ATELIER TEATRO FISICO PHILIP RADICE
Mime Arts Academy is a professional training program in the Art of Mime within the Philip Radice Physical Theater Atelier, under the artistic-didactic direction of Matteo Cionini.
It offers mime classes and mime workshops, and comprehensive professional training that combines the teachings of Corporeal Mime of Etienne Decroux, the Physical Theater of Jacques Lecoq and the Nouveau Mime developed over more than 15 years of artistic and pedagogical research by Matteo Cionini.
The program is designed primarily for people who want to have a comprehensive training in the Art of Gesture, providing tools for body acting, nonverbal communication, and the creation and devising of mimic-gestural works.
The combined method of Corporeal Mime, Physical Theater and Nouveau Mime enables the development of a personal and unique style, providing unique opportunities for further training, research and artistic development. The goal of the Mime Arts Academy is to offer comprehensive training that can open up professional opportunities in the performing arts internationally:
Provides tools and stimuli for writing and creating MiME performances and shows in any genre and style, with wide potential for international dissemination
Trains performers who are extremely versatile and capable of working in very different performance fields (Performance, Children’s Theater, Street Theater, Opera Theater, Figure Theater, Prose Theater, Clown…)
DURATION: 3 years (2 years + 1)
START: September 30, 2025
The Mime Arts Academy is a training program of about
300 hours annually:
- Nouveau Mime – basic course (one class per week, evening)
- Nouveau Mime – in-depth (one class per week, morning or afternoon)
- Corporeal Mime (one class per week, morning or afternoon)
- Introduction to Physical Theatre (one class per week, evening)
- Intensive thematic workshops. (one mandatory included in annual cost, others optional with 50% discount on registration fee)
- MimeLabs (Advanced Research and Experimentation Laboratories)
It is also possible to add one or more satellite courses, including ballet, contemporary dance, dance-theater , theater improvisation, feldenkrais, clown…
The most comprehensive training in the Art of Mime, to offer all the tools to be versatile performers, to experiment with different genres and find your own style and Art.
The MiME ARTS ACADEMY is an integral part of the educational offerings of Philip Radice’s Atelier Teatro Fisico.
Full schedules will be available soon!
For more information:
info@teatrofisico.com
3403521156
WHY MIME?
The Art of MiMO is an extremely diverse, creative, simple, inexpensive and “strategic” art.
Here are seven good reasons to choose it:
1. You can have everything without having anything
With MiME tools you can make the audience see sets, landscapes, endless objects and impossible creatures…
You don’t need sets to assemble and transport!
2. It is an international language
MiME is an Art that speaks beyond languages.
It is possible to tell universal stories that can be understood anywhere.
If you love to travel, with MiME you can take your Art all over the world!
3. It is a poor (and sustainable) art.
You don’t need money to create your own acts or shows.
You need time, dedication, care and love.
The Art of Mime is the poorest Art of all, but at the same time it is extremely rich. And it is undoubtedly the most sustainable!
4. His matter is the Essential
MiME has the opportunity to investigate and tell the essential dynamics of human beings in depth.
It is a fascinating and vast field of inquiry and allows us to really get to know each other.
With the words removed, what is left?
5. It is a versatile Art.
MiME is not a genre, nor is it a style-the stereotypical image we all have in our minds is just one of the endless possibilities!
MiME is an Art, and as such it embraces as many possible genres and as many styles as there are people who practice it.
6. It is a Cross-Cutting Art
The study of MiME is also the study of the body, its expressive and communicative possibilities.
MiME is an Art that can dialogue with other performing arts: circus, dance, drama, children’s theater, illusionism, theatrical improvisation, clown…
MiME can enrich and transform an Art, giving more creative and narrative possibilities, or it can totally merge with it giving birth to something new.
7. It is an inclusive Art.
MiMO can be an Art that breaks down language and hearing barriers!
It is a universal language that can unite deaf and hearing people, and people of all backgrounds.
CURRICULUM
The Mime Arts Academy offers a course structured on three main subjects (Nouveau Mime, Corporeal Mime and Physical Theater), to which intensive workshops and satellite courses are added according to a principle of flexibility and some personal autonomy, to enable all students to find their own way.
DURATION: 2 years + 1
The formula (2 + 1) allows people who attend MAAT to have in the two-year course a basic training in the three main subjects, and then decide to specialize in a third year in which the Nouveau Mime course deals with several different genres and performance areas (mime-dance, street mime, mime in children’s theater…) and more space is given to creation and any complementary studies.
