Event: CAROVNISKE VRAGOLIJE GOSPODICNE TA-PA-TA IN GOSPODA MIMA Performer: Andrés Valdés in Janja Kovač-Valdés Date: Wednesday, 1. July 1998 Time: 18:00 Stage: STAGE AT THE MINORITE CHURCH - Children programme Andres Valdes, professor of pantomime from Ljubljana, was born in Havana, Kuba. He stepped on a stage for the first time while performing in circus when he was four years old. At first he performed in different children shows as a dancer and an actor. When he finished the acting academy he started with travels and tours round the world. First he went to Mexico, where he successfully performed at various cultural occasions. In 1958 he went to America and worked there as a humorist. After two years he decided to go to Europe. In Paris, where he lived for five years, he learned pantomime. He was taught from Etienn Decroux, who also taught worldly known pantomimic Marcel Marceau. While living in Paris he assisted Marcel Marceau for some time. Meanwhile he also acted in Belgium, Italy and Switzerland and participated at international festival of pantomime in Berlin in 1962. Since 1964 he has been living in Ljubljana. From 1964 until 1973 he taught pantomime at Academy for theatre, radio, film and television. However he has gained the broadest circle of audience with his performances on television and at the theatres.