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Tony Lopresti

Movement Director

Writer & Producer

Actor & Mime

Featured Series

Musings on Mortality

  • Naked Mole Rat

    I think I am turning into a heterocephalus glaber, otherwise known as a naked, or hairless, mole rat.

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  • Young Woman at a Hotel Breakfast Bar

    A few aisles later, the boy stopped in his tracks. He looked up at his mother, his eyes wide with horror.

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  • Dead of Winter

    The air of the ebony night sky seemed to sparkle with cold. Silence enveloped everything. Then I saw something.

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  • The Center Aisle

    I’ve been a lector since I started high school…

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  • Bruised Ego

    The one closest to me had his hoodie up and his back to me. The other wore his hoodie down, facing his friend.

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  • A blurred motion photo of a subway or train tunnel with tracks heading into a black void in the distance.

    Woman on a Subway Platform

    I can never forget that moment. The randomness. The suddenness. The finality. The shared fragility.

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SIGNATURE WORK

Apocalypse Man

Featuring classical mime and “Sonata for Solo Violin” by Béla Bartók

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Out of Our Mimes
Critical Review
“The overwhelming impenetrability of it all was conveyed without a wasted impulse… Lopresti’s face became a map of memories”
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-Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times

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Stella Adler Conservatory
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“The ability of Charlie Chaplin… making the audience laugh and cry in the same moment”
Stella Adler Conservatory
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-Moni Yakim, Founder & Artistic Director, New York Pantomime Theatre, Teacher (Stella Adler, Juilliard)

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NYPD
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“Always creative and innovative... storytelling talents as an actor and a writer”
NYPD
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-William J. Bratton, Former New York City Police Commissioner

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“A monumental work with clear storytelling”
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-Jeremy Rhizor, Artistic Director, Academy of Sacred Music, New York City

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Audience Reaction
“Unexpected and remarkable complicity between two forms… different but in perfect harmony”
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-Daniel de Montmollin, Brother of Taizé, Potter

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Aurora’s Challenge
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“Always clear, effective mime… a stroke of genius”
Aurora’s Challenge
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R. Zam, La Provincia di Sondrio

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“Physically and in silence… totally orchestral”
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-Giorgio Senese, Director, Experimental School of Music

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“Joyful and optimistic”
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-Elisabeth Avery, Writer, New York City

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“Movement was able to create a living environment… so many emotions”
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-Linda Gottfried, President, GraffitiWall LLC

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Joy's Story
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“Profoundly moving… artistically delicate rendering of a brutal story”
Joy's Story
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-Miriam Giovanna, Founder and Director, Terre di Mezzo Publishing House, Milan

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Living Stations of the Cross
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“A powerful experience… following along and watching, appalled and transfixed… very moving”
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-Linda and Tom Dickey, Parishioners

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“One of the most moving, spiritual experiences… a three-dimensional, living and breathing human representation of the passion of Jesus Christ”
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-Michael Archer, Parishioner

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“The freshest, most delightful thing I’ve seen in years”
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-Jenna Lyle, Program Director, The Arts Club of Chicago

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“Extremely expressive performance... movement and music were integrated”
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-Alexis Silver, New York Baroque Dance Company

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“If you’ve never seen mime, you NEED to see this!”
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-Michael Archer, CEO, Manhattan Innovation Lab

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“An amazing piece that immediately draws you in... fall in love with this story”
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-Jen Beck, Comedian, New York City

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“You will fall in love... get emotionally invested and root for him”
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-Meryl Danzinger, Author, Sing It! A Biography of Pete Seeger 

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“One of a kind… music and gesture create worlds and emotions that flow through the senses"
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-Sara Galassini, Interdisciplinary Performing Artist, USA / Italy

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“Deeply emotional and very engaging… a unique merger of two artistic languages into a new kind of unity”
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-Nico Galperti, Industrialist, Italy

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“Filling the space with glorious song and suggestive images…simulacra of dreams and music made visible”
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Marya Ursin, Executive Director of The Dragon’s Egg Studio, Co-Director of Mystic Paper Beasts Theatre Company

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“Moving something deeply in my soul... it was an astonishing experience”
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-Jean Gheur, High School Principal, Belgium

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