The program is designed primarily for people who want to have a comprehensive training in the Art of Gesture, providing tools for body acting, nonverbal communication, and the creation and devising of mimic-gestural works.
The combined method of Corporeal Mime, Physical Theater and Nouveau Mime enables the development of a personal and unique style, providing unique opportunities for further training, research and artistic development. The goal of the Mime Arts Academy is to offer comprehensive training that can open up professional opportunities in the performing arts internationally:
- Provides tools and stimuli for the independent creation of performances and shows with wide potential for international touring
- Trains performers who are extremely versatile and capable of working in very different performance fields (Performance, Theater for Children, Street Theater, Opera Theater, Puppetry, Drama, Clown…)
DURATION: 3 years (2 years + 1)
START: October 2025
The Mime Arts Academy is a training program of about 300 hours per year:
- Nouveau Mime – basic course (one class per week, evening)
- Nouveau Mime – in-depth (one class per week, morning or afternoon)
- Corporeal Mime (one class per week, morning or afternoon)
- Introduction to Physical Theatre (one class per week, evening)
- Intensive thematic workshops. (one mandatory included in annual cost, others optional with 50% discount on registration fee)
It is also possible to add one or more satellite courses, including ballet, contemporary dance, dance-theater , theater improvisation, feldenkrais, clown…
The most comprehensive training in the Art of Mime, to offer all the tools to be versatile performers, to experiment with different genres and find your own style and Art.
The MiME ARTS ACADEMY is an integral part of the educational offerings of Philip Radice’s Atelier Teatro Fisico.
Full schedules will be available soon!
For more information:
info@teatrofisico.com
3403521156
WHY MIME?
The Art of MiMO is an extremely diverse, creative, simple, inexpensive and “strategic” art.
Here are seven good reasons to choose it:
1. You can have everything without having anything
Using gestures, actions, sounds and knowing the secrets of human perception you can make the audience see sets, landscapes, endless objects and impossible creatures…
You don’t need sets to assemble and transport!
2. It is an international language
MiME is an Art that speaks beyond languages.
It is possible to tell universal stories that can be understood anywhere.
If you love to travel, with MiME you can take your Art all over the world!
3. It’s poor art
(and sustainable)
You don’t need money to create your own acts or shows.
You need time, dedication, care and love.
The Art of Mime is the poorest Art of all, but at the same time it is extremely rich. And it is undoubtedly the most sustainable!
4. His matter is the Essential
MiME has the opportunity to investigate and tell the essential dynamics of human beings in depth.
It is a fascinating and vast field of inquiry and allows us to really get to know each other.
With the words removed, what is left?
5. It is a versatile Art.
MiME is not a genre, nor is it a style-the stereotypical image we all have in our minds is just one of the endless possibilities!
MiME is an Art, and as such it embraces as many possible genres and as many styles as there are people who practice it.
6. It is a Cross-Cutting Art
The study of MiME is also the study of the body, its expressive and communicative possibilities.
MiME is an Art that can dialogue with other performing arts: circus, dance, drama, children’s theater, illusionism, theatrical improvisation, clown…
MiME can enrich and transform an Art, giving more creative and narrative possibilities, or it can totally merge with it giving birth to something new.
7. It is an inclusive Art.
MiMO can be an Art that breaks down language and hearing barriers!
It is a universal language that can unite deaf and hearing people, and people of all backgrounds.
CURRICULUM
The Mime Arts Academy offers a course structured on three main subjects (Nouveau Mime, Corporeal Mime and Physical Theater), to which intensive workshops and satellite courses are added according to a principle of flexibility and some personal autonomy, to allow all students to experiment and find their own specificity.
DURATION: 2 years + 1
The formula (2 + 1) allows people who attend MAAT to have a basic training in the three main subjects in a two-year period, and then decide to specialize in a third year in which the Nouveau Mime course deals with several different genres and performance areas (mime-dance, street mime, mime in children’s theater…) and more space is given to creation and any complementary studies.
NOUVEAU MiME
Teacher: MATTEO CIONINI
Duration: 2 years + 1
Frequency: weekly or biweekly
DESCRIPTION
The fruit of more than 15 years of study and pedagogical research, the Nouveau Mime course offers a unique approach in the international arena. It conceives of MiME as a broad and varied Art, exploring all of its artistic potentialities: from realistic to more symbolic mime, from cartoon and dance mime to street mime or for children’s theater.
