Jun 2 2009

E-learning: How to Apply Mime Makeup

After school of the Mime basics, it’s time to learn something about that how you can put makeup  in order to look like  a real Mime performer…

It could be very useful for performers which are willing to express themselves in some other performative forms, such as Butoh, Noh, Peking opera or Indian classic dances… for example…  Of course, Chinese and Indian tradition have more complex procedure of putting makeup, or may I say, making precise ornaments on their faces…

mime_alphabet_book.jpgIllustration: Mime Alphabet Book by Nina & Cathy Gasiorowicz (1974)

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