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Informationen zum Autor Annette Bercut Lust is professor emerita at Dominican College where she teaches courses in beginning mime, theatre production, dramatic literature, and French language and literature. For her teaching and publication on the French School of Mime, she received the Palmes Académiques from the French government in 1973. An active producer and director, Lust produces the annual Bay Area Original One-Act Play and Solo Festival at Dominican College. Klappentext One of the few studies covering the historical flow of mime from its beginnings to postmodern movement theatre, this book explores the evolution of mime and pantomime from the Greeks to the 20th Century, depicting the role of mime in dance, clowning, the cinema, and verbal theatre throughout the centuries. With over sixty illustrations, this worldwide study is indispensable for the student, teacher, or fan of mime. Zusammenfassung This title explores the evolution of mime and pantomime from the Greeks to the 20th century! including an in-depth study of 20th-century mime masters. It documents present-day training programmes in North American and Europe and has contact addresses and information on mime festivals and centres. Inhaltsverzeichnis ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgments Introduction: On the Meaning of Mime and PantomimeMajor Developments of the Art of Mime in the Occident and OrientExponents of Twentieth-Century Mime Schools and Movement Styles Part One: Mime through the Ages1 Mime, First Language and Art: Mime in Greece and Rome 2 Mimes and Jongleurs of the Middle Ages3 Origins of the Commedia Dell'Arte and the Theatres de la Foire4 Gaspard Deburau and the Pierrots of the Nineteenth Century5 English Pantomime 6 Mime and Movement in German, Russian, and Italian Theatre7 Exit Pierrot. Enter Georges WaguePart Two: Twentieth-Century Mime 8 Etienne Decroux, Father of Corporeal Mime 9 Jean-Louis Barrault10 Marcel Marceau11 Jacques Lecoq12 Mimes of Twentieth-Century Europe13 Mime and Movement Theatre in North America14 Women's Voices in Mime15 Movement and Silence in Modern and Postmodern Verbal Theatre16 Whither Mime?AppendixesA School and Centers for Movement TrainingB Archives, Resource Centers, and Artist Directories; Periodicals and Publications; Library and Museum Collections; Pantomime and Mime Scripts and Bookshop Collections; FestivalsC FilmographyWorks Consulted and CitedIndexAbout the Author...