The program blends the millennial tradition of Gesture with influences from the Perception Psychology of the Gestalt, from the principles ofPictorial Art e Sculpturea to the study of Nonverbal Language and to the principles of Cartoon Animation.
Each student can easily find his or her own way and path.
The basic course (1 class per week) is complemented by the in-depth course, to deepen week by week the topics and techniques covered in the basic course.
The basic course also includes moments of audiovisual lessons in History of Mime from prehistory to the present day, with a broad and in-depth overview of the development of an Art that has always existed, and today’s trends, opportunities and artists around the world.
Year 1 topics
(drawing the world from life)
- Proprioception and body consciousness
- Isolations
- The Mimesis: reproduction of the world on stage
- Poiesis: manipulating the invisible to create objects and environments
- From neutral solid shapes to objects
- Principles of the psychology of perception applied to MiME
- Quality of movements and transitive properties
- Character creation and implementation of multiple characters
- Principles of pictorial portraiture applied to MiME
- Non-Verbal Storytelling
- Film editing and overcoming Aristotelian units
- Synthesis and Extreme Synthesis for universal narratives
- Conscious Use of Music on Stage
- Study of vocal sound effects
- Technical solutions for the use of audio on stage
Year 2 topics.
(Techniques for Extra-Ordinary and Overcoming Reality)
- Time Manipulation (Slow Motion, Fast Motion, Reverse, Repeat)
- Figurative mime and creative use of body parts
- Principles of Magical Realism on stage
- The Caricature Character: pictorial principles and practical applications
- Practical Elements of Audio Editing for the Scene
- Visual Playback
- Mime with Real Objects: fixed points, anarchic object movements, conflict
- Non-human characters: robots, automatons, puppets, NPC
- Final individual creations with creative and/or directorial mentoring
3rd Year topics
(Genres and Styles)
- Symbolic Mime
- Mime-Dance
- Mime with Verbal Narration
- Street Mime (study of techniques and practical applications in the street)
- Mime Cartoon (from Walt Disney’s 12 principles of animation)
- Tutoring in the development of a personal art project
Matthew Cionini
MAAT Artist, Lecturer and Artistic Director
Graduated in Disciplines of Art, Music and Performing Arts from the University of Bologna, graduated from the Advanced Course in Nouveau Cirque at the Bologna School of Theater “A. Galante Garrone” and from Performing Arts University Turin.
He specializes in the Art of Mime: since 2007 he has taken his shows to Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Holland, Croatia, UK, Mexico, Armenia, Thailand, Japan, Australia, Cuba…
His shows are performed in theaters, festivals, squares, schools, gardens, streets, auditoriums.
His experience as an artist ranges from mimic gestural theater to multimedia research theater, from children’s theater to street theater to traveling performances.
Since 2008, he has been leading workshops and annual courses in gestural theater and mime, collaborating with educational institutions from different fields: drama, magic, theatrical improvisation, and musicals.
Since 2015, he has been teaching the Mime and Pantomime course at Philip Radice’s Atelier Teatro Fisico.
Since 2023 He has been a member of the World Mime Organization and is the artistic director of the independent “LoveMime” festival.
@ instagram.com/matteo.cionini
CORPOREAL MIME
Lecturer: CARLOTTA BASSO
Duration: 2 years
Frequency: weekly
<< The way you give is worth more than what you give. So too, the way you walk is worth more than the goal, the way you pick is worth more than the flower…. >>
The technique created by Étienne Decroux is in principle self-sufficient; it provides the artist with a dilated body, which at times will carry the weight of the world and at others the very thin softness of a sheet.
It is a milestone for any artistic journey since, once fluent in this language, the person will have at his disposal a wise body (his scenic compass) and, at hand, the invisible immensity.
Decroux has made modern mimicry an art that can float like ballet and shake like a martial blow.
The goal is to arrive at a body consciousness that can live in a small gesture, a particular kind of walk, in the posture of a gentleman passing by us, but also in the way a cat moves or in the lightness of a falling leaf.
The course offers the study of the art of body mime according to the Étienne Decroux technique.
