Marianna Buchwald, MIME Artist, musician performing for the jam session in Peter Vicent's Studio. Marianna Buchwald was born in Germany; her parents, the artists Hella and Hans-Ulrich Buchwald, founded the mask theatre SCHARNIER-Theater Hannover in 1969. The Scharner engages dancers, actors, and musicians as well as choreographers and directors from all over the world. In 1980, she moved to Chicago. There, she taught Dynamic Mime at MoMing, the Goodman Theatre, and the Cultural Arts Center at CCS St. Mels.
Since childhood, Marianna has also studied singing. She learned international folklore, German traditional songs, and chansons by Bertolt Brecht, Degenhard, and Bellmann. Later on she studied extensively the songs of the natives, the Batks. In America, she was drawn to black music and culture and became familiar with the music of Meredith Monk. With particular interest, she observes Meredith’s way of integrating voice and dance into performances.
