Et the mime biography
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Mime artist
Person who uses mime as a theatrical medium or performance art
"Mime" redirects here. For other uses, see Mime (disambiguation).
A mimeartist, or simply mime (from Greekμῖμος, mimos, "imitator, actor"),[1] is a person who uses mime (also called pantomime outside of Britain), the acting out of a story through body motions without the use of speech, as a theatrical medium or as a performance art.
In earlier times, in English, such a performer would typically be referred to as a mummer.
Et the mime biography
Miming is distinguished from silent comedy, in which the artist is a character in a film or skit without sound.
Jacques Copeau, strongly influenced by Commedia dell'arte and Japanese Noh theatre, used masks in the training of his actors.
His pupil Étienne Decroux was highly influenced by this, started exploring and developing the possibilities of mime, and developed corporeal mime into a highly sculptural form, taking it outside the realms of naturalism. Jacque