Basic principles of technique:
– Fixed and mobile base movements; progressive and digressive; in the lateral plane, in depth and in rotation
– Les triples dessins (the three so-called expressive elements: head, torso and trunk)
– Translations (bodily hierarchy)
– Compensations (bodily schizophrenia)
– Study of the arms and its three levels
– Fingers and hands (the positions and their symbolism)
– Dynamorhythms
– Weights and counterweights
– Playing styles (“Homme de Salon,” “Homme de Sport,” “Statuaire Mobile”)
– Marches in place and in motion
Repertoire:
– Dynamic figures (to put acquired knowledge into play)
– Repertoire of Étienne Decroux (such as “Le combat,” “L’usine” or “Le menuisier”)
– Improvisation and stage play
Carlotta Basso
Artist and Lecturer
A 2024 graduate of the École Internationale de Mime Corporel Dramatique in Paris, where she specialized in corporeal mime according to Étienne Decroux’s technique, she previously consolidated her foundations in Turin, Italy, at Philip Radice’s Atelier Teatro Fisico, attending the mime and pantomime course.
Over the past few years he has perfected his training by taking part in several stages including “Le théâtre Burlesque” with Jean-Claude Cotillard and “Le mime” with Benoît Turjman.
From 2022 to 2024 he was an active participant in the audience nights organized by the École Internationale de Mime Corporel Dramatique in Paris.
In 2024, from their collaboration with Luis Fernando Nicolosi, whom they met within the spaces of the school, they will give birth to the Hoya Collective, with which they will participate in several festivals and bring their creation to premiere at the “Théâtre Victor Hugo” in Paris, for the evening “La Nuit du Geste.”
Étienne Decroux technique remains basic foundation in his artistic activity, where the quality of movement and the intention behind each gesture are central elements for his constant expressive research in the field of body mime.
PHYSICAL THEATRE (approach)
Teacher: GIORGIA DELL’UOMO
Duration: 2 years
Frequency: weekly
It is a one-year course with the possibility of continuation for a second year, once a week, dedicated to those who want to approach physical theater from the principles of movement and gesture, with a path inspired by the pedagogy of the great French master Jacques Lecoq.
Through physical theater, the actor acquires the ability to express himself in all theatrical languages through the study of the universal dynamics of communication.
Being a basic training course, it is also suitable for those without previous experience who simply want to increase their communication skills and have greater awareness of their bodies and their expressive potential.
- Presence and use of space
- The neutral mask
- The dramatic crescendo
- The four elements and the animals
- The use of music on stage
- Study of a text
- Elements of directing and dramaturgy
- Item
Giorgia dell'Uomo
Artist and Lecturer
Graduated in 2012 from the University of Rome3 in Professional Community Educator with a thesis on the history of the clown in artistic and social contexts.
Enrolled in the third year of the School of Counseling with a Psychosynthetic orientation.
Graduate of the four-year program: Performing Art University Turin; at the Philip Radice Physical Theater Atelier. She is now a pedagogical assistant and teacher at Atelier Teatro Fisico.
Actress in the show “I progenitori” by Atelier Teatro Fisico, directed by Philip Radice (2014), clown at Circus Soluna, Slovenia, from June to September 2017. In 2018, together with Silvia Borello and Giulia Rabozzi, she founded The Clown Angels company, and in 2021 she debuted the clown and physical theater show “Bang Bang!”
in-depth WORKSHOPS
Lecturer: JACOPO TEALDI
Duration: 12 hours
Frequency: intensive (two or three days)
Each year the Mime Arts Academy training is enhanced by a thematic workshop curated by Jacopo Tealdi, a Turin-based artist with extensive international experience and an expert in the Art of Gesture and creative proprioception.
Workshops are an integral part of MAAT training and are mandatory.
Other thematic workshops with other masters are organized throughout the year: in these cases attendance is optional and people enrolled are entitled to a discount.
Workshop dates are currently being finalized.
For any information:
info@teatrofisico.com
3403521156
1. The Art of Gesture - Mime and Physical Theater to tell beyond words
A workshop that becomes an extraordinary journey through the art of gesture, mime and physical theater. In this intensive workshop led by expert Jacopo Tealdi, known as a wizard of the hands and a storyteller without words, you will discover
the enchantment of telling stories, emotions and thoughts beyond language barriers.
What You’ll Learn
- The Power of Gesture: You will discover how gesture can be a universal language for communicating emotions and concepts. You will learn how to harness the power of gesture to express deep thoughts and human connections without the use of words.
- Mime As Art: You will explore the classic techniques of mime and physical theater, learning to create engaging characters and stories using only your body and movement.
- Nonverbal Communication: You will deepen your understanding of nonverbal communication, gaining skills that can improve your ability to interpret the emotions of others and communicate more effectively.
- The Wordless Performance: You will put what you have learned into practice, creating meaningful and engaging performances that capture the audience’s attention without a single word.
