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"Out Of My Mime" combines several movement styles into a stunning
program of mime, clowning and masks. Using contemporary and
classical music--as well as the occasional spoken word--Barker
creates an evening of separate vignettes, ranging from slapstick comedy
to satire and compelling drama. "Out Of My Mime" includes performances
of "Blockhead," a mask creature inspired by the famous mask troupe
Mummenschanz, in which Barker rearranges his facial expression with
the help of the audience. There is also "Daydreamer," the story of a
mild-mannered bookworm with a penchant for fantasy and "The Bad
Hair Day," a comic look at a common daily frustration. Barker, an
alumnus of the Claude Kipnis Mime Theatre in New York, and founder
of the Aurora Mime Theatre in Arizona, has performed his mime show
throughout the United States, Mexico and Shanghai since 1977 in a
variety of venues including theatres, colleges, schools, malls, parks
and prisons. He has been featured in several television commercials
and publications. "Out Of My Mime" can be performed in just about any
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"Mr. Barker is the star of the evening and his
animations and expressions are unpretentious
and uncomplicated. This purity allows the
audience to concentrate on the content of the
action, to really feel what he is doing without
the help of words. This makes mime an
art all ages can enjoy. Anyone who has
seen Mummenschanz will be glad to know
that `Blockhead' is a takeoff on cube heads
and cloth to form faces and creatures.
It is by far the funniest sketch . . .
a wonderful performer."
---Princeton Spectrum
“…a rare artist able to create a magical
atmosphere as well as a unique chemistry
with (the) audience.”
--- Evdokimos Tsolakidis, Artistic Director,
Theater of Changes, Athens Greece "He is brilliant, both in his conception and
realization of his pieces---most particularly in
`Menace,' where he unsuccessfully fights off
a manic persona and in `Face It' with an
almost endless variety of invisible masks."
---Phoenix Gazette
“…a magnificent performance…superb”
---Daniel Nagrin, pioneer of Modern Dance
“…his Americanized change (of) mask brings
the audience limitless suspense and surprise.”
---Shanghai Theatre Magazine
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WORKSHOPS
Mime workshops are available for adult, college and school-age students. Any open space with a level floor is suitable. Possible activities include:
Isolation Scale
Classic Illusions
Pantomime
Figurative Mime
Mask Theatre
Slapstick
Creating Pieces
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