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To Karen Waterman mime says it all ~ The â€" great French mime says it all for Karen Waterman. The fourth year theaâ€" terâ€"arts student at the University of Waterioo is a devotee of mime, the wordless art whose impact with the Canaâ€" dian public has been about as quiet as the performances on stage. "I think the problem with mime in Canada," she explained last week, "is that, it‘s an art form which is hard to be acâ€" cepted by people. Peoâ€" ple just aren‘t familiar with it." Waterman gave local residents a chance to become a little more familiar with mime last Monday night when she and five cohorts presentâ€" ed a free lectureâ€"demonâ€" stration on the art at the university. The performance was written and directed by Waterman as her fourth year practical thesis and developed out of a 10â€"week mime workshop held this year at the university. Out of the workshop was born a new comâ€" pany, Karen Waterman and One, to put on the show. The company has The mime company, Karen Waterman and One, has applied for a government grant to conduct demonstrations at summer camps this year. The group inâ€" cludes Waterman {(front left) and Marilyn Walsh (right); Liz Brown (second row left) and Pam Patterson {(right); and Peter Huisman. By Jim MacDonald Mime conveys the language of the heart. Everyâ€" thing can be expressed in mime without the barrier of words which raise basriers of misunderstanding. communion between aill people in the world who cravea‘tor love and beauty. ~ â€"Marce! Marceau. also applied for a Parks Canada grant to give demonstrations for 13 weeks at‘summer camps this year.© She‘s optimistic that the grant will be approvâ€" ed. "They said we were second on the list." she Waterman‘s interest in mime was sparked when she was 15 when she viewed a performance by Adolf Toman, a Czech. "I was fascinatâ€" ed by everything he did. It was magic to me and I wanted to learn." She became involved in a special workshop in Stratford conducted by â€" Marcel _ Marceau and it became clearer to her that mime was what she wanted to get involved in. Waterman studied actâ€" ing for two years at Toronto‘s Ryerson Polyâ€" technical Institute and has studied with Toronto mime Paul Gaulin. She also worked for a year with Famous People Players. But outside of Waterâ€" man and Pam Patterâ€" son, who along with Waterman directed the workshop, none of the other members of the Liz Brown, Phil Whissell (centre) and Peter Huisman perform one scene from last Monday‘s lectureâ€" ,_ demonstration on the history and philosophy of mime held at the University of Waterioo. troupe, Liz Brown, Mariâ€" come attached to a new a “good company feelâ€" last Monday‘s performâ€" lyn Walish, ‘Phil Whisâ€" activity. d ing,"" Waterman said. _ ance. â€" troupe, Liz Brown, Mariâ€" lyn Waish, ‘Phil Whis sell and Peter Huisman, had any prior experiâ€" ence until they entered the workshop. What they lack in exâ€" perience, the . troupe makes up for with the enthusiasm of people who have recently beâ€" ‘"Just enjoy it, just enjoy it," directed Waâ€" terman at a rehearsal last week. And that inâ€" theme of the company. Take Liz Brown, for instance. A yoga teach er, an interest in how emotion prompted her Now she is a confirmed devotee of mime who wants to continue to deâ€" velop her skills. . the lecturefiemonstra- tion since last January. She brought 11 concrete ideas for the performâ€" ance to the other mimes who contributed to help each skit evolve which in turn helped to develop Waterman worked on L _.__ Licensed under 115 Fountain St. $., Combridge Mfi! \‘ the 1.1.8.0, FOR RESERVATIONS CALL 6535700 â€" ; , KNOTTY:.â€" ; that‘s what its really all about! company gave a perâ€" formance at the campus centre on March 6. Reâ€" sponse was good. ‘*People stopped doing what they were doing and stopped and watch ed,‘‘ remembered Waâ€" demonstrationâ€"lecture, inâ€" experience wasn‘t as much as a problem as was the calendar. ‘"The only problem was we had limited time," exâ€" plained Waterman, ‘"and I had to teach them everything." During the university‘s Bodyâ€" Week, a celebraâ€" Representatives from Toronto mime circles were invited to witness t f developing the gift shop and steak houge 8 dir1sV Things are happening in the mime field, she feels, noting the first national mime festival which will be held in Toronto this June. Also a new centre for the development of mime has been established in that city. fall, she will travel to Europe to study for at least a year under Etiâ€" enne Decroux, the foundâ€" er of modern mime. To be a good mime, she feels, a person has to be a good actor, has to get the essence of character, it‘s truth and reality. A love for the art obâ€" viously doesn‘t hurt either. For herself, Paris is 404 ~v