Content of the Workshop
- Body Exploration: You will immerse yourself in body exploration, learning to recognize and use each part of your body as an expressive tool.
- Mime Techniques: You will receive an introduction to mime and physical theater techniques, learning how to create characters, actions and atmosphere with movement alone.
- Stories without Words: You will create and share meaningful stories using only the language of gesture, combining empathy and creativity.
- Authentic Communication: You will improve your ability to communicate authentically and without barriers, learning to convey emotions and messages in a deep and engaging way.
- Performance and Feedback: You will have the opportunity to perform without words and receive constructive feedback to sharpen your skills.
2. Mental Gymnastics - Exploring the Connection between Mind and Body.
Mental Gymnastics is an innovative workshop that offers a unique experience to explore and deepen the profound connection between mind and body through the study of the brain’s tactile perception during simple manual coordination exercises.
This revolutionary approach, developed by Jacopo Tealdi, known as #thathands, an experienced mime, actor, director and gesture researcher, is aimed at enhancing self-knowledge and living more intensely and consciously.
What You’ll Learn
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Mental Gymnastics: You will discover how the brain learns and perceives as it learns. We will explore the immediate and instinctive responses of the mind-body-emotions system during learning, shedding light on the relationship between these spheres
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Mind-Body Connection: Through a series of mindfulness and practical exercises, you will gain a deeper understanding of the relationship between mind and body. You will learn how to perceive and direct the flow of information between them.
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Theater Education: We will use theater education as a tool to express emotions, stimulate creativity and enhance body awareness.
- Manual Coordination: Through manual coordination exercises, you will refine your tactile perception and improve the connection between hands, brain and body.
Content of the Workshop
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Exploration of the Body: You will discover how the body and mind affect each other and learn how to use your body as a means of expressing thoughts and emotions.
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Mudra and Yoga for the Fingers: Experiment with yoga positions for the fingers, “mudras,” to improve your manual coordination and develop more refined tactile perception.
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Gestural Communication: We will use elements of Sign Language and theater games to practice gestural
communication and the ability to express oneself without the use of words. - Creative Performance: You will test your skills acquired during the workshop by participating in the creation of a unique performance.
Jacopo Tealdi
Artist and Lecturer
Jacopo Tealdi is an actor, mime, author, director and researcher.
Jacopo Tealdi is a surprising and innovative theater experience with his Manual Theater.
In this new performance genre, hands become storytellers, expressing emotions and creating memorable characters such as Mr. Piccolino, Prof. Luis Daimon and Lady Wanda.
Through a combination of mime, physical theater, commedia dell’arte, dance, dance-theater, visual sign, figure theater and stand-up comedy, Jacopo engages audiences in unique performances that have been applauded in Italy, Germany, Belgium, Portugal, Spain, Japan and Colombia. For those who wish to deepen his technique, he offers the workshops “Mental Gymnastics” and “The Art of Gesture,” dedicated to physical training and cognitive training.
Want more information, or schedule an interview (live or online) to get to know us better?
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But that’s not enough!
For those who have already completed a course of study, or for those who already have sufficient experience, there are other novelties:
Research and Experimentation Workshops on the Art of Mime.
They are designed to develop new ideas and concepts, solutions, find unexplored paths and expand the boundaries of this Art.
They are reserved for those who have already completed the two years of training with Matteo Cionini, but also open to any other persons suitable for training, ideas, predispositions.
The Mime Labs of the year 2025-2026 will be two:
Mime Lab #01: Mimodance
This workshop aims to deepen and investigate the boundary zone between Mime and Contemporary Dance/Theater Dance.
Just like in a chemical research laboratory, we are going to dose ingredients and make them react, causing explosions or changing color and substance to things.
- What happens when Mime enters the Dance?
- What happens when it is Dance that enters Mime?
- When does a danced movement become a telling gesture?
- What can we tell through a dance?
- How much can we warp a story while maintaining its comprehensibility?
- How much can we break down a story without losing it?
- Etc.
Mime Lab #02: Mime for Video
This workshop aims to explore the language of Mime in creating video content, especially for social. A totally new field of research, to be conducted through practical experiments and analysis of references and case studies.
It is possible that some work sessions (or parts of them) will take place outdoors (natural places, streets, squares…)
- performances filmed in the studio
- performances filmed in other specific locations
- urban performance/social experiments
- etc.
A rapid communication and exchange system will be set up to facilitate remote work (Whatsapp, Google Drive or similar).
