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Cahier de gammes
Cahier de gammes, daily exercises for mime
Created by Jennyfer Desbiens and Tania Hernández, the Cahier de gammes, daily exercises for mime offers a detailed exploration of movement analysis rooted in the tradition of corporeal mime.
Like a musician’s scales, these exercises do not claim to encompass the entire art of mime. They offer a vocabulary and tools for developing precision, body awareness and an understanding of movement. The workbook was designed in particular to help mimes practise at home, make this approach more accessible to newcomers, bring together knowledge from different schools and demystify material that can seem daunting at first.
Throughout its pages, readers encounter inclinations, rotations, rétablis, translations, contredites, compensations, footwork, curves, undulations, turns, pivots and other studies, accompanied by explanations and numerous illustrations of the body in motion.
Tania Hernández and Jennyfer Desbiens are pleased to make this workbook available free of charge to support the discovery, practice and transmission of corporeal mime.