Marking the 12th death anniversary of ‘Master of Mime’ Marcel Marceau, Bangladesh Mime Federation organised a three-day mime workshop from Sunday on the premises of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) in Segun Bagicha of the capital.
Conducted by Bangladesh Mime Federation chairman Zahid Repon, the workshop will run from 7pm to 10pm until September 24.
Marcel Mangel was born in March 22, 1923, in Strasbourg, NE France. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and with Etienne Decroux. In 1948 he founded the Compagnie de Mime.
Marcel Marceau, developing the art of mime, becoming himself the leading exponent. His white-faced character, Bip, based on the 19th-century French Pierrot, a melancholy vagabond, is famous for his appearances on stage and television throughout the world.
Among the many original performances, he devised the mime-drama ‘Don Juan’ (1964), and the ballet ‘Candide’ (1971). He also created about 100 pantomimes, such as ‘The Creation of the World’. In 1978 he became head of the Ecole de Mimodrame Marcel Marceau.
Marcel Marceau died on September 22, 2007 in Cahors, France.
