Canadian mime artist · Europe 2026
For more than three decades, Denis Moreno has carried the universal language of gesture across stages, streets and classrooms.
Europe tour · Beginning in Spain
01 / The story
A silent art. A lifelong journey. A living future.
Mime once belonged to public squares, travelling performers and popular imagination. Today, it is rarely encountered in everyday life.
Denis does not preserve mime as a museum piece. He puts it back in motion — through performance, education, inclusion and direct human connection.
Denis Moreno · Canadian mime artist
02 / The beginning
“At eight years old, Denis discovered a language that needed no words.”
Watching Marcel Marceau opened a door. What began as fascination became a life of theatre, pantomime, direction, writing, research and social pedagogy.
Based in Canada, Denis founded Mimesis Theatre and built an original repertoire that has travelled through Europe, Asia and the Americas. Every performance and workshop asks the same question: what can the body say when words fall away?
Keeping mime in motion since the 1990s
03 / Around the world
04 / The work
Every program is shaped around the audience, the place and the encounter you want to create.
01Interactive mime for festivals, cultural events, theatres, schools, family audiences and public spaces. From an intimate encounter to a full stage program.
02Pantomime, physical expression and creative movement for children, educators, artists and professionals — taught as a precise language and a playful way to create.
03Lecture-performances, demonstrations and community encounters exploring the history, relevance and human value of an art that speaks without translation.
05 / Inclusive practice
Mime can create another path toward expression, confidence, attention and shared play.
Denis’ inclusive workshops are shaped with specialized pedagogical support and can be adapted for neurodivergent children, participants with intellectual or developmental disabilities, educators, families and support professionals.
06 / A living practice
Selected performing artist bringing mime into schools and learning communities.
Mime technique coaching for professional performers.
Member of Canada’s French- and English-language performers’ unions.
A living repertoire created and performed over more than three decades.
07 / The mission
On stage, in a classroom or in the middle of a city street, Denis invites audiences to stop, look, imagine and remember the expressive power of the human body.
Europe 2026
Starting in Spain · Dates by invitationInvite Denis to perform, teach or create a cultural encounter for your festival, school, theatre, organisation or community.
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