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.
Bea Insa
Dedicated professionally to the theatre during fifteen years. She has studied Drama Art in Máscara Theatre School in Valencia and Music in the Conservatory in Onda (Castellón). She did studies as well of Commedia de’ll Arte (José Luis Serrano), Physical Theatre (Odin Teatret), Text Analysis (Amalia Ferré) Musical Theatre (Eduard Navarro). Sensorial Theatre (Adolfo Simón), Clown (Julie Goell and Sandro Pichianti), Contemporanian Dance (Agustín Gonzalez). She plays with different theatrical companies in Spain (Máscara Teatro, Rodamons, Peplum Teatro, Planeta Impro…) but also she works in her owns solo’s shows ( "The Lonely Woman" of Dario Fo, "Circus of Dreams" of Felix Sabroso/Bea Insa and "Travel to Nowhere" (Bea Insa.), Dorita Mayalde, cook (Alberto Miralles) where combines the tragicomedy, absurd, social critic, objects’ theatre and music. She has played in Spain, Andorra, France, Germany, Poland, Italy and Argentine. She does the direction and assistant of direction in more than ten theatre plays (“The mother” of Fo, “Waiting room” of C.Garcia, Women’s Remnant of T de Teatre, Solidus (collective creation), Besos of Alberola…) all of them in Spain and since 2006, the co-direction and actress in Ship of fools. Recently she has made the direction of “L‘éxtravagant Monsieur Jourdain” (M. Bulgakov) in Marseille(project social-cultural with La Marie District and Ship of fools). She has work like theatrical pedagogue (Theatre, Improvisation, Clown), in dubbing (Flamingo Sutdy, Barcelona) and in television (Tv Onda). See: www.myspace.com/beainsa
Karin PAPIN
Angevine d’origine, fondue d'impro. Théâtrale, elle y côtoie les grands noms de la discipline, de Paris à Montréal. Elle s’initie au théâtre de rue au sein de la Cie Génèrik Vapeur et joue des Aygalades à Torino. Elle participe à la mise en scène d’odeur jusqu’aux Emirats… Elle en profite pour réaliser des performances avec des plasticiens de la Friche Marseillaise. Elle joue dans une pièce de Feydeau ou encore dans une adaptation de F.Arrabal. Elle découvre la Commedia dell. Arte avec Carlo Boso et collabore à la création d’une Cie « les sans tréteaux »…
Elle explore le monde du clown et des Bouffons.Et, danse et chante en Automne.
Pour Noêl, elle met en scène un spectacle jeune public…Et pour Pâques,elle explore la discipline du Sound painting. Elle participe activement à la formation de nouveaux improvisateurs d’Athènes à Caracas … via l’Estaque plage. Mais s’arrête chaque été, pour s’investir dans l’organisation du festival international de cinéma expérimental de Marseille.
Elle pratique le yoga, le tai chi, le reiki, la moto,la voile,le djembé,elle aime le voyage, la gastronomie… l’art en tout genre. .
Jean-Christophe Petit
Acteur, comédien, performer, metteur en scène
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Paul STOUTHAMER
Paul Stouthamer is a jazz 'cellist. He regularly performs in Spain and in Holland and has toured throughout Europe and the USA. Some of the musicians he has had the honour to play with are: Alfredo Flores, Jonannes Ammon, Frans Vermeersen, Eugeni Gil, Geert Krosenbrink, Aljosa Mutic, Arend Niks, Bill Parker, Paul Stocker, David Mitchell, Anna Ruggiero, Oren Marshall, Eric Vloeimans, Terrence Butler, Agustí Fernandez, Mauricio and Liba Villavecchia, Willem Breuker, Ineke Vandoorn, Marc van Vucht, Maurice Horsthuis, Julian Vaughan, Perico Sambeat, Chris Kase, Jo Krause, Albert Bover, Chicuelo and Ginessa Ortega. As a composer Stouthamer has premiered works at the Doelen (Rotterdam), the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), the Amsterdamse Cello Biënnale and the Amersfoort Cathedral. His comissions have proceeded from, among others: Griftheater, the Kreisler String Orchestra, the Ricciotti Ensemble and the Amersfoort Jeugd Orkest.
