Summary: Learn how to practice mime weight lift in this free mime practice lesson video from our expert mime and professional theme park performer.
Mark Wenzel first appeared at a public park in San Diego, juggling, unicycling, mimicking the passersby and passing the hat. He quickly became a popular street performer. Mark made his...read more
"Same thing with the weights, if you go down and you grab it you grab each time slowly. Now go up on your heels, on your toes put your heels in the air it makes it like you're picking up the weights. When you actually pick them up practice everything in slow motion, when it comes down you realize now I have the weight on me. But practice it in slow motion if you do everything real fast you'll loose track of the illusion, you loose track of how you're handling objects. It's very very important to do everything in slow motion once you got it here then you can think I look over here, I look over here I'll look to the audience. It is always important to practice everything in very slow motion so then you got it, so once again even if it's a simple gesture of waving. Always practice it in very slow motion"