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Show P5 The Daily Utah Chronicle, January IS, 1S31 Eight Mime a reflection of artist's life by R. Panmuphle Chronicle staff Perhaps no other art form in America is struggling harder today to establish its legitimacy than the art of mime. This is especially ironic considering the strict discipline, dedication, and personal creativity required of a good mime. And mime is a young art. as yet unknown to many people. Worse still, most who know about mime know it from street performance, which is usually a poor and misleading introduction to the art. Imagine if modern dancers had to attract their audiences around shopping tenter fountains or subway stations rather than plates like the Capitol Theaiie. Mime's the word Sail Lake City has been lucky, though. Over the past Greg Coldston has been successfully spiralling the news ("Mime's the word" is his slogan) around the valley, and at this xiin is ptobabh the aitor in the Una I community. With Coldston and his Rocky Mountain Mime A lame (RMMA). mime has become a ital tultuial force in Salt lake City. The momentum is heie. The increasingly favorable artistic climate has brought bat k to this c ity one of the founding members of the RMMA, Noe (thymes with "snowv") Zavala. Zavala has sjmih most ol his past lour vcais as a mime in I.os Angeles, but since September has made Salt Lake C '.it his tcntatixe home. Most . few-year- best-know- 1 s n 1 of his work here has been as a performer in the schools. In fact, his professional career began here in 1976 as a mime in the Artists in the Schools program. In that one year he estimates ha ing performed for 63,000 students. Theatre and dance Zavala's interest in mime goes back to his days in high school, making up his own technique derived from his training in theatre and dance. He later formed an improvisational theatre company in LA. which included, among others. Greg Coldston. Their partnership was renewed in 1975 with the formation of the RMMA. and in that vear Zavala began his formal training in mime technique. In addition to studing with Goldston. he has since studied with Richmond Sheppard. Al Maroda. Flipp Reed, and Mitchell Young Evans all the while developing his own unique stIe. Most remarkable about Zavala's style is that there is nothing of the traditional clown tpe in it. Not that he isn't humorless. On the contrary, he is a very witty and an extremely rxtsonable man. This above all conies through in his Miformaiues. and it conies through easily and honestly. All the same, he is uneasy about mime's image as a basically comic entertainment. Serious context "I don't think I've ever written a funny play." Zavala admits. "I can do comedy. I peifoim comedy in the schools and on the street because that's w hat's extxited. But my ow n as a solo, is toward a more serious preference, context. That's my iMTsonality. There are things that are just more teal in life to me, and mime is muc h more real than the s (ometK you might see in a performance. Mime is ery eisatile." Zavala's plavs reflect his intense commitment to the general image of mime. As he puts it. "I don't write mime plays to develop characters for the sake of characters, or stories for the sake of stories. They're more ersonal and express feelings, emotions, or ac tions I'veexj)erienced. What do is a reflection of my life rather than an abstract idea or some trivial story." Zavala's remarkably individual style of writing and rn-- forming won him the top award for solo performer at the 1978 Masters of Mime Kxxsition in San Diego for his play. "Beggar." esix-ciall- street-mime'- 1 r if J1 - 1? To begin teaching His plans for the near future include putting together a program of his own material and teac hing mime c lasses at the Art Barn near the University. In his classes, Basic Mime for Beginners, Zavala will be teac hing w hat he calls an intuitive style of H't forming geared more toward feeling the object than seeing it. "It's hard working with movement from the inside because you can't see yourself. I don't use mirrors because mirrors pull you out of yourself. I think the mime needs to look into himself," he said. While the class will be especially beneficial for acting students to learn to use their bodies more expressively (the need for whic h cannot be overstated), Zavala also suggest that others can benefit from these classes. "I think mime is gotxl for everybody, because it puts you in touch with how your body moves," Zavala observed. "Nobody is going to take a k class and come out as a mime. But you can develop an important awareness, especially because our verbally oriented culture tends to take us outside our bodies." Classes by Zavala will be given at the Art Barn. 51 Finch Lane, tw ice weekly from Jan. 20 through Feb. 27 at 7:30 p.m. For further information call six-wee- Noc Zavala is a popular local mime who combines theatre and dance to perform a more serious form of mime. 521-534- 2. ANNOUNCING OUR ANNUAL WINTER ALE All Items From Robertson Chronicle staff Though cold, foggy weather has pui a clamper on many favorite winter activates, it makes these the best rimes for If getting together, if for no other excuse than simple warmth. by Amy a cold glass of v our favorite beer is losing its usual apfxal. try a toasty mug of hot spited w ine to lie k those foggy w inter blues. Hot spiced wine or mulled w ine as it is traditionally called, great w arming ionic, popular irr Europe. Canada and just about any place where winter sports are popular. Whether w atrd spices you prefer the tamer rec ipes, which mix ine. fruit of hot wine flamed with with lea. or the potent warm-u- p brandy, mulled wine is sure to make your cheeks rosy and is a your fingers toasiy. Rec irx-- vary, in sweetness also, from a basic heated sairgria. floated with oranges, lemons, and cinnamon sticks, to a flaming tart a spicy mixture made from Rhine wine and called Berlin punch. The brew can be concocted from inexpensive wines, and served in large quantity, making it ideal for winter gatherings. Leftovers can be stored in the fridge and, protxily sealed, can improve with age. Leftover hot wine makes an excellent nightcap for chilled students i turning from night classes. The most popular kind of hot spiced w ine is made from reel wines. I suggest an inexpensive jug variety, such as Cribari Zinfandcl. This can be sweetened with sugar for those who like a fruitier brew. My personal preferance istocmbelishthe wine with enough fruit to prevent bitterness. Another method of sweetening w ithout adding sugar is to add a small amount of non-pulorange juice concentrate. Try this basic taste: to sweeten and recipe, MULLED WINE: Take two large oranges, and insert about 20 whole c loves into their skins. Place in a hot oven. (350-10- 0 degrees) and roast until the skins begin to exwe and them from the oven and slice them finely, Remove drip. in them a large, heated bow l. Bring one large jug of plac ing wine as close to boiling as you c an. being c areful not to boil it. (unless you want to diminis.. alcohol content) and add ' teaspoon each of ground cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice. Mix thoroughly for several minutes over the heat, and pour over oranges in bowl. Lemons can be added to float on top, and the mixture should be served in warm mugs, with cinnamon slicks. For weaker wine, add two or three cups green tea. Berlin punch is a German variation which uses white Rhine Wine. Try this tasty hot punch with Taylor California Ce llars Rhine Wine, an excellent buy at under $3 a fifth. BERLIN PUNCH: Combine one cup sugar with xi cup boiling water. Lower heal and slow ly add '2 teaspoon nutmeg and ground clove. Place in a heated bow l with two bottles heated Rhine wine. For an elegant variation, flame the punch by placing two s p continued on page nine WANTED Our Regular Stocks Suirs: Regularly $165 to $335 $1 30 Hot spiced wine: cold weather treat 10 SUPERIOR STUDENTS For an experiment in Liberal Education! Our Fine Quality Suits & Jackets: Jackets: Regularly the grape Vine to $185 . . . NOW $105$220 NOW $85 tO $120 Plaid Shirts: Our celebrated selections including 100 cotton, cotton blend, and Viyella choices NOW Vz OFF NOW xh OFF Vl OFF OFF English Rainwear cioscou.. Sweaters: Fine quality 1 0OX Wool from Great Britain . . 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