Word: decroux
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...summer after his junior year, Fechtor studied under mime artist Jewel Walker at the Carnegie-Mellon School of Drama. Last spring he spent a trimester studying in France with Etienne Decroux, Marcel Marceau's teacher. The 76-year-old Decroux was a strict instructor "For the entire first month I was there he didn't speak to me," says Fechtor. "He just sort of eyed me critically. The second month he began to criticize my work." Like Fechtor, who hopes to go into creative writing or philosophy, Decroux has a strong interest in language--he used to be an orator...
Fechtor learned pure mime from Decroux, but he performs his own combination of mime and pantomime. "Pantomime is mostly concerned with plots, mime with situations," says Fechtor. "In pantomime, the hands and face are very important. In mime, the focus is on the chest. Decroux says, 'The chest is larger than the face, so why shouldn't it be more important...
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