Word: mimes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Mime comes to Harvard only about one a year, but it enjoys ever-greater popularity nationally. Although Marcel Marceau may still be the only mime whose name is a household word, his style is no longer the only one visible on the American stage. The Mime, a performing artist on the margins of dramatic theater and abstract dance, can express himself through both forms, creating a wide range of distinct forms...
...Mime's Eye, directed by Kevin Grumbach '79-4, explores the possibilities of several different styles. Working with a cast of five mimes, Grumbach developed nine pieces which are accompanied by an original score composed by Robert Kyr, a composer-in-residence and junior fellow at North House. The show uses a variety of corporal techniques, from the pantomime of Marceau to a classic, dramatic piece inspired by the festive tradition of the Italian commedia dell' arte...
...second style is represented in "Deserts," a duo mime with a surrealist tone. The piece is moribund in mood, somewhat reminiscent of Beckett. It is echoed by the somber song of a cello on stage, and two clarinets serenading one another from the balconies of the hall. In another piece, Kyr also uses an unusual spatial arrangement of sound. "Struggles in Passing," a dance mime about the nature of work, is accompanied both by a tape produced using subway noises and conversations, and by the ensemble of flute, tow clarinets, celesta and piano. The sounds of the instruments filter...
...Mime's Eye, one of very few student shows that consist entirely of original work, brings to the Harvard stage some excellent mime by Grumbach and his cast, as well as some new work from a recognized young composer. It is an ambitious project and a provocative evening of theater...
...country skier, a fencer-folk-dancer, and a pole-vaulter hadn't decided to give modern dance a whirl in a class there in 1970, chances are no one else would ever have come up with what the book's photographer Tim Matson calls "a blend of dance, gymnastics, mime, circus and sculpture." Since then, the original group has evolved into a brash, astonishing, stubbornly unclassifiable performance company of three men and two women, with a home base in Connecticut and a touring schedule which skims them halfway around the globe...