Pantomime

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Term Paper Title	Pantomime
# of Words	1041
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	4.16

Pantomime

This paper is about pantomime, about it’s
origin, it’s people, how it has evolved, and how wonderful
it is. Pantomime is a dramatic performance in which a story
is told or a theme developed through expressive bodily or
facial movement. The origin of pantomime can be traced
back to classical farce and the Italian Commedia Dell’arte.
Not all pantomime is silent. The completely silent
performance of pantomime was invented in Rome.
Pantomime is sometimes used to worship. Mime is a short
way of saying pantomime and also means someone who
performs pantomime. A mime, if performing on the streets,
will have a hat that is passed around for spectators to put
money in. When doing pantomime, it should be noted that
the imaginative performance skills are illusion and
illustration. Also, you should “cultivate an understanding of
the role that the body plays in suggesting an idea, an
impression, a sensation, or a character.” Pantomime can be
done solo, or in a group of any size. Before performing, a
mime must do warm-up and relaxation exercises. Miming
takes mental and physical strength. Perfect coordination of
all parts of the body is essential for expressive movement
and graceful poise in pantomime. A good mime must be
very flexible. You must be fluid at changing posture to
create a character. Facial expression changes everything
while performing pantomime. You must be very relaxed
when doing pantomime. People speak different languages,
but most gestures mean the same thing. Animals, insects
especially, have probably done pantomime before humans
were even alive. For example, bees do pantomime when
telling others where nectar is, and peacocks use pantomime
to impress a mate. Prehistoric man was next, after animals,
to do pantomime. Prehistoric men would do pantomime to
try to influence nature to let them get a kill while hunting.
Before language, prehistoric men told about a hunt with
pantomime. Prehistoric men would use pantomime to tell
the history of the tribe. A clown named Grock became a
very successful mime. He started as an acrobatic clown at
a very young age. Grock became famous because he
succeeded in the circus and in the music hall. After years of
successfully performing in circuses, he tried his clown
routine in a theater in Berlin. Grock began to move away
from broad comedy in the Grimaldi tradition, and towards
Debureu’s type of performance. In his first performance in
a theater, the audience did not re...

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