Mummenschanz [Hardcover]

Michel Buhrer (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

This lavishly illustrated volume celebrates the three performers known collectivley as Mummenschanz. Trained in classical mime, they have expanded traditional techniques and utilized unusual props and costumes to create a unique theatrical experience. Buhrer, who has been associated with the troupe for several years, provides biographies of the performers and recounts the history of their collaboration, focusing in particular on the creation of a new program for a 1984 U.S. tour. Some readers may find the consistently adulatory tone of the text cloying, but the photographs provide a rare opportunity to see an extraordinary troupe at work. For larger dance and theater collections. Susan Thach Dean, Fine Arts Div., Chicago P.L.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Language Notes

Text: English, German (translation)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 127 pages
• Publisher: Rizzoli (May 15, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0847807193
• ISBN-13: 978-0847807192
• Shipping Weight: 13 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,341,583 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Michel Bührer was born in Switzerland in 1951, where he is based. Free lance photographer and journalist since the 70's, he has covered stories in Africa, Middle East, Asia, the USA and in most of Europe. His focus has mainly been on social, political and human rights issues. As a writer and a photographer, he is very interested in the interaction between photos and texts, as in "Rwanda, mémoire d'un génocide" (portraits and testimonies of survivors of the genocide) and in "Portraits en Palestine" (portraits with captions of Palestinians and Israelis in West Bank and Gaza). He writes in French. You can learn more about his work by visiting www.mbuhrer.ch