Tea with…Ruxy Cantir

“[one] of Scotland’s leading visual theatre makers,” Ruxandra Cantir is a Moldova-born, US-trained, Glasgow-based physical theatre artist. Ruxy holds an MFA in Ensemble Based Physical Theatre from the Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre (Blue Lake, California). Since her graduation in 2013, Ruxy has devised and performed original work in a variety of styles all around the world, both in self-started projects, and as an invited artist in established companies. Recent notable productions include Storify and Unicorn Dance Party - two online series for young audiences for National Theatre of Scotland's Lockdown Family Programme, an outdoor theatre piece commission from the Hans Christian Andersen Festival in Denmark, and Draculala by LARDS - the much-anticipated first performance by a brand new ensemble made up of 5 of Scotland's finest physical comedians and visual theatre creators at Edinburgh's Manipulate Festival 2020.

With a knack for the absurd and the grotesque, Ruxy most often works in the styles of Clown, Vaudeville, Physical Comedy, Storytelling, and Movement theatre. Inspired by transformation and embarrassing stories, she likes to celebrate the unusual by embodying outrageous characters in intensity-filled situations.

Ruxy is also a dedicated educator, multiple language-speaker, and has an ongoing research interest in the Alexander Technique. www.ruxandracantir.com