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Csaba Méhes

teacher

Mime artist, clown, comedian. He began his studies of movement arts in 1982 in the studio of the Domino Pantomime Ensemble led by Miklós Köllő, and has been developing his craft through short and longer courses in movement and dance arts and theatre. In the autumn of 1983, he and one of his former teachers, Tamás Tímár, founded the Penguin Pantomime Ensemble. His solo career as a mime artist began in 1987, while at the same time, he worked with several independent theatre companies and dance groups. He was a member of the Artus studio led by Gábor Goda for about twenty years. In addition to his theatre work, he often appears in circus settings, both at the Capital Circus of Budapest and other independent circus companies. He is a popular artist in the international variety world. United Slapsick Comedy Award, Frankfurt a.M. – 2nd place (1993), International Experimental Theatre Festival, Cairo – The Best Actor prize (1993), Comediada International Clown and Mime Festival Odessa – Grand Prix (2017).

Since the beginning of his career, he has been involved in education, from the former Penguin Pantomime Studio, through various independent pantomime, dance, and clown courses, to children’s circus camps organized in summer, to the adult clown training at BIAK (2017–2023). He graduated as a kindergarten teacher in 1992 from the Benedek Elek College of Education for kindergarten teachers in Sopron.

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