Serafín Ziquer Xavier



(Former known as Glenn)
I am a professional multimedia artist, with a Swedish/Brazilian background, who works with acting, performance, movement art/ coach, sound, video and animation. My great interest is to combine different art forms together so that it becomes one complete work, where I can express myself with all these different media. I am very inspired by the "imperfect" human being, our ugly sides and humanfragility and I like to work with figurative realism. I have worked as a freelancer national and international since 1995. Where I have participated in theater peroduction, Swedish Television, Danish Televion, MTV, Netflix, short films and commercials. I am still working with the Reumert nominated web series room4.one and Room4.1- LIVE by Kristjan Ingimarsson.



Sceneblog- ROOM4.1- LIVE DK. “Og kun fordi det er fremragende performere – som Glenn Ziquer Xavier og Noora Hannula –fungerer det efter hensigten.”

EN. “And only because excellent performers -as Glenn Ziquer Xavier and Noora Hannula - it works out as intended.”

Henrik Lyding - Middleton
DK. “Glenn Ziqver Xavier-er nemlig et under af komisk bevægelseskunst.”

EN.“Glenn Ziqver Xavier-is a wonder of comic movement art.“

Michael Søby CPH CULTURE- FOREVER YOUNG.
DK. “Alligevel kan det ikke skjules, at den svenske skuespiller
Glenn Ziquer Xavier er og bliver aftenens stjerne, og formår både at få børn og bedstemødre til at le, hvad enten han agerer varulv eller superhelt.”

EN. “Still, it can't be hidden, that the Swedish actor Glenn Ziquer Xavieris becomes the star of the evening, and manages to both make children and grandmothers laugh, whether he is a werewolf or a superhero.”

CPHCULTURE- MIDDLETON DK.
“Men stjernen er i år svenskeren Glenn Ziqver Xavier, der virker næsten uhyggelige overbevisende som menneskelig robot. Hans bevidst mekaniske kropssprog er krydret med humoristiske overraskelser, og så laver han samtidig en eminent lydkulisse, der låner en forbløffende
autenticitet til bevægelserne...”

EN. “But this year the star is Glenn Ziqver Xavier, who seems almost creepy convincing as a human robot. His deliberately mechanical body language is spiced with humorous surprises, and at the same time as he makes an eminent soundscape that creates an astonishing authenticity to the movements...”

Morten Hede- SULT/ HUNGER DK.
“Glenn Ziqver Xavier, han leverer mimisk en præstation langt ud over det sædvanlige. Hans ansigt kan lægges i folder, som er en Thomas Mørk værdig. Han har en komisk sans, som får hans små lyde, der ikke engang er ord, til at virke som knivskarpe punchlines – udelukkende ved hjælp af timing og kropslig fornemmelse. Hans hovedrolle i “Sult” bliver vulgært overspillet, men samtidig med den dybeste
sikkerhed og troværdighed. Han kan spille en kærlighedsscene som en Romeo og en grådighedsscene som end Harpagon. Og sulten gør ham lige så omsorgsvækkende som den lille pige med svovlstikkerne.”

EN. “Glenn Ziqver Xavier delivers mimically a performance far out of the ordinary. His face, which is Thomas Mørk worthy. He has a comical sense that makes his little sounds that are not even words seem like razor-sharp punchlines - solely through timing and bodily sensation. His starring role in "Hunger" is vulgarly overplayed, but at the same time with the deepest seriousity and credibility. He can play a love scene like a Romeo and one greed scene as Harpagon. And the hunger makes him as caring as The Little Match Girl.”

Inge Rogat Møller- JV SULT/ HUNGER
DK “Glenn Ziqver Xavier er en stor oplevelse, der dominerer scenen med sin insisterende og dramatiske tilstedeværelse.”

EN. “Glenn Ziqver Xavier is a huge experience, who dominates the stage with his insistence and dramatic presence.”

BYENKALDER.DK- Sunshine
DK. “Glenn Ziqver Xavier smider sig selv rundt så hele båder ryster af grin.”

EN. “Glenn Ziqver Xavier throws himself around so the entire boat shakes with laughter.”

Monna Dithmer- Mysteriet om den gyldne skarabæ/ The mystery of the golden scarabée.
DK.“Når Knuds bedre jeg spilles af et fund af en spiller, den svenske danser Glenn Ziqver Xavier...”

EN. “When Knuds better half is played by such a catch of an an actor, the swedish danser Glenn Ziqver Xavier...”
 




