默劇是沒有佈景、沒有道具、沒有裝置的一種演出。只有運用肢體做想法與情感溝通：這樣的肢體必須被訓練、要熟練、要結實、更要有彈性、而且要栩栩如生。
你可以說“身體”就是默劇演員的樂器、工具、鍵盤、畫布甚至是一幅畫。假如默劇演員需要一張椅子，就會在空氣中“做”一張椅子，然後坐上去，就像坐在真的椅子上一樣；倘若他的故事劇情裡需要一顆球，或網球球拍、一個爐子、一頂高帽、一顆蛋、一扇鎖住的門、一個非常重的狀態…或任何事件，他只需要在空氣中去創造這些物體或狀態，他只需要用身體精確地去建構它們，所以是不需要使用到任何真實的道具。
然而在有“道具”的演出裡，你可以真的握著咖啡杯或是威士忌的玻璃杯，但是裡面裝的不會是真的威士忌，通常是茶或是滲了水的有色糖漿。而這時，演員就必須用想像力，告訴觀眾：我喝的是威士忌？還是一杯牛奶。這樣的想像力卻廣泛運用在默劇演出裡，默劇除了讓演員想像“我拿了一個杯子”之外，也需要想像杯子裡裝的是什麼？因為，當默劇演員全然相信自己所想像的物體後，觀眾才會相信並接受演員所呈現出來的虛擬物體。
Objects
The mime uses no sets, no props, no devices. His only means of communication is his own body, driven by his ideas and emotions: This body must be trained. skilled, taut, flexible, supremely expressive. It is his instrument, his tool, his keyboard, his canvas and paint. If he needs a chair, he creates one out of air. and sits on it as if it were real; if his story calls for a ball, or a tennis racquet. or a stove, or a tall hat, or an egg, or a locked door, or a heavy weight, or anything else, he creates them, gives them substance and the illusion of reality. without any real object being present. Ability to handle imaginary objects will be of use to most actors in most plays. While it is true that you will generally be handling a real coffee cup or whiskey glass, the substance in it will not be whiskey—it will be tea or syrup in water. The actor must, with his imagination and skill in handling the imaginary, turn it into what the script calls for. When Othello has to strangle Desdemona, he must create an imaginary Desdemona whose neck is a sixteenth of an inch larger than that of the actress portraying her. He must strangle that imaginary neck with all his strength and energy as if it were real, while the actress who plays Desdemona pretends to die. His physical skill and control will be vital to the performance. In addition to this kind of situation, there are actually imaginary props in many plays: windows between the actors and the audience that must be opened, imaginary doors, and so forth. Most actors handle them badly, and instead of creating the image, destroy the illusion. Their windows wobble, they forget to let go of doorknobs, etc. Mime training teaches you how to use imaginary objects, and in addition, your awareness of how objects should be handled gives more clarity to your handling of real objects.
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