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ARTS
Tuesday, May 22, 1984

The Michigan Daily

Page 8

Marcel Marceau speaks

By Lou Fintor
and Susan Makuch
IT'S NO coincidence that Marcel
Marceau views the spoken word with
apprehension. He says: "words are
dangerous, I love. silence for that
reason."
Marceau was eager to speak,
however, when the subject focused on
Ann Arbor's premiere Summer
Festival - where he will share his
mastery of mime with 60 aspiring
young students from across the United
States, Canada, and Japan.
"No art can sustain itself without
school," the Frenchman quipped,
"nothing is created by man out of
genius only."
Marceau shudders at the suggestion
that he alone created the art of pan-
tomime. "Mime has existed for 2,000
years. I didn't invent it," he said.
On the other hand, Marceau does
credit himself with dusting off an art
form that died following the First World
War: "It takes a man of great maturity
to ressurect an art form ... I decided to
ressurect the art of mime from
previous masters."
But being founding father of the
world's one and only school of pan-
tomime based in Paris isn't enough for
Marceau. "I should have a foot
somewhere, even if I have both feet in
Europe, I should have at least an ar-
tificial foot here," he said.
During the two-week seminar, pupils
Blues duo
By Mike Fisch
S PENCER BOHREN and Peter
Madcat Ruth, both play music with
heart, intensity, soul and whatever else
incredible musical talent fused with in-
dividuality calls for. As solo acts both
have put on wild performances, but the
two together? Well, there's just no
telling exactly what will happen. Two
talented musicians, plus intensity, and
good audience rapport equals a show
that should knock down the house.
Bohren a singer/guitarist got his first
taste of music at the age of four, singing
gospel for the congregation. A lot of ex-
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will find a master who does not reward
imitation. Originality is the basis for in-
terpretation, according to Marceau.
"I don't want students to imitate me,
I want good mime," he advises.
"When an art form develops it goes in
several separate directions ... Dance is
tunesu
perience in playing the blues came
from years spent as a street musician
and in bands like Lothar and the hand
People.
After a spell which involved a lot of
club work Bohren went solo in 1975. His
music began leaning more towards the
country blues style to which he had
originally been attracted.
Bohren has performed with some of
the country's foremost touring artists
including Muddy Waters, Eric Burdon
(The Animals), McGuinn and Hillman
(The Byrds), The Nitty Gritty Dirt
Band, John Prine, Garland Jeffries and
Levon Helm.
As for Peter "Madcat" Ruth, if you
haven't heard his harmonica wizardry
you're cheating yourself. Madcat,
who harkens from our own Ann Arbor,
came to the city in 1970. Since then he
has toured both with groups*and as a
solo act. He has played with two rock
bands, New Heavenly Blue, and Sky
King both of which were signed at one
time with major record labels. He has
also played with Dave Brubeck as part
of the Dave Brubeck Band on four of the
band's albums.
Said Brubeck, "Madcat has got to be
one of the great jazz soloists in terms of
getting anaudience. He's got that
magical quality. "
Don't be surprised when you see
Madcat's mug on the packaging of the
Hohner Harmonica. In Harmonica cir-
cles the man's a symbol of greatness.
Spencer Bohren and Madcat. Now
that's a realduet.

an art of movement and elevation,
mime is an art of attitude."
For those moving the direction of
pantomime, the path to perfection can
be difficult. He is quick to point out that
of the approximately 35 students who
embark on his International School of
Mime's three-year program, only about
12 complete their studies.
"Mime is not putting on a white face
and imitating gestures, it comes from
the soul," he explained.
Marceau credits his mentors - the
likes of Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton,

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy - with
instilling a deep appreciation for the art
of silence.
"Charlie Chaplin was a genius
because he was the first to create pan-
tomime on film . . . he's my hero," the
artist revealed.
Marceau did not limit his discussion
to art alone, but incorporated the
restlessness of the times with the goals
for his seminar students... "I want the
kids in these seminars to go into the
building of themselves."


A selection of campus film
highlights
All of Me
(Carl Reiner, 1984)
A free sneak preview of the new
Steve Martin/Lily Tomlin movie.
Martin plays a lawyer who discovers
that the spirit of one of his deceased
clients has come to inhabit half of his
body. (Tuesday, May 22; Lorch, 8:00)
Campus.
FilIms
BlackboardJungle
(Richard Brooks, 1955)
Starring Sidney Poitier, this adap-
tation of Evan Hunter's novel tells the
tale of a public school teacher who
finds that by respecting his students
they will come to respect him as well.
(Wednesday, May 23; MLB 3,7:30)
Raging Bull
(Martin Scorsese,1980)
Robert DeNiro stars as Jake
Lamotta, middleweight boxing
champion of the world. The film
delves into the decline of the boxer as
well, when he realizes he is no longer
the same man he was. (Wednesday,
May 23; Michigan Theatre, 9:30)

A Streetcar Named Desire
(Elia Kazan, 1951)
Marlon Brando is Stanley Kowalski,
a lower middle-class man who comes
into conflict with his deluded sister-in-
law, Blanche DuBois, played by
Vivien Leigh. Not to be confused with
the John Belushi remake. (Friday,
May 25; MLB3,7:30)
Rhinoceros
(Tom O'Horgan, 1973)
Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel are
characters in this absurdist portrait
of human tendencies. Wilder plays a
man who resists following the bizarre
trend of changing oneself into a
rhinoceros. Mostel is his over-
bearing pseudo-intellectual friend.
(Friday, May 25; MLB 4, 7:30)
Spartacus
(Stanley Kubrick, 1962)
Kirk Douglas, Charlton Heston,
Tony Curtis, and Charles Laughton
star in this epic portrayal of the
Roman slave revolt. Douglas plays
the title role. (Saturday, May 26;;
Lorch, 7:30)
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
(Alfred Hitchcock,h1941)
Imagine what happens when a
husband and wife discover that they
are actually not married due to a
technical error. Carole Lombard and
Robert Montgomery star, and after
all, it is a Hitchcock. (Sunday, May
27; Michigan Theatre, 7:45)

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