Knight and Dragon

1 (solo) performer

Indoor and outdoor

Actor

4 hours

In consultation

NL

This medieval knight steals the show at your event. His partner, the dragon, is also present. For young and old a very good act with a lot of interaction.

With "The Knight and the Dragon," Patrick depicts a statue of a medieval knight. Next to him sits his faithful partner, a small dragon. The dragon has an almost magical attraction to children, which is why this animation provokes enthusiastic reactions from the young. Patrick cleverly plays on this by entering into a dialogue with the children and by responding with movements. These medieval scenes continue to amaze and entertain young and old

This act, which has been around for a few years, was given an unexpected new twist in August 2016 by Siegfried De Doncker. This TV personality was trained by us in one day to become a living statue (for the program 1000 Zonnen van één). He then participated in the Belgian championship of living statues as a knight with his little dragon and won! We are of course very proud that our costume and dragon continue to work with other artists

This act is based on a performance of 4 x 40 minutes. Kilometer compensation is calculated from Neeroeteren. Leave your specific wishes in the request!

The living statue also has a name and is called Patrick van Horne. He is over 30 and a teacher by profession. This pedagogical background makes it easy for him to stand in front of groups and animate them. Patrick has been doing animation since 2000, first as a clown, later the statues and walking acts were added. Patrick about his motivation:

"Acting and animating is in your blood, it always gives a kick to bring a successful act. I regularly try out new ideas, which is how the living statue came about. That seems easy, but it is subtle and dosed work. You want interaction with your audience, so you have to feel it perfectly."

In 2012 Patrick decided to quit as clown Patje, in order to be able to put enough energy into his living statues and walking acts. Since then, Patrick has proven that he has earned his spurs. With the living statue of the textile geek he won the Belgian championship in 2008 and in that same year he became 2nd at the BeNeLux championship in Lommel. The act 'I wood be (a statue)' also won prizes: in April 2014 Patrick won with this act the festival Borne op z'n Best (Nl.) ánd he obtained a third place at the living statue festival in Tegelen (Nl.). After that I Wood be a statue became first in Den Bosch, in Maastricht and Belgian champion living statue 2014. As icing on the cake I Wood Be a Statue was allowed to walk away with a 2nd prize at Worldstatues 2014 in Arnhem.

In 2015 Patrick succeeded himself as Belgian champion with the act 'His past, mine past'. He was not only named the best Belgian statue, but also won the first prize of all participating statues.

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