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Nathan Rc By KAREN M. HANNON Chronicle Staff Writer Mime artist Nathan Ross ?peman has used his experience in the theater to articulate his Ideas in an art form that he says | probably dates back to a time [ ? : wiuiv iwvwiucu nisiory. faiFormcrly of Philadelphia,. rFreeman came to Winston-Salem Ifrom Wilmington, where he per! formed and taught mime for the oky's Department of Recreation ; aid in the county school system. I tWhile in Wilmington, Freeman Xprmed Montage Mime Comfcay, made up of five professional mimes. The troupe performed .at the Community Arts . [Center in Wilmington and at other civic functions. !S*Freeman says he often uses his I [Cedent in therapeutic cases. He j has conducted mime seminars I : and workshops in movement lUerapy for special populations, I fflcluding special education * classes for socially and cmoI | tionally disturbed adolescents. I L'<4Mime is not just good for P . 2^^WW r f ? '!^v8li%y ''''4ii. ' $ ifr Zyfffl. ij I- .;> g o?J x < ^WF 7 ^fe- / ;JF * - ! Ss-' " fts V , < "'- ? s *0fHM fl 7i V 3 IS 15SSI5 \i r *1986. J C P*on?y Company inc. ll % . , j ?ss Freemai those who arc inhibited physically. It's also good for people who are inhibited emotionally," he . says. "Mime is a very articulate art form. It has influenced ballet and other art forms. It's a form of discipline." Freeman says that mime has . educational, cultural and entertainment uses and that it teaches and develops communication, physical conditioning and: discipline. "Most of my exercises deal with isolation, coordination and manipulation techniques," he says. "Many people think a mime is a clown with a white face that ; 1 juggics on a street corner/" Freeman says. "A mime isn't always a clown. A mime isn't a mimic. A mime is an actor who takes a situation and acts it out with full use of body language and facial expressions. "A mime must be able to create an entire world within the space wheje he stands," says Freeman. But creating an en k x J v 8' m + * * :- - :::>-y<- - : - I::''-'::;"'^: -:j ; v'jjj^gfl >6u 5 i makes hir v/^i V v ? Nathan Ross Freeman, playwr Carolina Black Repertory Comp mime. tire world in mime is not something new for Freeman. He says he originally came to W/inctnn.Calom tr\ ?n 1 /\tf tt uhiviii W VI1JUJ 111^ U|/* portunity of being the first resident playwright for the North Carolina Black Repertory Comrdd Nl I ' . I J? f> I Ijiv' rvv>. I t&iookin nself heard ight in residence for the North >any, demonstrates the magic of pany, where his job is to create entire worlds. "1 use mime as another form of authorship,'* Freeman says. "It's ah opposite spectrum of playwriting, where I write using body language instead of words. %t3 muMn*uaMk ! - * ' ,i?< ? 4*U to I u pofw-1' " ?*T'. ., I |l & ^ **> Hf :,. ^ |||^ ^BPf|l?^:. v, . ipp^ IP tjgA. ,> .. . ; ; -v < *v ^ mfw^^ I a? iMBsfai-r jBp ?vw" %M * \JM ii^l - - ; '<dH yjH . ! , -^^M M -. >;-. -.'fJfligisa^W gsmarfc JCI Wins* The Chronicle, with a quie "As a playwright, mime helps me write plays that use body language as non-verbal dialogue. It develops my awareness for the importance of the body for communication. As an actor, mime helps my self-awarenesst and I'm better able to communicate in everyday situations. It's also good physical conditioning. Mime makes you feel less inhibited." Each part of the body, Freeman says, is an expressive element in mime, and he says, "When I teach mime, each part of the body has to be independently expressive." Traihed at the Bushfire Theatre Company in Philadelphia, Freeman believes that mime is more than an art. He calls it a power. "Imagine that in the space that you occupy, you can go anywhere you want to and experience anything," he says. "It's portable. I call it an art form without additives and preservatives. A mime has to be able to create DStiUUyiSiUSEJA 4C JF All 1 and Purep< 14K bai & 25% oft " , Ourem weddin kk crafted ML Avallab* J?w?lry Jewelry IKL ' Parcanfc regular i Sala prl< Dom nc 9^gf)6 Penn dn-Satem, Hanes Mall 768t2S \ > Thursday, July 17, 1986-Page A7 t art form everything in the scene, including a wall, a glass, a door. There has to be a relationship between the body and the emotions that is intense and direct.*' Looking ahead, Freeman has plans to make mime more popular in the Triad area. His plans include starting a mime troupe in this area. "I would love to develop a profMCinnal min?? wwiwiiiu UUUW UUU|JC 1UI 111" dividuals who are seriously interested and want to work hard," he says. 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