Callirhou RAOUZEOU
Callirhoe Raouzeou was born in Athens, Greece.She has studied music (singing, piano, composition) at the Music Department of the Ionian University, at the National Conservatory of Greece and acting at the Drama School of Athens. She has attended musical seminars during her studies in the Ionian University (Musical singing, Jazz singing, Free Improvisation). Callirhoe has a working experience as a singer and pianist in several places in Greece and in foreign countries, in concerts supported by the Greek Ministry of Culture. She has performed with the Free Improvisation Ensemble of the Ionian, with the jazz quintet Hot Club de Grece and with several music groups. In discography, she participated, as a singer, in the music albums of Core Ydro An Ola Teleiwnan Edw, Kostantinos Katomeris Etherovamon, Raoul Scacchi Emails to Emily and Neuromantics. Callirhoe has been working as a composer and actor with the Ionian University Theatre Club, the Theater of the Ionian, the Corfiot Theatre and with the actors and directors Petros Avgerinos, Panos Papaioannou, Katia Gerou. She has composed music for the plays Ames Soeurs (Enzo Corman), The Great Pantomima (Dario Fo), Sourealeros, Midsummer night’s dream (William Shakespeare) Lynga’s hour (Per Olov Enckvist), Bacchai (Euripides), Fitites (Gr. Xenopoulos). www.myspace.com/kaliroe
Valerie CARTIER 
Valerie was formed at the Art High School of Marseille after which she did stages of video and sound montage. She's art designer, film maker and street theatre actor. From 2003 till 2009 she worked with the French theatre group ILOTOPIE. As a plasticienne she had individual exhibitions in Aix-en-Provence, Marseille and Budapest. She had collective exhibitions in Pecs (Hungary), Marseille, Thessalonica (Greece), Valparaiso (Chili), Luxembourg, Aix-en-Provence, Rumania and several other places in Hungary. Her videography contains a dozen short movies, made between 1995 and 2009.
Andras HADJU
Andras was formed at the Art Faculty of the University in Pecs, Hungary as portraitist and teacher. He did a post-diploma at the Friche La Belle-de-Mai in Marseille. He hade individual exhibitions in Marseille and Budapest and collective exhibitions Budapest, Aix-en-Provence, Marseille and Valparaiso, Chili. He is an director of experimental theatre and did shows Hungary, France Chili and Morocco. He worked from 2003 till 2009 with the French theatre group ILOTOPIE.
Rosalin DE WIDT (Holland) Accordion, piano, singer
(Tour 2005-2010)
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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 heA/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 1994-2009)
Victor BARRIENTOS ORMAZABAL
Victor Barrientos Ormazábal (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 1999-2009)
Gabriel VAN HOFTENAmsterdam, Holland.
Gerrit Rietveld Academy of Art, Amsterdam.
Percussionist-surrealist, seawoman.
(Tour 1994-2003)
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)
Irina GALARDO BAEZIrina 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)
Gaspar LUKACS ESGUEP
Gaspar Lukacs Esguep (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. Gaspar joined Azart in 2002. (Tour 2002/2005, 2009).
See www.pregon.org
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 2005-2007, 2009)
See Erik's art work: www.erikhendriks.net
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, 2009).
Anna GARCIA ALBA
(Andorra) Composer, violin, accordion, piano, singer (Tour 2006 -2008)
Member of the Fratelli La Strada
Antonio D'ANTONI
(Sicilia, Italia) Guitar, singer
(Tour 2006 -2008)
Member of the Fratelli La Strada
Irineu TRANISIreneu 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. He studied at the Theatre Institute of Barcelona specialising in gestual and object theatre. At present he is menber of the circus groupe criacriaturas. (Tour 2007, 2008).
Mario AVILA GROTHUSEN
(Osorno, Chile) Guitar, singer, light-technician
(Tour 2006 - 2007)
Hector ARNAU(Valencia, Spain) Actor, Cabaretist.
Hector was expelled from the University of Valencia for forging his grades. He, then, enrolled in Latinamerican Studies in Middlesex University, London, under the 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)
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).
Vladimir Petrovitsj SKLIARENKOSaratov, Russia
Instrumentalist, composer
Winner All Sovet Oboe Concours 1988,
Winner Duet Ibla Ragusa Concours 1998.
Merited Artist of the Russian Federation 2001.
Member of the Trio Sonata, Saratov. (Tour 1994-2003)
Helena Yurevna LELCHUKWolgograd, Russia.
Saratov Conservatory.
Winner Duet Ibla-Ragusa Concours 1998.
Pianist. (Tour 1995-2003)
Member of the TRIO SONATA, Saratov
Ludmila Vadimovna MAXIMOVAJuznij-Sachalinsk, Russia
Saratov Conservatory.
Cellist. (Tour 1995-2003)
Member of the TRIO SONATA, Saratov
Iaon GUNNAustralia. Comic actor, film actor, ukelele, dancer, singer, presently living in Roma.
(Tour 1995-1997)