Dhaka, Bangladesh. 22nd Mar, 2014. Different mime art troupes celebrated World Mime Day on Saturday, March 22, 2014, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The troupes arranged a procession and walked from National Press Club to Teacher-Student Centre of University of Dhaka. At TSC, different troupes staged short mime productions.Today is the 91st birthday of mime legend Marcel Marceau, who referred to mime as the "art of silence,"" and performed professionally worldwide for over 60 years. Partha Pratim Majumder, the forerunner of mime art in Bangladesh, recalls his time with the greatest mime maestro wh
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March 22, 2014 - Dhaka, Bangladesh - Different mime art troupes celebrated World Mime Day on Saturday, March 22, 2014, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The troupes arranged a procession and walked from National Press Club to Teacher-Student Centre of University of Dhaka. At TSC, different troupes staged short mime productions..Today is the 91st birthday of mime legend Marcel Marceau, who referred to mime as the “art of silence, †and performed professionally worldwide for over 60 years. Partha Pratim Majumder, the forerunner of mime art in Bangladesh, recalls his time with the greatest mime maestro who was his friend, philosopher, and guide all the way from the time they first met in 1982 until Marceau’s death in 2007..Marceau is considered as the father of French mime, with whom Majumder worked for over 18 hours a day from 1982 to 1985. After spending three years with his idol Marceau, he staged solo performances all over Europe and the USA. (Photo by Zakir Hossain Chowdhury/NurPhoto) (Credit Image: © Zakir Hossain Chowdhury/NurPhoto/ZUMAPRESS.com)