THE MIME BOOK

The Technique of Silence

by Richmond Shepard

An Illustrated Workbook
Illustrated by E.Louise Sandoval

WHAT IS MIME ABOUT?

  1. 默劇和表演者 MIME AND THE PERFORMER
  2. 默劇的語言 THE LANGUAGE OF MIME
    1. 虛擬物體的建構 OBJECTS
    2. 默劇,戲劇與舞蹈 MIME, ACTING AND DANCE
    3. 肢體想像的研究課題 PROJECTING THE PHYSICAL IMAGE
    4. 默劇的淺規則 CONVENTIONS
    5. 身體訓練 TRAINING THE BODY
    6. 假想與幻想 THE ILLUSIONS
    7. 身體的感官記憶 SENSE MEMORY
    8. 物體模擬 BECOMING AN OBJECT
    9. 模仿動物ANIMAL CHARACTERIZATIONS
    10. 跌倒與走路方式FALLS
    11. 有效率的肢體展演 ECONOMY OF GESTURE
    12. 默劇與文字 MIME AND WORDS
    13. 默劇The MIME
  3. 默劇歷史的演化 A brief history of mime
  4. 注意事項 A WARNING
  5. 默劇技巧30堂 THIRTY LESSONS IN MIME TECHNIQUE
    1. Lesson 0ne
      • Discussion of basic principles of mime; the double-zero position; diaphragmatic breathing; inclinations; rotations; transtations; transtation improvisations; facial exercises; imaginary objects; walk #1.
    2. Lesson two
      • Inclinations; rotations; chest impulses; transtations; the illusion of the tug-ofwar; facial exercises; slow motion exercise; walk #1.
    3. Lesson three
      • Hand exercises: pointing, beckoning; exercises on hunger and appetite; eye improvisations
    4. Lesson four
      • Inclinations; rotations; chest impulses; transtations; tug-of-war; first illusory walk; facial exercises; improvisation #1; slow-motion exercise; duets.
    5. Lesson five
      • The body as a unit: forward and side tilts; unit knee bends; scale-fulcrum tilts; sways; walks; being drunk; improvisations with the body as a unit.
    6. Lesson six
      • Inclination and rotation of each part separately; transtations; mirror exer. cise; transtation circles; illusion of climbing a ladder; duets.
    7. Lesson seven
      • Inclinations; rotations; chest impulses; pelvic impulses; illusions of pushing and pulling; climbing; illusory walk #1; duets.
    8. Lesson eight
      • Animal characterizations; exercise on using a minimum of effort.
    9. Lesson nine
      • Inclinations; rotations; transtations; tug. of-war; hand exercises; illusory walks #1 and #2; walks with a high knee; takes; improvisation with sneak and take.
    10. Lesson ten
      • Falls; stage trips; tainting; the illusory run; sitting; climbing a ladder; illusory walks #1 and #2; improvisations with falls.
    11. Lesson eleven
      • Inclination and rotation of each part separately; beginning and advanced hand exercises; walks #1 and #2, duets.
    12. Lesson twelve
      • Inclinations; rotations; combinations of inclinations and rotations involving two directions; beginning and advanced hand exercises; balance exercises in. cluding the forward inclination; climbing stairs; climbing a rope; comic walks.
    13. Lesson thirteen
      • Inclinations; rotations; combinations involving three directions; balance exercises with forward inclination; illusory walks #1 and #2; transtation improvisations.
    14. Lesson fourteen
      • The body as a unit; improvisations with the body as a unit; duos with the body as a unit.
    15. Lesson fifteen
      • Inclinations; rotations; rotation turns; pelvic impulse exercises; beginning and advanced hand exercises; improvisations with pelvic impulses.
    16. Lesson sixteen
      • Transtations; advanced rope pulling; up and down stairs; up and down a ladder; up and down a rope; beginning and advanced hand exercises; facial exercises; comic walks; eye improvisations.
    17. Lesson seventeen
      • Inclinations; rotations; combinations involving two and three directions; bal. ance exercise with forward inclination; walks #1 and #2; illusory walks #1 #2; illusory run.
    18. Lesson eighteen
      • Animal characterizations; improvisa. tions with two animal characters; projection into an object.
    19. Lesson nineteen
      • Inclinations; rotations; rotation turns; balance turns with side and back inclinations; up and down a ladder; comic walks; walk with a high knee; heavy and light objects (counterpoise); improvisa. tions; duets.
    20. Lesson twenty
      • Mirror exercise; age and youth; occupations; where-from-where-to game; object transformations; building a machine.
    21. Lesson twenty-one
      • Inclination and rotation of each piece separately; beginning and advanced hand exercises; stairs; merry-go-round; rowing a boat; creating an environment.
    22. Lesson twenty-two
      • Inclinations; rotations; rotation turns; balance exercises with forward, side, and rear inclinations; transtations; where-from-where-to game with two people.
    23. Lesson twenty-three
      • Inclinations; rotations; combinations involving three directions; balance exercises with forward, side, and rear in. clinations; four walks with a high knee; improvisations with a sneaky walk.
    24. Lesson twenty-four
      • Inclinations; rotations; transtations; advanced rope-pulling: up and down a ladder; illusory walks #1 and #2; being a machine; building a machine; grow. ing; animals evolving.
    25. Lesson twenty-five
      • Inclinations; rotations; pelvis exercises including pushing and pulling; illusory walk backwards; climbing stairs #2; descending stairs backwards; ladder #2; walk #2; walking on the moon; improvisations.
    26. Lesson twenty-six
      • Inclinations; rotations; reverse inclina. tions and rotations; combinations in two directions and falling into their final positions; four walks with a high knee; walking on a tightrope; merry-go-round; rowing.
    27. Lesson twenty-seven
      • The body as a unit; beginning and advanced hand exercises; balance exercises with forward, side, and rear inclinations; comic walks; duos.
    28. Lesson twenty-eight
      • Inclinations; rotations; reverse inclinations and rotations; transtations; tugof-war; advanced rope-pulling; merrygo-round; walking on a tightrope; walking on the moon; paddling a canoe; walking with a cane; walking with crutches; limping; riding a bicycle; facial exercises; improvisations.
    29. Lesson twenty-nine
      • Inclinations; rotations; reverse inclinations and rotations; transtations; putting on gloves; opening doors; lighting a cigarette; chopping with an axe; bellringing; sawing; looking; playing two characters; object transformations.
    30. Lesson thirty
      • Inclinations; rotations; combinations involving three directions, and falling into their final positions; level hand; beginning and advanced hand exercises; leans; walks #1 and #2, illusory walks #1 and #2, improvisations,
  6. TEACHING PLAN
  7. CLASSIC MIME MAKEUP

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