Mime and Pantomime

Mime and pantomime, Latin mimus and pantomimus, Greek mimos and pantomimos, in the strict sense, a greek and Roman dramatic etertainment representing scenes from life, often in a ridiculous manner. By extension, the mime and pantomime has come to be in modern times the art of portraying a character or a story solely by means of body movement (as by realistic and symbolic gestures). Analogousforms of traditional non-Western theatre are sometimes also characterized as mime or pantomime.