Jackie Reifer, John Saccone and Katen Montanaro create a fusion of mime, dance, juggling and physical storytelling that delights the senses and the spirit. Here is a beautiful, funny and touching performance for all ages. Humor, skill, invention and suspense - this three person show has it all.
Karen Montanaro is a world-renowned dancer and mime artist, an award-winning choreographer, and the innovator of mime dance (the fusion of two classical art forms). Karen studied ballet at the Cantarella School of Dance, the Ram Island Dance Center and on scholarship with the Joffrey Ballet School. Karen danced professionally with the Ohio Ballet and the Darmstadt Opera Ballet in Germany. For more than a decade, Karen toured and taught internationally with mime master, Tony Montanaro. She currently tours the world with her one-woman show entitled Tanzspiel. Karen is a teaching artist and offers residencies in movement, mime and dance in public and private schools throughout the United States. Karen was recently awarded the 2008 Individual Artist Fellowship grant from the Maine Arts Commission.
Jackie Reifer and John Saccone met at Tony Montanaro’s Celebration Barn Theater in 1980. They performed and toured with his Celebration Theater Ensemble for years. In 1987, they formed the duo Reifer & Saccone, offering workshops and performances to a wide audience Jackie Reifer is a comedienne, actress and mime. When she is not working with John, she performs her solo material Reifer Madness, and collaborates with others in various venues, including commercials. She also runs communication groups for adolescents and adults through Northeast Hearing & Speech Center. John Saccone is a mime, actor and juggler. In addition to his work in Reifer & Saccone, he is the movement education teacher at Merriconeag Waldolf School in Freeport, Maine. He is certified in Bothmer gymnastics, is a Spacial Dynamics practioner and continues his studies with Jaimen McMillan. John is a resident guest artist with the Portland Ballet Company and a teacher at the Rudolf Steiner Institute.
Karen Montanaro is a world-renowned dancer and mime artist, an award-winning choreographer, and the innovator of mime dance (the fusion of two classical art forms). Karen studied ballet at the Cantarella School of Dance, the Ram Island Dance Center and on scholarship with the Joffrey Ballet School. Karen danced professionally with the Ohio Ballet and the Darmstadt Opera Ballet in Germany. For more than a decade, Karen toured and taught internationally with mime master, Tony Montanaro. She currently tours the world with her one-woman show entitled Tanzspiel. Karen is a teaching artist and offers residencies in movement, mime and dance in public and private schools throughout the United States. Karen was recently awarded the 2008 Individual Artist Fellowship grant from the Maine Arts Commission.
Jackie Reifer and John Saccone met at Tony Montanaro’s Celebration Barn Theater in 1980. They performed and toured with his Celebration Theater Ensemble for years. In 1987, they formed the duo Reifer & Saccone, offering workshops and performances to a wide audience Jackie Reifer is a comedienne, actress and mime. When she is not working with John, she performs her solo material Reifer Madness, and collaborates with others in various venues, including commercials. She also runs communication groups for adolescents and adults through Northeast Hearing & Speech Center. John Saccone is a mime, actor and juggler. In addition to his work in Reifer & Saccone, he is the movement education teacher at Merriconeag Waldolf School in Freeport, Maine. He is certified in Bothmer gymnastics, is a Spacial Dynamics practioner and continues his studies with Jaimen McMillan. John is a resident guest artist with the Portland Ballet Company and a teacher at the Rudolf Steiner Institute.
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