Leonid Yengibaryan statue unveiled near the Yerevan circus
The statue of famous Armenian clown Leonid Yengibaryan was unveiled o Monday in the park near the Yerevan circus.
The prominent clown and the actor of the Armenian circus, ASSR Honored Artist Leonid Yengibaryan was born on March 15 1935.
Yengibaryan was the one who created the pantomime theatre art developing a new, unique “Yengibaryan style.” His way of communication with people was of prudent and comprehensive way. As the Czech famous actor Miroslav Hornicek once described, “Many came and spoke incessantly without saying anything, yet he came, stood in silence, and said everything.”
Actor Yengibaryan considered that clownery pantomime turned into the phenomena which was designed to bring a new, complex, and unique experience to the theatre art, fresh views on the good and the evil, the light and the darkness, the time and the conscience to be delivered in a new style and language.