TOP 12

IMAGES FROM THE ASTROPOETRY SHOWS
OF THE
INTERNATIONAL METEOR (ORGANIZATION) CONFERENCE
1997-2008


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If you really believe in yourself
Then you can fly like a heavenly body
So it is easy to become an astroactor
Or at least a positive factor.

-Andrei Dorian Gheorghe-

Andrei Dorian Gheorghe (founder and director of the Astropoetry Show)
performs his role at the IMC 2007
Photo: Jeremie Vaubaillon (France)


Before publishing a significant history of all the Astropoetry Shows
that I directed at the IMC (as a fusion between astronomical poetry, on a side,
and drama, humour, music, arts and décor elements, on the other side),
from which the first 3 were exclusively Romanian
and the others were international - with participants from 17 countries
(Romania, U.K., Argentina, Russia, France, Holland, Japan, Germany, Belgium,
Ireland, U.S.A., Venezuela, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Poland, Slovakia and Israel)
from 3 continents -,
I have decided to select this photographic preamble
(with some of the images also published by the International Meteor Organization).

-Andrei Dorian Gheorghe-


1. IMC 1997 ASTROPOETRY SHOW, PETNICA (YUGOSLAVIA)


Patient (Gelu-Claudiu Radu) and Doctor (Andrei Dorian Gheorghe)
in a space hospital at the end of their acrobatic-poetic dialogue
about heavenly bodies
Photo: Valentin Grigore


2. IMC 1998 ASTROPOETRY SHOW, STARA LESNA (SLOVAKIA)


The brave hero Greuceanul (Andrei Dorian Gheorghe) from Romanian mythology
fights the Dragon (Gelu-Claudiu Radu)
who had stolen the Sun
Photo: Stefan Berinde


3. IMC 1999 ASTROPOETRY SHOW, FRASSO SABINO (ITALY)


The promenade of a comet (Elena Guta),
watched by Marc de Lignie (Holland, spectator)
and Carmen Ionita, Andrei Dorian Gheorghe and Gelu-Claudiu Radu (astroactors)
Photo: Valentin Grigore


4. IMC 2000 ASTROPOETRY SHOW, PUCIOASA (ROMANIA)


Dance of Fireballs
(Dan Mitrut, Gelu-Claudiu Radu, Ionel Catalin Diaconu
and Danut Ionescu);
also on the stage, down, there are wood astrosculptures by Dan Mitrut
and small astro-photo-houses by Valentin Grigore and Adrian Negoescu
Photo: Casper ter Kuile (Holland)


5. IMC 2001 ASTROPOETRY SHOW, CERKNO (SLOVENIA)


Perseus (Andrei Dorian Gheorghe) and Capricornus (Gelu-Claudiu Radu)
fight for supremacy
in summer meteor showers
Photo: MBK Team (Slovenia)


6. IMC 2002 ASTROPOETRY SHOW, FROMBORK (POLAND)


The Lion (Andrei Dorian Gheorghe) in the center and his joyous fireballs
(Ionut Ilesoi, Gelu-Claudiu Radu, Alex Conu - left -,
Eliza Trandafir, Adriana Nicolae - right)
Photo: Casper ter Kuile (Holland)


7. IMC 2003 ASTROPOETRY SHOW, BOLLMANNSRUH (GERMANY)


A Traveller in Space and Time (Andrei Dorian Gheorghe) has to choose
the Meteor Queen
between a disguised Artificial Satellite (Gelu-Claudiu Radu)
and a Miss Fireball (Adriana Nicolae)
Photo: Casper ter Kuile (Holland)


8. IMC 2004 ASTROPOETRY SHOW, VARNA (BULGARIA)


The Sun (Andrei Dorian Gheorghe)
waits to be transited
by Venus
Photo: Rainer Arlt (Germany)


9. IMC 2005 ASTROPOETRY SHOW, OOSTMALLE (BELGIUM)


A Crazy Astronaut (Andrei Dorian Gheorghe)
gets closer
to the Merry Sun (Valentin Grigore)
Photo: Casper ter Kuile (Holland)


10. IMC 2006 ASTROPOETRY SHOW, RODEN (HOLLAND)


The Atmospheric Director (Andrei Dorian Gheorghe) coordinates
the dance of three fireballs (Gert Barentsen - Belgium -,
Casper ter Kuile and Jos Nijland - both from Holland)
of different magnitudes;
close to them, the independent blues of two fireballs fallen in love
(the Dutch couple Arnold Tukkers and Elize Ijland)
Photo: Jeremie Vaubaillon (France)


11. IMC 2007 ASTROPOETRY SHOW, BAREGES (FRANCE)


A Meteoroid (Jean-Marc Wislez, Belgium) tries to earn
the right to become a Fireball
by passing the atmospheric border,
watched by a Cosmic Supervisor (Andrei Dorian Gheorghe)
Photo: Mihail Robescu


12. IMC 2008 ASTROPOETRY SHOW, SACHTICKA (SLOVAKIA)


Romanian Astroactors
(Alexandru Sebastian Grigore, Cristian Daniel Grigore, Mihail Robescu,
Valentin Grigore, Bogdan Calin and Andrei Dorian Gheorghe)
fallen down after an exhausting act
Photo: Stanislav Kaniansky (Slovakia)


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Design: Florin Stancu
© 2009 SARM
(Romanian Society for Meteors and Astronomy)