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2. What is mime??

3. History of mime…
Mime is considered one of the earliest mediums of self-expression. From
the very early beginnings of primitive man before speech, cave men
mimed the actions and movements of the world around them. Gestures
were developed and by body posture that developed into the most
simplest forms of communication. This most fundamental way of learning
is still the basis of how babies discover their world today, through
imitation. Instead of fading into nothing when the spoken language was
developed, mime had became a form of entertainment. It then developed
into a true theatrical form in ancient Greece, where performers enacted
everyday scenes with the help of elaborate gestures.

4. Ancient Greeks &
Roman… It all began in the Theatre of Dionysus in Athens, Greece. Ancient
Greek Masked actors performed mime outdoors, in daylight at
festivals everyday in honour of Dionysus, the God of theatre. They
usually performed of dramatic character-centred mimes called
‘hypotheses’ in front of thousands of people in the theatre.
The comedy and tragedy, developed in Athens, have influenced
nearly all Western drama, starting with that of the Romans. When the
Romans conquered Greece, they brought Greek art of mime back to
Italy and set about making it their own.
The Roman soon took over the existing theatres in Greece and began
rebuilding them for their own spectacles, which included everything
from pantomime to mock- naval battles. The remains of the Theatre
of Dionysus which we can see in Athens today date to Roman times
and not the fifth century BC.

5. Ancient Greek theatre
Ancient Greek theatre such as Theatre of Dionysus in Athens has a different
structure to theatres today. The core of any Greek theatre is the orchestra and
behind it is the main stage where the actors perform whereas modern theatres
the stage is at the front and the orchestra is at the bottom and not visible.

6. Commedia dell’ arte
Mime continued to entertain through the Middle Ages,
in sixteenth century Italy, in the form of Commedia dell‘
Arte.
Commedia dell‘ Arte originated in the market places of
the Italian streets in the early 1500's. Street performers
began donning masks with exaggerated comical features
to draw attention to themselves.

7. Marcel Marceau

8. Marcel Marceau
Marcel Marceau was born in Strasbourg, France (22nd March 1923 –
22nd September 2007). Marceau's interest in the art of mime began at
an early age when he would imitate with gestures anything that fired
his imagination.
Later he discovered such silent screen artists as Charlie Chaplin, Buster
Keaton, Harry Langdon, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, and his admiration
for these great actors inspired him to pursue the art of silence as a
profession.

9. Charlie Chaplin

10. Charlie Chaplin
Universally acclaimed as the world's greatest silent comedy actor,
Charlie Chaplin was born 16th April 1889 but died on the 25th December
1977. He was best known for his character, the naïve but lovable tramp.
His character costume is a suit with the trousers that is too big for him
and the waist coat too small and he carries a cane around with him.
Chaplin was born in England and them toured in America and stayed
there filming in the early 19th century television was really basic. As it
was difficult to make things funny on T.V. back then, Charlie used bold,
wired movement and exaggerated emotions so people understand and
recognised what he was feeling.

11. Factors…
That effect mime

12. Social factors
People perform and entertain to become
famous and to entertain everyone whereas
before for example in the Greeks times they
performed to have fun. Mime has become
part of cultural identity of some regions like
France and are main feature in many
festivals.

13. Technological Factors
Technology has had a big impact on mime. In the
olden times, before technology was invented,
performers performed outdoors in the daylight
because there was no lighting like today. Also the
theatre in the Greek times, was built in a way that the
audience will be able to hear the show whereas now
they have microphone to project their voice and we
have lightings so we could perform indoors and late
at night hours.

14. Historical factors
Today, performance are based on anything from
very childish shows, to very serious shows. In the
historical times example Tudor England, acting and
drama was very popular because Queen Elizabeth
loved watching plays therefore there was
competitions between troupes to see who came up
with the better performances for the queen.

15. Economic factors
Today when performing, performers are likely to
receive money and fame. Back in the very olden
days performing was about entertainment and in
the Greeks they performed in honour of Dionysus,
God of Theatre.

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