Onur kaya: Zanjan Festival is the great pantomime event of the East

The mime show "The Last Moment" by Onur Kaya, was performed on the third day of the Zanjan International Pantomime Festival in the area of the Imam Khomeini Cultural Center in Zanjan on Wednesday, October 11.

Kaya said that he started theater as an amateur in 2004: After four years of experimental presence on the theater stage, I started my professional activity in 2008 and then entered the world of pantomime.

 

The director explained about the theme of his show: I choose the subject of my performance in front of the audience, and the concept of my work is conveyed to the audience exactly like the title of my show in the last moment.

He clarified: Pantomime is a technical art and I tried to present a technical show according to the educational approach of the festival. Pantomime can have a subject for education or only have an entertainment aspect and create happy times for the audience. In fact, it is the choice of the mime artist who wants to teach some points or provide moments to entertain the audience, and this does not create an obligation for the artist.

The director of the "Last Moment" explained: Participating in the festival frees me from the living environment and physical problems that I have been dealing with for a long time. I had decided not to go on stage again, but at the last moment I changed my mind and came to Iran. My physical problem is not severe, but I get dizzy during some performances. However, I accepted the risk and came to Iran.

He stated that the holding of the Zanjan International Pantomime Festival is an important event for the art of the East: "If this festival was held in Europe, I would definitely have no reason to participate in it, because this art is taught well in European countries, but in the east, we still need to teach each other this art.

Onur kaya, a mime actor and director said about the quality of mime shows in Zanjan festival: The holding of Zanjan festival is a very promising event.  I think that it’s a very valuable thing, when mime artists from several countries have been invited to participate in this event. That is in a situation where many countries are afraid of being in Iran due to false propaganda."