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1) Personal information:
| Name | Veronika Karsai |
| Job: | mime artist, choreographer, drama coach |
| Activities: | performer, director, choreographer, professional advisor, educator, coach for team building, movement, gesture, and acting |
| Website: | www.pantomim.hu |
| E-mail: | mail@pantomim.hu |
2.) Education:
| 2018. | Achieving Resilience Through Play and Drama Train the Trainers Course, Gdansk (Erasmus+ Programme, coordinated by University of Gdansk, University of Gloucestershire) |
| 2015-2016. | Brain Gym, movement-based Kinesiology seminar, Educational Kinesiology Foundation |
| 2002-2007. | University of Veszprém, Faculty of Humanities: Theatrical Arts, excellent qualifications, Veszprém, Hungary Title of thesis: The First Attempts to the Hungarian Art of Mime |
| 1996-2000. | Eszterházy Károly College for Teacher Training, Hungarian Language and Literature, Hungary Title of thesis: Humour and Irony in Chekhov’s World |
| 1995-1996. | Hungarian Drama Pedagogy Association, a 120-hour professional course in drama pedagogy, Hungary |
| 1994-1995. | Janus Pannonius University of Sciences, Hungarian Language and Literature, and Theatrical Arts, Hungary |
| 1990-1994. | Madách Imre Secondary School, Budapest, Hungary |
Mime studies, awards, and degrees:
| 1994. | Member of CSIP Children Mime Company then, from 1993, of VITA-MIM Mime Company |
| 1993. | Professional artist-performer exam in the category of solo acting, work permission for the art of mime |
| 1982-1998. | Winner of Who Can Do What? national television talent show in the category of “stage acting” |
3.) Career:
3.1) Performer and artist:
| 2016. | The Soulbird – a performance with actress Karina Kecskés based on Michal Snunit’s work, not only for children. Director, performer. 23rd International Book Festival, Budapest. |
| 2013 – 2015. | Me, squared – composition and performance of Mimage Mime Theatre; director of art; Bakelit Multi Art Center, 1st Hungarian Contemporary Dance Festival in Berlin. |
| 2013 – 2015. | Wizards is Dreamland – a Mimage Pantomim Színház kompozíciója és előadása. Művészeti vezető. Washington D.C., Isztambul, Budapest. |
| 2007 – 2014. | The Birth of a Banner – motion drama for national holidays (too); performance of New Generation Mime Company; playwright (in association with István Dancs) and director; Madách Imre Theatre, Budapest, Hungary; countrywide; Cluj-Napoca, Romania. |
| 2010 – 2011 | Who Went Forth – theatrical mime performance of Mimage Mime Theatre and New Generation Mime Company on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the juvenile company; writer, director, and solo performer; Merlin Theatre, Budapest, Hungary. |
| 2009 – 2010 | Sasha – prosaic performance by secondary school students; playwright (adapted from the works of Chekhov) and director; National Student Acting Convention, Hungary (awards of “best stage choreography” and “best direction”); Central Theatre, Budapest, Hungary. |
| 2008. | Let there be light……, The ultimate Gift – glass, bronze, and textile art exhibition opening, then constant performance at the exhibition; writer, director, and performer; Limassol and Nicosia, Cyprus |
| 2005 – 2006. | richard2nixon – prosaic performance; choreographer and performer (Northumberland / Democratic Party); (playwright and director: Róbert Balázs Suda); New Studio, Thália Theatre, Budapest, Hungary. |
| 2004. | Presents from the Past and Future – farewell performance of Melange Mime Company; playwright, director and protagonist; Kolibri Pince Theatre, Budapest, Hungary. |
| 2002. | Hungarian Grimace – etude show of Melange Mime Company; writer, director, and protagonist; Strasbourg, France. |
| 2001 – 2003. | The Bald Soprano (Eugene Ionesco & Veronika Karsai) – partly counter-mime; director, choreographer, and performer (Mrs Smith); New Studio, Thália Theatre, Budapest, Hungary; EFOTT, Művészetek Völgye, Hungary. |
| 1995 – 1999. | I Have Gone Out into the World… – solo mime performance; writer, director, and performer; Hungary. |
| 1982 – | Several television and theatrical roles (Csepke, Telemime, Öcsi the star, Grüss Dich, Re-evolution, Szimat Szörény, Can We Be Born?!…) |
3.2) Pedagogue, head of company, coach
| 2016 – 2017. | Hungarian Figure Skating & Ice Dance Team – Coach for Acting and Movement |
| 2015 – | Free-lance mime teacher, coach for team building, movement, gesture, and acting. |
| 2009 – 2015. | Director of art and lead teacher of Mimage Mime Theatre and Studio. |
| 1999 – 2011. | Teacher at Madách Imre Secondary School, Budapest, Hungary (drama, mime, history of theatre, coach for the prosaic company, leader of the movement theatre company). |
| 1999 – 2011. | Director of art and lead teacher of New Generation Mime Company |
| 2007 – 2008. | Teacher at Baross Imre Artistaképző Szakközépiskola (the Hungarian Circus Institute), Budapest, Hungary. |
| 2002 – 2003. | Associate teacher at Mimage Mime School (preparation for final exams), participation in the development of the school’s theoretical and practical curriculum. |
| 2001 – 2003. | Director of art and lead teacher of Melange Mime Association and Studio. |
| 1996 – 2001. | Director of art and teacher of Pantomancs Children Company (Rogers Person-Centred School). |
| 1994 – 1998. | Assistant teacher at VITA-MIM Aural-Deaf Integration Mime Company and at CSIP Children Mime Company (director of art: Gizella Karsai). |