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| − | Born in Cape Town, he started out as a performer for his father's [[Cape Coons]] team, and then received a bursary from the French Consulate to study at the world renowned [[Marcel Marceau]] School of Mimicry in Paris. There he achieved great success under Marceau and established himself as a mime in France and South Africa. | + | Born in Cape Town, he started out as a performer for his father's [[Cape Coons]] team, and then received a bursary from the French Consulate to study at the world renowned [[Marcel Marceau]] School of Mimicry in Paris. There he achieved great success under Marceau and established himself as a mime in France and South Africa, having lived and worked in Paris, France, for the last 20 years. |
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
Revision as of 07:11, 11 September 2022
John Jacobs is a mime artist.
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Biography
Born in Cape Town, he started out as a performer for his father's Cape Coons team, and then received a bursary from the French Consulate to study at the world renowned Marcel Marceau School of Mimicry in Paris. There he achieved great success under Marceau and established himself as a mime in France and South Africa, having lived and worked in Paris, France, for the last 20 years.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
He founded the company John Jacobs Mime Entertainment
He is also works internationally on film sets to assist actors in the technique of fencing and movement.
Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-leibner-42889a6/?originalSubdomain=za
https://www.facebook.com/JohnJacobsMimeEntertainment/about/?ref=page_internal
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