The Mime of Etienne Decroux

Duration: 23:51

Year Published: 1960s

Format: 16mm

Sound: silent

Description: In this edited footage shot by Gordon Wilkison of Austin, the praised French pantomime Etienne Decroux performs his signature corporeal mime routines at the Baylor Theater in Waco. Decroux, credited as the “father of the modern mime,” redefined the modern art of pantomime in the second half of the 20th century with his theory of corporeal mime. He founded his own pantomime school in France during the 1940s, acted in several French films including Children of Paradise (1945), and published his theories of corporeal mime in his book Words on Mime.