| “One of the characteristics of
our world is that it is sitting down. Corporeal Mime stands
up. It enjoys representing the world, and all those who
work with their body... To be in mime is to be a partisan,
a partisan of movement in a world sitting down.”-
Etienne Decroux.
This quote defines the guiding spirit of Corporeal
Mime. It is about taking action and giving structure
to ideas and emotions. It is learning how the human
spirit might find the ultimate fulfilment in physical
form. It is giving the actor the ability to do what
he wants and not just what he can.
Corporeal Mime is a technique which allows the practitioner
to learn, through a unique vocabulary how to express
theatrically human behaviour from its most practical
aspects to its more abstract and spiritual ones. It
is the art of the thinking body.
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