Mime Schools in Paris

Educational tours are very common in Paris and families who are visiting the city especially during summer vacations and winter breaks are often encouraged to enroll their children in an educational program to make their time in Paris more exciting. There are several tours geared towards children; but some schools, most especially mime and drama schools, hold special short courses geared towards adults who want to study the art of mimodrama.

The mimes which we are more familiar with are often funny looking characters wearing black and white striped suits and their faces painted pale white, but the mimes often found in Paris' top mime schools are actually very different from how they are portrayed in pop culture. Real mimes are not limited to wearing funny clothing and contrary to pop culture, are not limited to street performances.

The life of a mime is actually very fun and exciting, and in Paris, you can find them in stage theaters, as well as in carnivals and museum events. Like most occupations, if you want to become a mime, you must undergo half a year to almost a year of intensive training in a mime school where you where learn playing in stage plays, theaters, and in musical performances. You must also learn the two popular types of mime techniques, namely the Marceau Technique and the Decroux Technique.

There are several mime colleges located in the heart of Paris that are open to foreigners, tourists and foreign exchange students all year round. If you plan to learn the art of miming, these schools are where to learn them:

Ecole Internationale de Mimodrame de Paris Marcel Marceau
17, Rue René Boulanger
75010 PARIS

One of Paris' most popular schools, the Marcel Marceau Paris International School of Mimodrama as it is called in English, teaches both methods of theatrical mime. The school opened in 1978 and has since gained tremendous amounts of support from foreign mimodrama schools.

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Ecole Internationale de Mime Corporel Dramatique
10 ter, rue Bisson
F - 75020 Paris

The Ecole Internationale de Mime Corporel Dramatique offers summer workshops for two weeks starting on the 2nd of July until the 14th. If you are coming at the later end of the year, you may participate in a stage event for beginners and advanced students.

Hippocampe Corporeal Mime
2, Passage de la Fonderie
75011 Paris

The Hippocampe school offers year-long instruction in mime and also caters to students 18 years and old and above, with or without prior theater experience. Workshops are also held during the months of June and July: the first workshop is on the 25th of June till the 6th of July and the second workshop is scheduled on the 9th of July till the 13th.

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