Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
A mime artist, or simply mime (from Greek μῖμος, mimos, "imitator, actor"), [1] is a person who uses mime (also called pantomime outside of Britain), the acting out of a story through body motions without the use of speech, as a theatrical medium or as a performance art. In earlier times, in English, such a performer would typically be ...
Marcel Marceau. Marcel Marceau (French pronunciation: [maʁsɛl maʁso]; born Marcel Mangel; 22 March 1923 – 22 September 2007) was a French mime artist and actor most famous for his stage persona, " Bip the Clown ". He referred to mime as the "art of silence", performing professionally worldwide for more than 60 years.
Whiteface (performance) Whiteface is a type of performance in which a dark person uses makeup in order to appear white-skinned. [1] The term is a reversal of the form of performance known as blackface, in which makeup was used by a performer to make themselves look like a black person, usually to portray a stereotype.
Les Rossyann, white clown and clumsy Auguste from France. The white clown, or clown blanc in French, is a sophisticated character, as opposed to the clumsy Auguste. [25] [26] The two types are also distinguished as the sad clown (blanc) and happy clown (Auguste). [27] The Auguste face base makeup color is a variation of pink, red, or tan rather ...
There are traditionally three basic types of clowns that appear in the circus: the whiteface, the auguste and the character. A fourth type, the tramp or hobo clown, is often recognized separately, though similar to the other three types. Absolute definitions of what constitutes each clown type varies, with performers encompassing an extremely ...
Doug Jones (born May 24, 1960) [1] is an American actor, contortionist, and mime artist. He is best known for portraying non-human creatures, usually via heavy make-up and visual effects. He has most notably collaborated with acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, appearing in the films Mimic (1997), Hellboy (2004), Pan's Labyrinth (2006 ...
Pierrot (/ ˈpɪəroʊ / PEER-oh, US also / ˈpiːəroʊ, ˌpiːəˈroʊ / PEE-ə-roh, PEE-ə-ROH; French: [pjɛʁo] ⓘ), a stock character of pantomime and commedia dell'arte, has his origins in the late 17th-century Italian troupe of players performing in Paris and known as the Comédie-Italienne.
Harlequinade is an English comic theatrical genre, defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "that part of a pantomime in which the harlequin and clown play the principal parts". It developed in England between the 17th and mid-19th centuries. It was originally a slapstick adaptation or variant of the commedia dell'arte, which originated in ...