About SFMT
For years The School for Mime Theatre has been creating a unique environment for mimes, actors and dancers to come together in a spirit of disciplined and playful exploration for the sake of creating vibrant new works for the theatre. The School for Mime Theatre evolved from the creation, by Gregg Goldston, of The Goldston School for Mmes, a center for mimes to work on the development of their performance skills along with the creation of writing and construction methods that would advance the art form. This fertile laboratory was guided by the vision of Goldston, C. Nicholas Johnson & Deborah Wasserman, to become one of the most vital ongoing centers for Mime in the Americas. Throughout Goldston’s and Johnson’s tenure at the helm, guest artists Marcel Marceau and Stefan Niedzialkowski frequently held seminars as a part of the summer sessions. The School for Mime Theatre of today, continues this mission to sustain a vital center where artists can work in a non-competitive environment where faculty, with students, live and work together as a company, creating and furthering the development of the art form and their artistic directions. Classes are taught in the techniques of Marcel Marceau, Etienne Decroux and the unique skills evolved throughout the years of teaching, creating and performing by the staff, heavily influenced by the work of Gregg Goldston and C. Nicholas Johnson. The current faculties research spans the breadth of mime and physical theatre from all over the world. Housing is a short walk from the Bolton theatre and dance studio where we produce our shows and hold our classes. Units are single room quads with a shared bath and kitchen in a lovely, secluded, wooded area of the Kenyon College campus. Linen service is provided and a short walk leads to the village center with bank, grocery, and bookstore and recreation center. The new athletic center is available to students and faculty and affords use of an Olympic swimming pool, weight room and sauna. Tennis courts are nearby. Travel by air is easiest if you arrive at Columbus International Airport, Columbus, Ohio. It is about a 45-mile drive from there to the campus of Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. Shuttle pick up at the airport can be arranged through the School for Mime Theatre for $35.00 one-way. Late arrivals are $50.00. Taxi fare from the airport costs $80.00 + one-way. Upon acceptance into the 2010School for Mime Theatre Seminar, you will be contacted to discuss your travel plans, and will need to complete a short travel plan survey.
For Information about Youth Seminars of the School for Mime Theatre please Contact:
Diane Shew at (740) 599-9981 or by email at: dshew@wastealternatives.net.
Our History
The School for Mime Theatre evolved from the creation, by Gregg Goldston, of The Goldston School for Mmes, a center for mimes to work on the development of their performance skills along with the creation of writing and construction methods that would advance the art form. This fertile laboratory was guided by the vision of Goldston, C. Nicholas Johnson & Deborah Wasserman, to become one of the most vital ongoing centers for Mime in the Americas. The School for Mime Theatre of today, continues this mission as a center where artists can work in a non-competitive environment where faculty, with students, live and work together as a company, creating and furthering the development of the art form and their artistic directions. The School for Mime Theatre has been creating a unique environment for mimes, actors and dancers to come together in a spirit of disciplined and playful exploration for the sake of creating vibrant new works for the theatre.
In the summer of 2010 we will be commemorating the 30th consecutive summer of Mime at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. Watch for more information about special commemorative events as the New Year arrives.