Author Description

Ever since they were born, a quarter of a century ago, the Mummenschanz have really been writing a new page in the history of theater. The name, Mummenschanz, evokes far more than a Swiss theater troupe of international repute, it has become the synonym of an utterly new and unique form of theater. The Mummenschanz have created a matchless ballet of shapes and figures that overcome any national or language barrier. Combining playful lightness, precise technique and accurate statement with extreme refinement, they carry us into a fantasy world that is most profoundly human. The name Mummenschanz has traveled around the world. This kind of achievement requires not just creativity but also certainly enormous sacrifices. By their art that upsets the most obvious contradictions between simple and complex, large and small, the individual and the world, the Mummenschanz have forged an extraordinary "Swiss export product" that will long continue to enchant audiences the world over. This book celebrates their 25th anniversary.