What does pantomime mean?

Mime is a kind of drama that only uses actions and expressions to express the plot without dialogue and singing.

The word "pantomime" comes from Greek, meaning "imitator". Mime has a long history. In the 3rd century BC, there were pantomime performances in Rome. Modern pantomime originated from French pantomime master De Bro, who created a character named Billerau and arranged a series of pantomime works around him. In China, pantomime became an independent comedy form, which was borrowed from the West in the early 1980s.

Since 1980s, some playwrights have used pantomime to express reality. For example, Hunan Theatre Company's "All Living Things" has been staged for nearly a hundred times. 1987 1 went to hong kong to attend the first kwai tsing art festival, and the response was good. Besides, there is another mime artist who became famous overnight in China. He is Wang Jingyu. He performed a pantomime sketch "Eat Chicken" in the first Spring Festival Evening from 65438 to 0993, which made the whole country laugh and linger.