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Samuel Avital is a mime artist. He has also taught kinesthetic awareness[1] and Kabbalah.[2]

He was born in Sefrou, near Fez in the Atlas Mountains in Morocco.[3] He moved to a kibbutz in Israel when he was fourteen.[4][5] From 1958 he studied dance and drama at the Sorbonne in Paris, and also mime under Étienne Decroux, Marcel Marceau and Jean-Louis Barrault.[2]

He moved to the United States, and in 1971 started a school of mime, Le Centre du Silence, in Boulder, Colorado, where an annual international summer mime workshop was held.[5]

Books

Avital has published books including:[6]

References

  1. ^ Evenson, Jane (2001). "The ultimate object: Overcoming self-created obstacles through mime". Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies. 5 (2): 101–109. doi:10.1054/jbmt.2000.0220.
  2. ^ a b Brown, Larry (December 30, 1983). "Mime's Silent World Enhances Creativity, Increases Honesty". Rocky Mountain News. Denver, CO.
  3. ^ Gallo, William (September 26, 1971). "Avital, Elfin Apostle of Silence". Rocky Mountain News. Denver, CO.
  4. ^ Sklarew, Myra. "Space, Silence and Kabbala". The National Jewish Monthly (February 1976).
  5. ^ a b Nellhaus, Arlynn (November 20, 1985). "Boulder Mime Invites Audience Truly to Get Into the Act". The Denver Post.
  6. ^ Results page: "Samuel Avital". WorldCat. Accessed June 2022.
  7. ^ "The Mime Workbook". American Libraries. 9 (3): 178. 1978.
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