                                                                                                 
                                                                                                             



















                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           


                                                                                                                                                                                   
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I Studiet at The Commedia School– The Art Of Mime And Comedy, before the name became just The Commedia School. The Commedia School by Ole Brekke (Director & Teacher) was strictly based on the teaching principle and method of Jacques Lecoq at the time I studied there. Lecoq was a French stage actor and acting movement coach. Jacques Lecoq was a renowned French theatre director, educator, and theorist. He is widely considered to be one of the most influential figures in physical theatre, popularizing the incorporation of movement into acting. Born in Paris in 1921, Lecoq attended the Paris Conservatoire and later joined the Open Theatre Company, where he developed his own training program. His work explored mime, masks, clowning, and physical theatre, allowing actors to express emotion through their movements and gestures.Lecoq was an innovator. Through his research, he uncovered new ways for actors to use their bodies to create powerful performances. He emphasized a holistic approach, developing exercises that would both activate physical memory and teach performers how to shape a story through body language and subtle gestures. He believed that understanding how to move was just as important as understanding the text, and that actors should explore the innermost recesses of their characters to access their emotions. As an educator and teacher, Lecoq had a great impact on aspiring actors. He created the Ecole Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq, a school dedicated to training future performers in his unique theatrical technique.

“Jacques Lecoq was known as the only noteworthy movement instructor and theatre pedagogue with a professional background in sports and sports rehabilitation in the twentieth century.”

This is my own opinion after years of reading and study. Some schools based on Lecoq’s method have removed mime, which was the very basic of Jacques Lecoq method & techniques. Removing mime from Lecoq’s method and principles, you will miss a very key ingredient and then the building foundation of this method starts to fall apart. There is nothing wrong with this, but then you have a new school, principles and method. Then the method will only be based apon not of. Like with École Philippe Gaulier. Philippe was a student and a teacher at École internationale de théâtre Jacques Lecoq. But he hates mime. Because he was very bad at it, he once told. So he created his own school, his own methods, based on Lecoq’s.
Lecoq’s methods was never that you should become a mime and luck yourself, only to use it. But mime is often the first thing students throw in the garbage after the school.

“To mime is to literally embody and therefore understand better. A person who handles bricks all day long reaches a point where he no longer knows what he is handling. It has become an automatic part of his physical life. If he is asked to mime the object, he rediscovers the meaning of the object, its weight and volume. This has interesting consequences for our teaching method: miming is a way of rediscovering a thing with renewed freshness…”–Jacques Lecoq

Etienne Decroux, Stephen James Back and Corporeal Mime.




I studied Etienne Decroux techique and post-modern mime under Stephen James Back.
Stephen was a teacher at The Commedia School, but weren't teaching there when I arrived. Luckily he was still around in Copenhagen when I studied at The Commedia School. After classes I continued my studies and training in the evenings, down in a small dirty basement on Istedgade, Vesterbro. I became an apprentice for 4 years, learning Corporeal Mime, to explore the expressive possibilities of the human body. Combining physical performance with theoretical analytic study and the historical and cultural context of corporeal mime. Exploring the relationship between actor, audience and physical space in order to understand the expressive potential of non-verbal communication. His study drew on methods from disciplines such as anthropology, linguistics, theatre, film and visual arts, as well as modern and traditional mime techniques. I developed skills in both solo and ensemble performance, and building knowledge of the history, theory and practice of this dynamic art form. I became equipped with the skills and understanding to create ambitious and meaningful performance works. I still continue my study of mime in books, true out movements, by ovserving, studying art and animation.

Other Educations  

GameDev.tv (Ongoing Eduction.)
Complete Blender Creator, Unity & Unreal Engine.

Tom Bancroft.
Introduction to Animation & Drawing Character Poses with Personality.

Tony White, Mastering 2D Animation.

RumKraft.
Producer & Sound Design Course in Logic Studio Pro.

Andreas Busk.
Sound Design.

Akademiet For Utæmmet KreativitetAcrobatics, where I also started to incorporate Corporeal Mime, Character and dance to create my own unique style of performing.

The Commedia School- The Art Of Mime And Comedy.

One year Classic Theater Education in Forsa, Sweden.
The education included basic theatre training, script study, Shakespeare, performing classical dramatic work.

Forum Theater pedagog.
One year Education to become a Forum Theatre Pedagog and create Forum Theatre.
The Education included creating performances and touring for schools around Sweden.

Multimeia Art School.
I studied in a half year based multimedia art school in Dalsland, Sweden.
Where I grew interest in photografy, film, writing and drawing. The education ended with an student exhibition contest, where I won first prize.







 

Coming up 2023: 

Meridiano Teatret, Teater ZeBU &Operaen i Midten & ROOM4.1- LIVE by KIC














ROOM4.1- Kristján Ingimarsson Company. 2018- Late 2021.

