Digging in Mime

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Part of the video series: Mime Basics: Acting Tips and Techniques

Summary: Learn how to dig in mime in this free circus performance video from our expert mime performer and director.

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By Pat Fenda
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Pat Fenda (aka Mimi the Mime) toured with the Magic Mountain Mime troupe and the Dr. Tom & Seus Mime Theater, and directed the Homemade Mime Troupe of South Carolina. She was awarded a...read more

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"Let's get to work in the garden. We're going to take a shovel. Now, remember a shovel. We're going to put our hand under this way and then other hand up this way, and we're ready to dig for our flowers. Actually, we're going to plant something larger. There's 2 actions to digging similar to eating an apple. I have to put the apple into my mouth. I have to put the shovel into the sand or dirt. I have to put the dirt on the shovel and then throw it away. Here we go. Dig into the dirt, onto the shovel, throw it away, and of course, we can't make it look just really simple. We have to add that facial expression. Make it tough. Now, after we've done that 3 times, everybody knows we're digging and we can pile away. I'm getting that tree in the ground."

eHow Article: Digging in Mime