Espiral and attended pantomime workshops given by Maurice Celedon. For two years she was an actress in the Chilean street theatre group S.A. Irina joined Azart in 1999. (Tour 1999-2004)
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GABRIEL VAN HOFTEN
Amsterdam, Holland.
Gerrit Rietveld Academy of Art, Amsterdam.
Percussionist-surrealist, seawoman.
(Tour 1994-2003)
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APOLINARY de SARKOWSKY
Director, Cinematographer
Apolinary de Sakowsky was born in Poland and studied cinematography in the Filmacademy of Lodz . Tomek directed the movies " Sisters ", " Irina LaIoca " and " I'm not going anywhere ". He was the cinematographer of "Hansje Brinker " , " The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters " and " Miedzy Nimi " Tour 2003- 2005)
See website
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VLADIMIR PETROVITSJ SKLIARENKO
Instrumentalist, composer
Winner All Sovet Oboe Concours 1988,
Winner Duet Ibla Ragusa Concours 1998.
Merited Artist of the Russian Federation 2001. (Tour 1994-2003)
Member of the TRIO SONATA, Saratov |
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HELENA YUREVNA LELCHUK
Wolgograd, Russia.
Saratov Conservatory.
Winner Duet Ibla-Ragusa Concours 1998.
Pianist. (Tour 1995-2003)
Member of the TRIO SONATA, Saratov |
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LUDMILA VADIMOVNA MAXIMOVA
Juznij-Sachalinsk, Russia
Saratov Conservatory.
Cellist. (Tour 1995-2003)
Member of the TRIO SONATA, Saratov |
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IAON GUNN,
Australia
Comic actor, film actor, ukelele, dancer, singer, presently living in Roma.
(Tour 1995-1997)
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