Before
the dawn of civilization, primitive people express themselves
through gestures. Even today, we find children adopting the same
technique when their limited vocabulary falls them. How dose the
'silent acting' differ from pantomime?
The
mimicking done by the child is essentially licked with some
temporary mundane necessity. On the other hand, pantomime
elevates such wordless acting to the level of timeless elegance.
When
we go back into past, we find the first faint allusions of the
art of pantomime in the 'Adhinayam Adhyaya' of Bharat's
Natyashastra, over 3000 years ago. The millennia-old Kathakali
and Bharat Natyam dances outlined the language and grammar of
pantomime. It was only in the 20th Century the revival of silent
expressions began in India. |
In 2007 we have achieved the first position in the World Mime
Festival in Greece. Up to 2008 Performed in Czech Republic,
London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Edinburgh, France, Germany,
Luxembourg, Austria, Bulgaria, Berut, Samarkhand, Taskhand,
Kajakhisthan, Italy, U.S.A., Canada, Rumania, Netherlands,
Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, Russia, Hungary, Spain, Portugal, The
Middle East, Yugoslavia, Switzerland, Bangladesh and Japan.
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