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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
