Mime Spoken Here by Tony Montanaro

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Mime Spoken Here by Tony Montanaro Tony Montanaro was a great performer and teacher of pantomime. He started out in the early 50’s as a performer who met up and worked with Marcel Marceau, and then came back to the States to continue to teach and perform. He started an amazing school in South Paris Maine in an old barn (later known as The Celebration Barn) where he taught some of the top “New Vaudeville” artists of the last 25 years. Tony passed away in 2003, and he was a fountain of energy and expertise up until he died. Tony’s genius as a teacher and performer was his simplicity and his complete commitment to the work. He could take any subject and improvise an amazing performance around it. While this book can’t possibly subsitute for taking a class with Tony, it’s chock full of his exercises, his thoughts, and his ideas. Short of going back in time and taking a class with Tony, this book (and the accompanying videotape, if you can find it) are the closest you can get to experiencing the magic that was Tony Montanaro.