Mime
To tell a story effectively without words is a very hard thing to do. One performer who
excels in this category of story telling is the Mime. Also called Pantomime, it is the art of
narration and expression through exaggerated body movement.
Some argue that mime really started with early man. "He must underline and dramatize his
gutteral sounds by inventing hand signals and gestures, by adopting physical attitudes, by imitating
animals and inanimate objects, by acting out the needs of the movement."1
To Romans mime referred to simply performed comedic plays, while pantomime had a
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