Mime & Pantomime

A dramatic entertainment, originating in Roman mime, in which performers express meaning through gestures accompanied by music.

• pantomime

• mime

• gesture

• click

The theatrical technique of suggesting action, character, or emotion without words, using only gesture, expression, and movement.

• pantomime

• mime

• click

• puppetry

Hand and arm movements and facial expressions that help express and idea or emotion

• isolation

• rotation

• click

• gesture

The turning or pivoting of a part of the body, such as the head or the chest.

• isolation

• rotation

• click

• gesture

The bending of the body to the front, side or the rear

• isolation

• rotation

• click

• inclination

The separation of parts of the body for individual development and expression

• isolation

• rotation

• click

• inclination

The setting up of an action with definite hand movements; for example the snap of a mime's hand around a glass

• isolation

• rotation

• click

• inclination

nonverbal communication

• something that deceives or misleads intellectually

• a basic mime convention; the mime uses exaggerated movement to appear to be walking

• a movement opposite to the action that the mime wants the audience to follow

• the general term for expressing ideas and emotions without using words; the essence of pantomime and mime

illusion

• something that deceives or misleads intellectually

• a basic mime convention; the mime uses exaggerated movement to appear to be walking

• a movement opposite to the action that the mime wants the audience to follow

• the general term for expressing ideas and emotions without using words; the essence of pantomime and mime

illusory walk

• something that deceives or misleads intellectually

• a basic mime convention; the mime uses exaggerated movement to appear to be walking

• a movement opposite to the action that the mime wants the audience to follow

• the general term for expressing ideas and emotions without using words; the essence of pantomime and mime