The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, January 30, 1980, Page Page 14, Image 14
Claude ?
By Ron Marsh
Gamecock Stnff Writer
The word "mime" brings forth
many images. That's precisely
what mime is all about, according
to Claude Kipnis, leader of the
Claude Kipnis Mime Theatre.
Kipnis and company will be per
torming at the Township
Auditorium on Feb. 1, at 8.
Kipnis began his career in mime
over twenty years ago. He was
interested in theatre and found
that when fooling around with
friends he was always able to
capture their attention and make
them laugh. The turning point in
his life came after he viewed the
movie Children of Paradise, which
dealt with the subject of mime.
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me. It made me realize that mime
existed. I was greatly influenced
by the silent movie stars, particularly
Chaplin and Keaton. They
tempted me with their non-verbal
magic."
Kipnis studied mime under the
person considered to be the master
of the art, Mat eelle Marceau. He
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developed his own special career
through many years of training
and performing. His mime company
began over ten years ago in
the U.S., breaking away from the
tradition of total silence and incorporating
music and costume
into the performance.
The company tours extensively
in the U.S. and abroad, performing
to a variety of audiences. Kipnis
also holds workshops while
touring, and plans a workshop
program in Richland District One,
Old Columbia High Theatre Arts
Program on Tuesday, Jan. 29. He
will also be conducting classes at
Columbia College on Wednesday,
in addition to performing miniconcerts
Tuesday through Friday
at 9 and again on Thursday at 11 in
the Township. The company's
spring tour is beginning now and
will run through April, after which
the company will go to New York
to perform at Carnegie Hall. They
will prepare for the fall tour in
june ana use tne months of July
and August for new writing and
programming.
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with the performances, but Kipnis
performs his art in such a way as
to work with the adult audiences,
not just entertaining them with j
nice movements and funny skits.
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with the audience," says Kipnis. |
"Our technique is good clarity of :
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contact. The audience works with
us when we pull a rope and there is
no rope, or sit in a chair and there
is no chair, or lift weights and
there are no weights, the audience
must use imagination and see
these things. This can create a
very electric atmosphere if done
well."
Mime does something special. It
creates a sort of magic. Empty
space creates a situation with the
body and the use of audience
imagination. "Our company does
not wear the traditional white,"
says Kipnis. "We change the
costumes to fit the needs of the
program, and do not all wear the
same makeup. In our performances
you will see musicians,
princes, gnomes and witches, just
to name a few. Each program !
involves several pieces. Mime is
not bound by words."
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