48TH EDITION *1994
CURTIS, PAUL JAMES, mime; b. Boston, Aug. 29, 1927; s. Lawrence D. and Madeleine Maria (Schwager) C. Studied with Erwin Piscator, 1947-49. Founder, tchr. Am. Mime Theater, N.Y.C., 1952--; founder Am. Mime, Inc. N.Y.C., 1970--, Internat. Mimes & Pantomimists, 1972-74; chmn. mime dept. Am. Acad. Dramatic Arts, N.Y.C., 1956-71; sr. lectr. Cornell U., Ithaca, N.Y., 1969-89; instr. mime Bennington (Vt.) Coll., Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Mass., Ohio U., Austin Coll., Goodman Sch. Drama, Chgo., Pace U., N.Y.C., Hunter Coll., N.Y.C., Met. Opera Ballet Sch., N.Y.C., New Sch. Social Rsch., N.Y.C., Gene Frankel Theater Workshop, N.Y.C., Guggenheim Mus., N.Y.C., Johns Hopkins U., Balt., Am. Conservatory Theater, San Francisco, Circle in Sq. Theater Sch., N.Y.C., Sarah Lawrence Coll., N.Y., D'Youville Coll., N.Y., Lincoln Sch., Calif., Fairleigh Dickinson U., N.J., Stockton State Coll. N.J., Rutgers U., New Brunswick, N.J., The Leonardols, Paris. With USN, 1944-46. Author: (textbook) American Mime, the Medium, 1952, (plays) The Pinball Machine, 1953, Fate, 1953, The Tell Tale Heart, 1953, Escapade, 1953, The Demon Lover, 1953, Of Identity, 1953, Once Upon An Island, 1954, Monolotry, 1954, The Triple Goddess, 1954, The Western, 1954, Improvisation, 1955, Presentation, 1955, Eden, 1956, Abstraction, 1956, Commedia, 1956, Dreams I, 1958, The Scarecrow, 1962, Dreams II, 1962, The Godstuff, 1962, The Lovers, 1963, Birds, 1965, Female, 1967, Light, 1968, Hurly-Burly, 1969, Evolution, 1973, Sludge, 1974, Six, 1975, Work in Progress, 1976, Abstraction, 1977, The Unitaur, 1982, Peepshow, 1988, Pageant, 1989, Music Box, 1991. Mem. AEA, AFTRA, Nat. Movement Theater Assn.
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