Herviss Family
by Dorin Eugen Ionescu
An art debate between the characters Herviss and Pelviss descends into a dispute. While competing for the top, they engage in a fight between ‘old’ and ‘new’, ‘classic’ and ‘contemporary’. The result is a surprise for one of them.
Herviss Family investigates ways of relating to each other onstage, levels of awareness in the development of a character and the possibilities of building the artistic act through contemporary dance and performance techniques. The result is a creation that applies various artistic tools through a strong interdisciplinary lens.
Meet the Herviss Family and journey to their world. While competing for top place, Herviss and Pelviss take different viewpoints and stances.
An exploration of life’s concepts through physical theatre, contemporary dance, comedy and performance art.
Both entertaining and educational, comedic and informative, part visual spectacle and part academic lecture, this unique theatrical discourse investigates interpersonal relations and character representation.
Understand the Herviss perspective and discover the Herviss universe. Who will you agree with?
Art EveryWhere is an independent artistic association, created in 2007 by director/choreographer Dorin Eugen Ionescu.
Since then the company have produced more than 30 shows for different venues and spaces, including dance, music, theatre and more. Its main objectives are to promote the interdisciplinary nature of the arts and improve accessibility.
The company achieves their goals by hosting workshops and classes for both professionals and non-professionals, thereby giving opportunities for individual’s artistic development.
Dorin Eugen Ionescu wrote and choreographed Herviss Family and also portrays the character Herviss. Dorin graduated from the Performing Arts Faculty at the Spiru Haret University in 2007.
He has performed in shows including A Stroll in the Air by Georgiana Bobocel and 1+1=1 by Cristina Lilienfeld. In 2013, he was awarded the DanceWeb Scholarship in the 30th edition of ImPlusTanz. In 2016 he won the British Council Award for his Shakespeare 400 show.
The character Pelviss is played by Valentin Nelepcu.