Dandini (character) Dandini (character) Dandini is a character in the opera "La Cenerentola" by Rossini and also in the "Cinderella" pantomime. He is the male servant of the Prince (the principal male character: Don Ramiro in the opera, commonly Prince Charming in the pantomime). Dandini helps the Prince to meet the principal female character (known as Angelina or Cinderella) without her knowing that he is a prince. Dandini pretends to be the prince and the real prince pretends to be his servant. In panto it is often played by a young woman, who dresses similarly to the Principal boy for the identity
Yerevan State Pantomime Theatre Pantomime Theatres arrive in Yerevan from Moscow, Riga, Ljubljana, Ulan-Bator, Tbilisi, Irkutsk. Remarkable specialists of pantomime were invited to Armenia: Ilya Rutberg, Modris Tenisons, Hans Diter Ilgenen, Konstantin Kiriyak and others. In 2008 the theatre organized International Pantomime Festival in Tsaghkadzor, which is taking place every two years, and in 2010 International Pantomime Festival of Thsaghkadzor was named after the great mime Leonid Yengibarov. In 2012 in the scope of International Pantomime Festival the bronze statue of famous artist L. Yengibarov was opened in the central square of Tsaghkadzor. In 2014 was held 4th International Mime Festival and in the