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World Mime Organisation (Abbreviation: WMO; French: Organisation Mondiale des Mimes; Abbreviation: WMM) was officially registered on January 4, 2004 in Belgrade, Serbia (at that time still State Union of Serbia and Montenegro). WMO is a non-governmental, non-profit organization founded to further develop and promote the art of mime and non-verbal communication. World Mime Organisation does not emphasize any particular mime techniques, styles, or teaching, and maintains that all organized effort, knowledge and expression should be respected and should find its audience.
History edit
The creators of the World Mime Organisation are Marko Stojanović,[1] a Serbian actor, professor and mime artist and Ofer Blum, mime artist from Israel. Both were students of the Paris International School of Mimodrama Marcel Marceau (Ecole International de Mimodrame da Paris Marcel Marceau) in the early 1990s.[citation needed]
In 1998, Stojanovic organized a tour in Serbia (at that time Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) for Ofer Blum. They believed in the necessity of organizing and uniting mime artists around the world and officially registered the World Mime Organisation in 2004 to serve that purpose. WMO headquarters was established in Belgrade, Serbia, as the location presented low administrative and financial costs. Stojanovic served as the president of the organization and Ofer Blum the vice-president.[2][3]
The association statutes of the WMO were adopted on April 18, 2011.[4] An international organization, World Mime Organisation uses English and French as the official languages. Serbian is its legal language because it operates under the laws of the Republic of Serbia.[citation needed]
Objectives edit
The main objectives of the World Mime Organisation are to "establish relations, help and bring together" mime artists, mime educators, producers, students, amateurs, hearing impaired and other vulnerable social groups, the media, and institutions around the world.[5]
World Mime Day edit
World Mime Day is a World Mime Organisation initiative to celebrate the art of mime and non-verbal communication. It was first observed in 2001 and falls on March 22, birthday of French mime artist Marcel Marceau. World Mime Day is not officially recognized by UNESCO.
The first Mime Day Wiki Edit-a-Thon was organized in 2016 by the World Mime Organisation, Wikimedia chapters, and interested individuals and institutions. The aim of this event is to enriching the knowledge, photo, and multimedia content about mime on Wikipedia.[6]
WMO Awards edit
In 2015, the World Mime Organisation established two "Special WMO Awards," one for the individuals and the other for institutions. The "Special WMO Award for the Outstanding Contribution to the Art of Mime" is awarded individuals and "Special WMO Award for Promotion and Development of the Art of Mime" to institutions.
Special WMO Award for the Outstanding Contribution to the Art of Mime
This award is granted to mime personalities and individuals that have contributed to the national and international community through the art of mime by practicing it and/or teaching it. WMO notes that "some of the laureates think of this award as of the Life Achievement Award but [they] believe that even if some of them are in their late 70's, 80's they still have horizons to reach, new heights to achieve and share their art and knowledge with the world. This award is a simple but official way for the international mime community gathered in the World Mime Organisation to say "THANK YOU" to the laureates".[7]
The first laureate in 2015 was Amiran Shalikashvili, a Georgian mime artist and one of the founders of mime in the Georgia and Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) as well as the founder of the Georgian State Pantomime Theatre.[8] He also founded the Department of Mime at the Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Georgia State Film University (TAFU).[9] In 2016, he same award was presented to professor Stanislaw Brosowski of the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts,[10] a Swedish mime artist of Polish origins and a founder of the Department for Mime Acting at the Stockholm Academy for Dramatic Arts.
The LAUREATES:[11]
- 2015 Amiran Shalikashvili (Georgia)
- 2016 Stanislaw Brosowski (Sweden)
- 2017 Boris Svidensky (Israel)
- 2017 Andres Valdes (Slovenia)
- 2017 Ella Jaroszewicz (France)
- 2017 Yoram Boker (Israel)
- 2017 Carlos Martínez (Spain)
- 2017 Ivan Klemenc (Serbia)
- 2017 Corinne Soum (France)
- 2018 Velio Goranov (Bulgaria)
Special WMO Award for Promotion and Development of the Art of Mime
This award is granted to active, well-established institutions that promote and develop mime. WMO views institutions as organisational bodies where people come together to interact and share and not necessarily physical structures. Such institutions include, but are not limited to, theatres, schools, festivals, theatre or production companies, and media organizations.[12]
The LAUREATES:[13]
- 2015 Georgian State Pantomime Theatre (Georgia)
- 2016 Yerevan State Pantomime Theatre (Armenia)
- 2017 Pantomimteatern (Sweden)
- 2018 Studio Magenia (France)
- 2018 International Visual Theatre (France)
- 2018 International Festival of Monodrama and Mime (Serbia)
References edit
- ^ Дом омладине Београда/Обележавање светског дана пантомиме у Дому омладине Београда
- ^ "INTERNATIONELLT MIM-PRIS TILL STANISLAV BROSOWSKI". Stockholm University of the Arts. Stockholm University of the Arts. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ Bosifest/Žiri festivala
- ^ "Serbian Business Registers Agency". Serbian Business Registers Agency. Serbian Business Registers Agency. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
- ^ "About WMO". Stockholm University of the Arts. Stockholm University of the Arts. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
- ^ "World Mime Day Wiki Edit-a-Thon 2017". Wikimedia. Wikimedia. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
- ^ "Home". worldmime.org.
- ^ "International Shalikashvili Mime Fest in Tbilisi". Georgian Journal. Georgian Journal. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ^ Bolkvadze, Eva. "Journalist". Georgian Journal. Georgian Journal. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- ^ "INTERNATIONELLT MIM-PRIS TILL STANISLAV BROSOWSKI". Stockholm University of the Arts. Stockholm University of the Arts. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ "INDIVIDUAL Outstanding Contribution".
- ^ "Home". worldmime.org.
- ^ "INSTITUTIONAL Promotion and Development".