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IS
PANTOMIME?
Objective:
From
practicing
mime,
students
gain
communication
skills,
self
control,
build
listening
skills,
practice
focus,
learn
economy
of
movement,
and
create
and
understand
plot
lines
and
situations.
Mimes
do
not
speak
with
their
mouths,
but
express
life
through
movement
and
through
using
their
bodies
to
suggest
their
environment.
Pantomime
is
a
dramatic
technique
of
communicating
through
gesture
without
speech.
The
word
mime
comes
from
the
Greek
word
mimos,
and
simply
means,
to
imitate.
Our
English
word
"mimic"
comes
from
it.
Pantomime
is
the
same,
really,
with
panto
in
the
front.
Panto,
or
pan
means
all,
When
you
are
performing
a
pantomime,
you
are
all-
imitating.
It
is
important
to
understand
that
there
are
two
attributes
to
performing
pantomime:
the
story
and
the
gestures
used
to
tell
the
story.
Storytelling
-
or
what
is
being
communicated
-
is
the
primary
purpose
of
a
pantomime.
Without
telling
a
story
or
conveying
a
point,
the
mime
act
would
only
be
movements.
When
a
mime
artist
performs,
his
movements
must
be
clear
to
the
audience.
This
is
extremely
important.
Pantomime
movements
that
are
unclear,
or
"sloppy,"
result
in
misunderstanding.
The
audience
will
become
puzzled
by
what
is
happening
and
will
be
unable
to
follow.
But
precise
movements
will
result
in
clear
communication,
and
the
audience
will
follow
with
ease.
The
more
relevant
a
pantomime
is
to
on
audience
members
life,
the
more
it
will
draw
his/her
personal
interest,
but
the
less
relevant
it
is
with
his/her
life,
the
less
he/she
will
care.
To
create
a
successful
comedy
pantomime
mirror
the
humor
of
our
lives
such
as
the
embarrassing
situations
to
which
we
all
can
relate.
If
you
want
to
create
a
pantomime
that
is
moving
-
identify
with
the
feelings,
experiences,
and
sufferings
of
life.
Touch
the
heart.
Charlie
Chaplin
was
a
mime
artist,
even
though
we
refer
to
him
as
a
"silent
movie
actor".
He
acted
out
powerful
stories
of
life
in
silence,
conveying
all
of
his
scenes
with
his
movements.
Todays
Mr.
Bean"
is
much
the
some.
There
are
two
main
types
of
pantomime:
narrative
and
plot/story-based.
Narrative
pantomime
uses
a
storyteller
or
narrator
as
one
acts
out
the
action
of
the
narrative.
Plot/story-based
pantomime
is
a
story
that
unfolds
or
progresses
on
its
own,
with
the
audience
seeing
the
story
rather
than
hearing
it.
UNLIKE
CHARADES,
Pantomime
is
designed
as
a
theatrical
story.
All
pantomimes
need
to
have
a
beginning,
middle,
and
end.
All
pantomimes
should
have
some
sort
of
conflict
(man
vs
man,
man
vs
nature,
man
vs
self,
man
vs
society,
man
vs
destiny/fate)
In
your
Journal,
turn
to
the
next
blank
space.
Title:
Theater
Style,
Pantomime
II. The
word
mime
comes
from
the
Greek
word
mimos,
and
simply
means,
to
imitate.
A. Our
English
word
"mimic"
comes
from
it.
V. Types
of
conflicts
(wo)man
vs
(wo)man.
EXAMPLE:
(wo)man
vs
nature.
EXAMPLE:
(wo)man
vs
self.
EXAMPLE:
(wo)man
vs
society.
EXAMPLE:
(wo)man
vs
destiny/fate.
EXAMPLE: