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The Mime Centre
will be offering a ten-week course
in Helsinki.
With classes Monday through Friday from 9.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m., the syllabus
encompasses the following subjects.
Curriculum:
Expressive mime
The Adam Darius method of expressing thought and feeling through the entire
body, preparing the actor for a total approach to physical theatre.
Illusionary mime
The illusionary depiction of action and event through the precise definition
of gesture, providing a basis for physical comedy.
Commedia dell'arte
A study of the bygone Italian theatre peopled by such enduring characters
as Harlequin, Columbine and Pierrot.
Make-up
The technique of fantasy and surreal make-ups.
Voice production
Extending the dramatic flexibility of the voice for text and choric chants.
Acting
From poetry reading, to improvisation to scene study, an interior approach
to text based theatre.
Ballet & Contemporary Jazz
A basic training enabling the student to develop the necessary physical
suppleness and co-ordination.
Creative workshops
With the student's own choice of theme, movement and sound, the world of
physical theatre is further investigated.
Enrolment
for The Mime Centre course
27th September - 3rd December
limited to 25, has now begun.
For further information,
please contact:
Kazimir Kolesnik at:
Phone: +358 9 44 80 56
Address: The Mime Centre
Runeberginkatu 17 B 25
00100 Helsinki
Finland
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a unique theatrical training ground
Courses in 2007 to be announced
Fee: 795.00 euros
Adam Darius: Director
Kazimir Kolesnik: Associate Director
The Mime Centre is a unique theatrical training
ground for students from all quarters of the globe. It benefits many different
categories of people, all of whom find their lives permanently enriched
as a result. There are students interested in becoming actors, singers,
dancers, mime artists or clowns. There are others wishing to work in remedial
teaching or with the disabled and emotionally disturbed. And there are
those, who, in search of themselves, find the entire period an invaluable
time of self-exploration.
The Mime Centre offers a rare opportunity to study a diversity of theatre
arts under one roof during the entire period of training. The subjects
taught include expressive mime, illusionary mime, commedia dell'arte, make-up,
voice production, acting, ballet and creative workshops.
The purpose of Adam Darius's expressive mime technique is to develop the maximum expressiveness
in all performing artists. As such, every student is related to on a one
to one basis so that his or her latent abilities can be subsequently discovered
and nurtured. The results of this training have been extraordinary, not
only for the minority of students who enter the course with already cultivated
skills, but also for the student who arrives with little or no training
and/or feelings of inhibition. All students blossom in the atmosphere of
careful correction and positive encouragement.
Kazimir Kolesnik brings
to The Mime Centre not only the variety of his teaching skills, but also
the versatility of his original musicanship.
Successful Students
London
Some successful students who have benefitted from The Mime Centre training
in London include such illustrious names as
rock star
Kate Bush
actors
Warren Mitchell, Tom Courtenay,
Kate Beckinsale, Clarke Peters and Jennifer Beals.
Helsinki
Since courses started in Helsinki in 1994, students who have completed
the Mime Centre course have since been accepted for study or employment
at the following prestigious academies or theatre and television companies.
Central School of Speech and Drama, London
Drama Studio, London
FST Television, Finland
Finnish National Ballet School, Helsinki
Laban Centre, London
Les Miserables, Finnish production
National Drama Academy, Prague
Raatikko Dance Company, Helsinki, Finland
Rent, Finnish production
Theatre Academy, Helsinki
Theatre Academy, Swedish department, Helsinki
Theatre Academy, dance department, Helsinki
Swedish Theatre, Helsinki
Important information
The course takes place at The Alexander Theatre,
Bulevardi 23- 27, 00180 Helsinki, Finland
(Tel: 09-1692386)
Students of The Mime Centre must be at least 17 years of age. Though no
previous training is required, all applicants must share a total seriousness
of purpose.
Housing is the responsibility of the student though The Mime Centre will
be as helpful as possible in facilitating any student's search for accommodation.
Foreign students should, when passing through customs, present this brochure
as well as their letter of acceptance.
Each course is complete in itself, not sequential with any other throughout
the year.
Diplomas are awarded to students who have successfully completed the course.
Track suits or tights and leotards should be worn in class with bare feet
or jazz shoes suggested.
Students are expected to have a working knowledge of English, the language
in which the classes are taught.
The Alexander Theatre
Helsinki's Alexander Theatre, completed in 1879, has served as the home
of opera and ballet since its first production in 1880. With its over century-old
tradition of great performances, this famous building now hosts The Mime
Centre with its roster of international students.
info@mimecentre.com
 Mime Centre application form
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