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    <description><![CDATA[Jostling for space between an open dumpster and shacks selling auto-parts, the entrance to 97B Kalighat Park is easily missed. But an average Sunday arrives at this South Calcutta  (Kolkata) address with a fairly elaborate to-do list. For this is where mime is nurtured amidst the stench of a public urinal and howling stray dogs outside. Twenty odd students practice to perfect their gestures on stage while mime exponent Jogesh Dutta keeps a watch. Dubbed 'wordless wonder' Dutta is a man of few words. The septuagenarian founded the academy in 1975 to revive the 3000 year old art of Indian pantomime. Unlike other forms of theater, mime doesn't have any written script. The performer enacts plays through gestures and facial contortions. Being a silent art form, it attracts students who are deaf and dumb. But it is difficult to etch out a career as a mime artist in India. Most practitioners have day jobs and see mime as a labour of love. However a chosen few struggle to nurture the dying art within the dilapidated confines of Jogesh Mime Academy. <br />
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Photo documentary by Chhandak Pradhan <br />
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      <description><![CDATA[Calcutta, India : Mime artist Apu Maiti takes a breather between his performances. The mime shows, which place great importance on body language, often last for nearly two hours and are physically exhausting for the performers. “We do not take a bath or have rice before the show to remain alert. I prefer starving but other performers eat biscuits and bread” informs Apu. (photo credit: Chhandak Pradhan)]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Calcutta, India : Apu Maiti, a student at the academy for four years, portrays youth in a mime piece titled- ‘Birth to Death’ that shows stages in a man’s life. Apu is 20 years old and comes from a family of farmers. In spite of his modest background, he wants to be a professional mime artist. “There is no true art without struggle” he says. (photo credit: Chhandak Pradhan)]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Calcutta, India : Technician Khokon Das adjusts the stage lights during a mime show at the academy while student Chanchal Kumar gives him additional inputs. The interplay of light and shadows is an integral part of mime as it helps to create ambience. Khokon Das has been the light technician and caretaker of the academy since last 25 years. He earns around $10 per month. (photo credit: Chhandak Pradhan)]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Calcutta, India : Part of a mime sketch called ‘Aspiration’, Raktim Das acts as an inflated rubber doll. The sketch aims to show the evils of one’s ego. (photo credit: Chhandak Pradhan)]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Calcutta, India : Music plays an important role in creating ambience for mime performances. Apu Maiti doubles as a performer and a sound engineer for the shows. Just before the show he goes over the details of musical cues with his fellow performers. (photo credit: Chhandak Pradhan)]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Calcutta, India : Artists in the green room of Jogesh Mime Academy prepare for a show. Raktim Das (left), says, “Beyond 75 feet, facial expressions are not clearly visible. Since mime depends majorly on expressions, we paint our faces white and draw eyebrows and lips to make it more visible.” The performers also wear black bodysuits to accentuate their body language and gestures. (photo credit: Chhandak Pradhan)]]></description>
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