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Vote: | Do not the most moving moments of our lives find us without words? |
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Vote: | I have designed my style pantomimes as white ink drawings on black backgrounds, so that man's destiny appears as a thread lost in an endless labyrinth. I have tried to shed some gleams of light on the shadow of man startled by his anguish. |
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Vote: | In silence and movement you can show the reflection of people. |
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Vote: | It's good to shut up sometimes. |
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Vote: | Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music. |
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Vote: | Music conveys moods and images. Even in opera, where plots deal with the structure of destiny, it's music, not words, that provides power. |
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Vote: | Never get a mime talking. He won't stop. |
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Vote: | To communicate through silence is a link between the thoughts of man. |
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Vote: | What sculptors do is represent the essence of gesture. What is important in mime is attitude. |
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Marcel Marceau (born March 22, 1923) is a well-known mime and among the most popular representatives of this art form world-wide.
He was born Marcel Mangel in Strasbourg, France. After having seen Charlie Chaplin he became interested in acting and from 1946 on he studied at the Sarah-Bernhardt-Theatre in Paris with teachers like Charles Dullin and Étienne Decroux (who was also the teacher of Jean-Louis Barrault).
At 15 his Jewish family was forced to flee their home as France entered the second World War. He later joined Charles De Gaulle's Free French Army and, because of his excellent English, worked as a liaison officer with Patton's army.
He was married three times and has four children.
In 1947 he performed for the very first time as BIP, his tragicomic figure with silk dented hat and red flower. This has become his most famous character. In his career he performed all over the world in order to spread the "art of silence" (L'art du silence).
In 1978 he established his own school in Paris: "École Internationale de Mimodrame de Paris, Marcel Marceau". In 1996 he established the Marceau Foundation to promote mime in the United States.
He appeared in several films including the 1968 film Barbarella and appeared as himself to speak the only word ("Non") in the 1976 comedy film, Silent Movie.
He wrote and illustrated several books translated in up to 7 languages (eg. the history of BIP) and obtained many honours in France and USA (eg. Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres).
The city of New York declared March 18 Marcel Marceau Day.
His last world tour took place covered the United States in 2004 and returned to Europe in 2005.
External link
* Marcel Marceau Foundation for the Advancement of the Art of Mime
* "World's Smallest Page of Movie Quotes"
...(more on Wikipedia)
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