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1. Poetics: IV, 2. Quoted in Marcel Jousse, The Oral Style, trans. Edgard Sienaert and Richard Whitaker (New York: Garland Publishing, 1990) 24. 2. Mime and Beyond, 103. 3. In this introduction, phenomenon is used in the philosophical sense of perceptual event or…
In its integrative role, mime belongs in the context of a twentieth-century undertaking that we might call “The Return to the Body.” The Western discovery of Eastern disciplines – yoga, Tai Chi, the martial arts – is a mark of…
According to psychologist Howard Gardner, (20) there are seven distinct types of intelligence: verbal, musical, logical-mathematical, visual-spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, and two types of personal intelligence – self-awareness and social skill. Gardner’s scheme has been influential because it recognizes types of intelligence in addition…
Ever since Aristotle first identified the five senses – sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell, we’ve been used to thinking that we have just these five. Because the senses can be located in clearly recognizable organs of the body –…
In these early years Le Centre Du Silence became Avital’s laboratory, where he could fully distill the teachings of the mime masters and develop his own unique methods. The work was improvisational and experimental, employing some prepared exercises along with anecdotes…
Samuel Ben-Or Avital was born in the small village of Sefrou, near Fez, in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco.
LCDS is an independent school for self-discovery through the human Arts. The school offers seminars and workshops teaching the concepts of Theater, Mime, and Movement.