Biography

Romanian puppeteer and mime artist. Ioan Brancu graduated in 1994 from the Academia de Teatru și Film, Catedra de teatru de papuși (Academy of Theatre and Film, Department of Puppetry), attended courses organized by Ildikó Kovács and Liviu Matei, and then worked as a puppeteer at the Timișoara Theatre where he played major roles. In 1990, he was taken on by Țăndărică Puppet Theatre (Teatrului Țăndărică, today, Teatrul de animaţie Ţăndărică) in Bucharest, where he performed in Harap Alb (White Harap, 1992), Adunarea păsărilor (The Conference of the Birds, 1993), Sânziana și Pepelea (Sânziana and Pepelea, 1995), Micul Prinț (The Little Prince, ...Read More