Étienne Decroux was a French choreographer, born in 1898 in 17th arrondissement of Paris, who died in 1991.
Biography
Étienne Decroux (19 July 1898 in Paris, France – 12 March 1991 in Boulogne-Billancourt, France) was a French actor who specialized in the art of mime. Studying at Jacques Copeau's Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, he developed the style known as corporeal mime.
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