Henryk tomaszewski biography of william shakespeare
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The grand notion of the ‘Polish School of Mime’ is simultaneously true and misleading. Truly deserving of this notion is the unique phenomenon of Henryk Tomaszewski's Wroclaw Mime Theatre.
In the early fifties his creative genius led him to the discovery of the principles of classical mime – almost simultaneously with, yet independently from Étienne Decroux.
Henryk tomaszewski biography of william shakespeare
However, anyone wishing to learn or to study mime in Poland would not find a single institution in which this strange subject is taught.
This paradoxical situation is intensified by the fact that a mime's life in Poland is not easy, and sometimes even risky, given the lack of demand for this kind of artistic activity here.
Admitting to being a mime arouses either a faintly compassionate smile or frank astonishment: ‘A mime!? What's that?’ And yet in the same country the notion of an actor causes the opposite reaction: admiration and respect for the profession, even in the case of talentless individuals who wait years for a bit