The aspiring theatre actors of the city will learn the art of mime act in a 5-day Mime Theatre Workshop. The online Mime Workshop will begin on Tuesday.
The workshop is organised by Shadow Theatre Troupe, Bhopal. Founder the Shadow Theare Troupe Manoj Nair will be taking the webinar sessions during the workshop. Besides, a visiting faculty has also been invited for the webinar. The experts from KR Narayan Film Institute, Madhya Pradesh School of Drama, National School of Drama (Tripura), and National Institute of Fashion Technology.
The theatre aspirants will be taught about the various forms of mime acts including the shadow mime activity which always captures the attention of the theatre lovers across the world.
Through the workshop, the aspirants explored their skills and are getting acquainted with a different art form of the theatre industry.
This time the students will learn the history of theatre in Mime and all the music used in Mime. Mime is a theatrical presentation that is performed through only expressions of the face. Mime n the theatrical technique of suggesting action, character or emotion without words, using only gesture, expression and movement; vb to use only gesture and movement to act out a play or role.
Manoj Nair said, “The mime performer should always endeavour to use fewer props on stage and explain the concept through expressions. This is what mime is all about. A mime performer has not justified his act if not expressed the emotions and message to the audience properly that lies behind his act.”
Notably, this will be a different experience for the youngsters as a mime is all about expressions and body language.