Avner Eisenberg

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Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Avner went to four different universities with a variety of tentative majors; he ultimately received a theater degree from the University of Washington in 1971. He then studied mime in Paris under Jacques Lecoq, interrupting those studies to spend some time as a puppeteer.
Returning to the U.S., he taught at Carlo Clementi's Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre in California. He then played one of the main roles role in the 1985 film The Jewel of the Nile, a movie that also featured his fellow vaudevillians The Flying Karamazov Brothers.
He has performed his wordless solo act at numerous festivals, including the Edinburgh Festival, Israel Festival, Festival of American Mime, and the International Festival du Cirque in Monte Carlo
In addition to his performing, he is certified as an Ericksonian Hypnotist and NLP Master Practitioner, and has taught workshops on silent theatre skills as a therapeutic tool for students and professionals in healthcare, education and counselling, as well as teaching theatre workshops. He also sits on the Board of Directors of the Etz Chaim Synagogue (Portland, Maine).