Henri van Zanten
Henri Carel van Zanten was a Dutch artist, based in Rotterdam.Early life and education
Van Zanten was born in Rotterdam, but spent a large part of his youth in Canada and South Africa. Because of that he could easily adapt to new environments and languages.
He studied Slavic linguistics under professor Karel van het Reve.Career
Van Zanten was introduced to the Stanislavski method by Piet Eelvelt. His mentor was the Belgian theatre reformer Jan Decorte. Van Zanten was active from 1982 as an artist, actor and director. Because of the many art disciplines he engaged himself in he called himself an "omni artist".
He appeared as the Master of the Scream in ’u’, the first Klingon opera.
He died in Berlin.
