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Renaissance of mime

AdministratorNovember 10, 2013

For many, English comic Rowan Atkinson killed mime forever with his mimic of a Marcel Marceau character saying “My body is my tool”. Mime has fallen on hard times. Now, though, thanks to a Belgian, the art of making people laugh with what you express through gestures rather than words - is enjoying a come-back in the country where it all began. As John Laurenson reports from Paris.

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