Étienne Decroux to the Théâtre de l'Ange Fou
A Legacy of Corporeal Mime
Étienne Decroux to the Théâtre de l'Ange Fou
A Legacy of Corporeal Mime
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This book affords a rare first-hand insight into the dramaturgy, techniques and aesthetics of the father of modern mime from a pupil/practitioner perspective and thereby offers a better understanding of much 20th century theatre and art in general.
In this book, we are given unprecedented access to working with the father of modern mime, Étienne Decroux, through the first-hand experiences of his student and assistant, Corinne Soum. She offers insights into her time working as Decroux's student then assistant, from analysing his work and his multiple approaches to improvisation to her promise to him to continue his legacy - a legacy that has now been in existence for over 40 years.
This is essentially thanks to Corinne Soum and her partner, Steven Wasson, also previously an assistant of Decroux's, and their relentless focus on the transmission of Decroux's 60-year project of establishing and developing corporeal mime technique.
We see that promise and that legacy in practice, from Soum and Wasson's teaching at The Étienne Decroux School and their founding of the company Le Théâtre de l'Ange Fou to major reconstructions of Decroux's repertoire.
Supplementing Soum's own first-hand experiences is a contributed essay by Steven Wasson, as well as an interview by her and Wasson with ex-student Marcel Marceau on the subject of Étienne Decroux. A contextual introduction also helps situate Decroux and corporeal mime in the wider theatre landscape of the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Table of Contents
Just Like Water… Preface by George Mascarenhas
1. My Steps on the way to Etienne Decroux
2. A Little History of a Great Transmission or Simplon's Tunnel
3. Decroux the Ungraspable or Different Categories of Acting –Man of Sport,
Man in the Drawing Room, Mobile Statuary, Man of Reverie
4. Improvisation at the School of Etienne Decroux, 1978–1981/ 1982–1984
5.The Role of the Voice and Spoken Text in Etienne Decroux's Corporeal
Mime and in the Creative Work of the Théâtre de l'Ange Fou
6. Teaching: A Promise to Eternity, Living with Etienne and Suzanne
Decroux
7. Continuing
8. The Man Who Preferred to Stand: Our Most Beautiful Promise
9. Marcel Marceau
10. London to Wisconsin and How We Are Persevering
Addendum: My Road to the Valley Studio by Steven Wasson
Members of the Théâtre de l'Ange Fou 1985 –2025
Acknowledgments
The Repertoire of Pieces by Etienne Decroux
A Few Aphorisms from Etienne Decroux on the Practice of Corporeal Mime
Bibliography
Index
Product details
| Published | 12 Nov 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 240 |
| ISBN | 9781350468436 |
| Imprint | Methuen Drama |
| Illustrations | 20 b & w |
| Series | Theatre Makers |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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