In mime and pantomime, anything is possible. No place and no time are too far away not to bring them into the here and now with the blink of an eye. To fill this freedom is the art of mime.
Welcome to the world of imagination.
In this course you will learn the basics of pantomime and mime corporel. From working with imaginary objects to mime walking, the course offers a variety of exercises to create your own scenes. The lessons also focus on body work, body awareness and presence work. You will learn to understand and consciously use the effect of your body in space. In a protected space, you have the opportunity to try things out freely and develop your abilities.
The course focuses on imaginary space - establishing and creating a space (object work, fix-point) and atmospheric space. Here we work with the 4 elements and the posture of the body in space.
The focus of the course is character work - the effect of your body in space and on your counterpart. Body language, presence, posture, gait and rhythm are important elements in developing your own character.
Mime continues the tradition of its origin. It often tells everyday stories in a light-hearted, entertaining way that speaks directly to us the audience.
Mime aims to express human conflict situations, conditions, feelings and emotions. It provides us with an abstract narrative that takes place on different levels.
The roots of mime lie far back in antiquity. Over the centuries it has undergone many changes. From the Roman pantomime to the fairground theatre to the Commedia Dell'Arte. It was very much characterised by artistic feats and dance, by jesters and jugglers. In the 19th century, Jean Gaspard Deburau developed the figure of the poetic and melancholy Pierrot from the Commedia figure "Pedrolino", an image of pantomime that we are still familiar with today.
Many famous stage characters have developed from this, such as Chaplin's Tramp or Marceau's Bip. In the 20th century, pantomime broke away from the pure imitation of reality and developed into a more stylised form. Etienne Decroux created his movement geometry, the Mime Corporel, and thus laid the foundation for a fundamental renewal of mime and pantomime.