Event

Corporeal Mime Workshop

Broom Street Theater is proud to welcome back Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum from Theatre de LAnge Fou as they present the workshop: An Introduction To Corporeal Mime

Please bring a water bottle, a snack if needed, and dress to move.

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 fulfillment 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 behavior from its most practical aspects to its more abstract and spiritual ones. It is the art of the thinking body.