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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.
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- Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) Preston, Rohan March 28, 2003 700+ words
...Rohan Preston; Staff Writer Yes, he talks. Marcel Marceau, who has taken pantomime from clamorous streets...three Americans to have graduated from the Marcel Marceau International School of Mimedrama in Paris. He's the only American...
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- Newspaper article from: The Jewish Week Daniel Schifrin April 21, 1995 700+ words
...Jewish Week 04-21-1995 Marcel Marceau Sounds Off: The mime...Marcel Mangel had become Marcel Marceau, and the face he showed...audience. Today, at 72, Marcel Marceau is mime, with an international school and a whole genre of theater...
- Marcel Marceau World Centre for Mime presents National Grand Kabuki of Japan.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 22, 1988 700+ words
MARCEL MARCEAU WORLD CENTRE FOR MIME PRESENTS NATIONAL...and June 8. Presented by The Marcel Marcel Marceau World Centre for Mime at the Power...honorary co-presentation by The Marcel Marceau World Centre and the City of Ann Arbor...
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- 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 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...
- 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
- Picture from: Archive Photos January 1, 1996 700+ words
Archive Photos 01-01-1996 Marcel Marceau The French mime Marcel Marceau, seen performing, is the creator of the white...performance. performer. make up. costume. posed. Marcel Marceau. The French mime Marcel Marceau, seen performing...
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- Picture from: Magnum Photos Erich Lessing January 1, 1951 700+ words
...Lessing Magnum Photos 01-01-1951 Marcel MARCEAU, French mime artist who created the...White (race) Show (entertainment) Marcel MARCEAU, French mime artist who created the...FRANCE. Paris.1951. FRANCE. Paris. Marcel MARCEAU, French mime artist. 1951 1951 Magnum...