 

Meridiano Teatret “ Knock Knock “ 2020-2021


      

Theater Burning Love.














AIRPORT- Kristján Ingimarsson Company.



A HUMDRUM LIFE- a performance inspired by the paintings of Michael Kvium.
Perfect for art galleries. Artist: Linn Sandegård & Glenn Ziquer Xavier Photos: Andreas Bergmann Steen.











SULT/ HUNGER- Teater Møllen & NIE.


         


The Tempest- Meridiano Theatre.


STRANGE BONES.

By Glenn Ziquer Xabier & Kristian Gottliebsen.









A co production between SVT & Cirkus cirkör.














Sceneblog- ROOM4.1- LIVE ︎︎︎︎︎︎
DK. “ Og kun fordi det er fremragende performere – som Glenn Ziquer Xavier og Noora Hannula –fungerer det efter hensigten. ”
EN. “ And only because excellent performers -as Glenn Ziquer Xavier and Noora Hannula -it works out as intended ”

Henrik Lyding - Middleton ︎︎︎︎︎
DK. “ Glenn Ziqver Xavier-er nemlig et under af komisk bevægelseskunst ”
EN.“ Glenn Ziqver Xavier-is a wonder of comic movement art “

Michael Søby CPH CULTURE- FOREVER YOUNG ︎︎︎︎
DK. Alligevel kan det ikke skjules, at den svenske skuespiller Glenn Ziquer Xavier er og bliver aftenens stjerne, og formår både at få børn og bedstemødre til at le, hvad enten han agerer varulv eller superhelt

EN. Still, it can't be hidden, that the Swedish actor Glenn Ziquer Xavieris becomes the star of the evening, and manages to both make children and grandmothers laugh, whether he is a werewolf or a superhero

CPHCULTURE- MIDDLETON ︎︎︎︎︎
DK. Men stjernen er i år svenskeren Glenn Ziqver Xavier, der virker næsten uhyggelige overbevisende som menneskelig robot. Hans bevidst mekaniske kropssprog er krydret med humoristiske overraskelser, og så laver han samtidig en eminent lydkulisse, der låner en forbløffende autenticitet til bevægelserne...

EN. But this year the star is Glenn Ziqver Xavier, who seems almost creepy convincing as a human robot. His deliberately mechanical body language is spiced with humorous surprises, and at the same time hemakes an eminent soundscape that creates an astonishing authenticity to the movements...

Morten Hede- SULT/ HUNGER ︎︎︎︎︎
DK. Glenn Ziqver Xavier! Han leverer mimisk en præstation langt ud over det sædvanlige. Hans ansigt kan lægges i folder, som er en Thomas Mørk værdig. Han har en komisk sans, som får hans små lyde, der ikke engang er ord, til at virke som knivskarpe punchlines – udelukkende ved hjælp af timing og kropslig fornemmelse. Hans hovedrolle i “Sult” bliver vulgært overspillet, mend samtidig med den dybeste sikkerhed og troværdighed. Han kan spille en kærlighedsscene som en Romeo og en grådighedsscene som end Harpagon. Og sulten gør ham lige så omsorgsvækkende som den lille pige med svovlstikkerne.

EN. Glenn Ziqver Xavier delivers mimically a performance far out of the ordinary. His face, which is Thomas Mørk worthy. He has a comical sense that makes his little sounds that are not even words seem like razor-sharp punchlines - solely through timing and bodily sensation. His starring role in "Hunger" is vulgarly overplayed, but at the same time with the deepest seriousity and credibility. He can play a love scene like a Romeo and one greed scene as Harpagon. And the hunger makes him as caring asThe Little Match Girl.

Inge Rogat Møller- JV SULT/ HUNGER ︎︎︎︎︎
DK “ Glenn Ziqver Xavier er en stor oplevelse,der dominerer scenen med sin insisterende og dramatiske tilstedeværelse ”
EN “ Glenn Ziqver Xavier is a huge experience, who dominates the stage with his insistence and dramatic presence ” 

BYENKALDER.DK
DK. “ Glenn Ziqver Xavier smider sig selv rundt så hele båder ryster af grin. ”
EN. “ Glenn Ziqver Xavier throws himself around so the entire boat shakes with laughter. ”

Monna Dithmer- Mysteriet om den gyldne skarabæ/ The mystery of the golden scarabée ︎︎︎︎︎
DK. Når Knuds bedre jeg spilles af et fund af en spiller, den svenske danser Glenn Ziqver Xavier...
EN. When Knuds better half is played by such a catch of an an actor, the swedish danser Glenn Ziqver Xavier...