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Marcel Marceau.(DEATHS)(Obituary)
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Marcel Marceau (1923-2007) One of the most beloved performers of the 20th century, mime Marcel Marceau died in Cahors, France, in September. Always appearing in whiteface and a striped shirt, slipping from sad to happy or from frustrated to giddy, he delighted audiences with his highly physical art. If he mimed a tug of war, you saw the rope. If he was confined in a cage, you saw the walls go up around him. The precision, imagination, and predicament made people all over the world feel the poignancy of the human experience. He wanted, he said in a radio interview, to perform "with the weight of the soul."
Marceau created the character Bip, a sad clown in the tradition of Chaplin and Keaton who also harkened back to Pierrot of the Italian Commedia dell'Arte tradition. In his classic numbers, Bip was a mask-maker, a lion-tamer, and a street musician. Eventually he added new skits: "Bip looks for a job," and "Bip and the dating service."
Michael Jackson went to see Marceau perform in Hollywood. Marceau said that Jackson took his classic routine, "Walking Against the Wind," and reversed it to do his "moonwalk." It was also the wind number that Marceau performed in Mel Brook's film Silent Movie--on his way to say "No" into a telephone.
He was 19 when ...
- The art of silence. (interview with mime artist Marcel Marceau)(Interview)
- Magazine article from: UNESCO Courier Fargeon, Michel May 1, 1998 700+ words
...world-famous French mime Marcel Marceau breaks his silence and talks...than at home in France? Marcel Marceau: I have performed a great...I was able to set up the Marcel Marceau International School of Mimodrama in Paris, which...
- MIMING FOR GOLD; THERE'S A PATHOS TO BIP, MARCEL MARCEAU'S SIGNATURE CHARACTER....
- Newspaper article from: Sarasota Herald Tribune Handelman, Jay April 11, 1997 700+ words
...THEATER WRITER; Marcel Marceau has a powerful presence...interview from his international school of mime in Paris...may think it is Marcel Marceau, but it's not...1955). DETAILS MARCEL MARCEAU Performs at 8 p...
- La voz de Marcel Marceau.(Primera Fila)
- Newspaper article from: Mural (México D.F., México) November 5, 2004 700+ words
...lleno de magia y silencio. LO MEJOR DE MARCEL MARCEAU/Teatro Galeras /Av. Lapislzuli...despedida del mimo ms famoso del mundo, Marcel Marceau, pero al parecer el adis qued en el...presentar su espectculo "Lo Mejor de Marcel Marceau". Formado de dos partes y con una...
- Lo mejor de Marcel Marceau: El ritmo del silencio.(Primera Fila)
- Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México) November 12, 2004 700+ words
...menos que el mimo ms famoso del mundo, Marcel Marceau Fotos: Roberto Antilln. En noviembre...Bip, el tierno personaje creado por Marcel Marceau en 1947, prefiere siempre estas fechas...acompaa su 'alter ego' y tutor, Marcel Marceau, quien a sus 81 aos sigue demostrando...
- Marcel Marceau: El ultimo romantico.(Primera Fila)
- Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México) May 19, 2000 700+ words
...pantomima moderna. Desde hace 40 aos Marcel Marceau viene a esta ciudad inmensa para refrendar...Emanuel Haro me mostr una fotografa de Marcel Marceau en la cumbre de su edad y de su oficio...audacia, desfachatez y experimentacin. Marcel Marceau naci en 1923, de manera que a los...
- Marcel Marceau speaks (Yes!).(Dance Matters)(retirement of French mime and head...
- Magazine article from: Dance Magazine Murphy, Ann September 1, 2003 700+ words
...respect in the twenty-first century. Marcel Marceau, the French mime who completed his...toward his troupe, Compagnie de Mime Marcel Marceau, and school, L'Ecole internationale...in the process. "The root is the Marcel Marceau style, but we put in the Decroux style...
- Marcel Marceau and La Nouvelle Compagnie de Mimodrame.(Theater Review)
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Rizzo, Frank L. September 22, 2004 700+ words
Marcel Marceau and La Nouvelle Compagnie de Mimodrame...of mime in two acts. Directed by Marcel Marceau and company members. Lighting, Didier...Running time: 2 HOURS, 15 MIN. With: Marcel Marceau, Julien Grange, Sara Mangano, Pierre...
- A meeting of like minds: Marcel Marceau and Bill Irwin bring the grace of...
- Magazine article from: Dance Magazine Sims, Caitlin March 1, 1998 700+ words
...the meeting of two renowned mimes, Marcel Marceau Bill Irwin. Despite their having successful...world of the theater. They said, `Marcel Marceau is in the theater what Charlie Chaplin...especially standing in a room with Marcel Marceau, that I'd call myself a true mime...
- Marcel Marceau: Sale a la defensa del silencio creador.(Vida)
- Newspaper article from: El Norte (México D.F., México) May 28, 2000 700+ words
...de William Shakespeare. Tambin es una de las frases favoritas de Marcel Marceau. Es lgico y es natural para quien ha hecho del silencio toda una...lo que es importante es crear un arte nuevo de un arte vivo". Marcel Marceau
- Marcel Marceau Begins Final US Tour.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 28, 2003 700+ words
...28 /PRNewswire/ -- The renowned international mime Marcel Marceau arrives in the US this weekend to begin an historic final...attend a reception in New York City for the new non-profit Marcel Marceau Foundation for the Advancement of the Art of Mime, Inc...
Source: HighBeam Research, Marcel Marceau.(DEATHS)(Obituary)