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Introducing Moving Edge !
Le Centre du Silence Newsletter 1991 – 1992To Produce, Connect, Create and Integrate the Essence of Life Energy The following articles were published in MovingEdge©! Newsletter during 1991 – 1992, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Le Centre du Silence….
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Explorations
Newsletter: EXPLORATIONS By Andrea Kuske, 1991, Frankfurt, Germany “In the beginning of last year, I was just near the end of my Mime education. I was questioning myself about mime and art when I found Samuel Avital’s Mime WorkBook in…
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My First Step
Newsletter: MY FIRST STEP By Beth Anne Byrd, 1991, Kansas City, MO “It is my greatest pleasure to live this life of ever-evolving student/teacher/performer with an integrated basis I learned from Mr. Avital.” My association with Samuel Avital has been…
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Your Place or Mime
Newsletter: YOUR PLACE OR MIME: A Mime Performance by ‘Outrageous George’And ‘going Fishing’ Judith, the stars of our Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of Le Centre Du Silence By Samuel Avital As you know, The International Summer Mime Workshop began in 1975, after…
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Twentieth Anniversary
Celebration Twentieth Anniversary of Le Centre du Silence By Samuel Avital, Boulder, Colorado 1991 The last 20 years of my life have passed like a fleeting moment. Thinking of this as we enter the 1990s, especially in the light of…
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Mime’s Helping Power
Newsletter: MIME’S HELPING POWER By Chris Kanaly, 1990, Grand Junction, CO “I began my work in mime in 1971, when I was 21 years old. I was an early member of the Boulder Mime Theater.” After my experience in Boulder,…
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The Return Home
Newsletter: THE RETURN HOME By David Elzee, 1990, Los Angeles, CA “I am thankful to that little great man with named Samuel Avital, for helping me to face those walls of illusion and finally uncover the true direction toward my…
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Seven Rainbows
SEVEN RAINBOWS By Deborah Savran, 1991, Minneapolis, MN “Samuel helped to guide me through this process with his unique teachings and focussed awareness. Samuel’s guidance has continued to be a part of my life.” On July 7, 1985, I arrived…
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Shaping the Silence Within
Newsletter: SHAPING THE SILENCE WITHIN. Dorothy Ormes, 1992. Chico, CA “Working with Samuel is somewhat like being the overcurious sorcerer’s apprentice. Enticed by the deceptive simplicity of the work, I dive in and suddenly find myself drowning in a flood,…
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The Importance of Every Moment
THE IMPORTANCE OF EVERY MOMENT By Fiona Meyer, 1992, Montreal, Quebec, Canada “My impression of Samuel is one of a very awake person. He’s very rhythmical and varied in his expressions. He could sculpt a dialogue with his entire being….
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Time Bombs
TIME BOMBS By George Lewis, 1991 Seattle, WA “Sam’s teaching was-is-procreative in that way, profound in that it rejects easy answers and immediate gratification in favor of a healthy process, a learning to live and breathe fully with things and…
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The Influence of Mime
THE INFLUENCE OF MIME By Jane Ellen Lazar, 1990, Oakland, California “It is certainly true that my studies with Samuel were a powerful influence in my live. I was very young, only 21 years old, when I met him, and…
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Learning to Let the Heart Communicate
LEARNING TO LET THE HEART COMMUNICATE By Jeff Snyder, 1991 Charlottesville, VA “If you heart must speak or sing, go to this man and learn what you can about the wonderful wor(l) d of mime. Can fish see water? Does…
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No Small Matter to Be Born Human
NO SMALL MATTER TO BE BORN HUMAN By Jody Hojin Kimmel,Program Director of the Zen Mountain Monastery, New York “I am grateful to Samuel for his mind to mind teachings and dedication to humanity. Ultimately a teacher can give one…
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Almonds and Raisins
ALMONDS AND RAISINS:Meeting with a Remarkable Man By John Peowrie, 1991 Wallacetown, Ontario, Canada “I found the meeting with this remarkable man to be a source, an amalgam of ideas, like a pot from which each sampling has a different…
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New Unknown Door
NEW UNKNOWN DOOR By Kathryne Cassis, 1991, New Orleans, Louisiana “Samuel taught us about the closed door – the door that the mime artist is never afraid to open regardless of how large it may loom, how tightly it may…
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The Spark that Sparked My Spark
THE SPARK THAT SPARKED MY SPARK By Leslie Blair Colket, 1991, Rochester, VT “The experience of Le Centre du Silence ranged from the ridiculous to the sublime,and I wouldn’t trade it for everything.” It’s been 16 years (as I write…
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Happy Twentieth Anniversary
Happy Twentieth Anniversary to Le Centre du Silence By Letitia Bartlett, 1991, San Francisco, CA. “Thanks Samuel for all your support and inspiration at the beginning ñ not to mention all the fun we had, many moments of happy, healthy…
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Being Thrown Into the Fire
BEING THROWN INTO THE FIRE By Lion Goodman, 1992 Mill Valley. CA “I was a student (1971) in one of Samuel’s first classes in Boulder. A few of the students — one in particular (who shall go unmentioned, although his…
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Pop Culture Tribal Rites
POP CULTURE TRIBAL RITES IN THE MASS MEDIA By Louis Greenstein, 1991 Merion, PA “He’s intense, funny, severe, provocative, loving compassionate and obnoxious.He’s a teacher who gives his full range to his students. With Samuel, I went from being a…
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The Invisible Edge
MIME TRAINING: THE INVISIBLE EDGE By Mark Olsen, 1992, Dayton, OH “The art of mime has fallen from favor of late. For long, ‘anyone with make-up, slippers, and a knack of annoying people could hit the streets and claim to…
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Living on the Edge
LIVING ‘ON THE EDGE’…CHANGING MASKS By Mark Olsen, Associate Professor of Acting PennState, Univ. Park, PA “Samuel Avital is an artist of conscious life, conscious theatre and cosmic laughter. When the madness of the world starts to get me down,…
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The Essence of the Senses
THE ESSENCE OF THE SENSE(S) By Mary Morrison Vanni’re, 1991, Albany, New York “I’d like to impart some words of wisdom to the class of 92 (and beyond). Entering the world of mime according to Avital will be the most…
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Being an Edge Walker
BEING AN EDGE-WALKER By Melissa Michaels, 1992, Boulder, Colorado “Le Centre Du Silence blew the whistle on the illusion of disembodied concepts, while also providing me with practical tools, which I could begin to navigate my way into my vehicle….
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From Boulder to Berkley
FROM BOULDER TO BERKLEY By Michael Makowski, 1991, Mountain View, CA “The beauty of Samuel’s teachings is the integration of the spiritual with the physical and the emphasis on the rehearsal and application of group and individual ideas to public…
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Shemouel, From Jerusalem to Boulder
SHEMOUEL, FROM JERUSALEM TO BOULDER By Moni Yakim, New York 1975,Movement Theatre Director, Juilliard Drama Division, New York City, NY “Mr. Avital is a remarkable man of astonishing depth and an artist of great magnitude and achievement. His profound knowledge…
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Grounded and Earthy
Grounded and Earthy By Paloma Hombravella (Yona) 1991, Madrid, Spain “When I first saw Samuel, something in his eyes seemed familiar to me. I stayed in Boulder for two weeks. I felt ecstatic. I was so happy and interested in…
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Life is Art
LIFE IS ART By Zohara Meyehoff Hieronimus,Director of Ruscombe Mansion Community Health Center in Maryland “When I went to study with Samuel Avital at age 21, I was admittedly searching for my lifes purpose. What I found were practical tools…
