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Pierre-Yves Massip, another company member, likens the difference to the fine line between speaking and singing or between painting and sculpture. Marceau prefers to liken mime to writing, in the sense that both are about concisely creating poignant images...
While the first act of the show is a collection of Marceau’s previous solo creations, the second half is the product of an intensive collaborative process within the company. Development of these mimodramas began while Marceau was on a solo tour in Mexico; he presented concepts and story outlines to the rest of the company, then left them to fill in as much as they could before he returned. After weeks of discussion of how to adapt each tale for the stage and beginning to set staging, Marceau returned to direct...
...process remained collaborative, even with Marceau physically present. Massip notes that the considerably younger members of the company often view their source material quite differently from Marceau and that Marceau is always open to different ideas and suggestions, even while the show is on tour...
When he is not performing, Marceau teaches at L’Ecole International de Mimodrame de Paris Marcel Marceau, where the members of his company trained. All members of Marceau’s company were personally invited by Marceau to join his company during their third and final year of training...
Although most of contemporary society might consider mime old-fashioned, Marceau believes that all art must be informed by the era in which it is made. He is very optimistic about the prospects of modern mime as an evolving art form, and he believes that the essence of art will always remain the same, despite superficial changes over time...