Lorin Eric Salm " . . . is a very talented mime, disciplined, very dedicated and constant."
                                   — Marcel Marceau

"Our students enjoyed participating in your classes very much.  We all appreciate the effort and energy that went into the classes you developed for us."
                                  — Melissa Marshall,
formerly of Walt Disney Feature Animation

With over twenty-five years experience in Theatrical Mime and theatre, Lorin Eric Salm brings an approach to the art little known in the United States. He views mime as a theatrical art, using the magic of illusion and the power of silence to create comic and dramatic physical performance for the stage.

Lorin Eric Salm was trained by the world-renowned master Marcel Marceau, and is a 3-year graduate of Marceau’s Paris International School of Mimodrama.  Lorin also studied mime under former assistants of Etienne Decroux, and with the Polish master Stefan Niedzialkowski, and holds a B.A. in Theatre Arts from California State University, Northridge.

Lorin has performed in Paris with Marcel Marceau and in his own one-man show C'est-à-dire . . . (That is to Say . . .), as well as in Israel, New York, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles.

Lorin has taught mime theatre to mime artists, actors, dancers, comedians, storytellers, and singers, both student and professional.  He has also taught mime and movement skills to animators at Walt Disney Feature Animation, DreamWorks Animation, and Sony Imageworks, working with the teams that created the features Dinosaur (Disney), Shrek (DreamWorks), and Chicken Little (Disney).  In addition to teaching, he is a mime and movement coach and consultant to the theatre, film, and television industries.

Lorin has become a world resource for the international mime theatre community by his authorship and administration of The World of Mime Theatre, the Internet’s premier mime website.  His efforts continue to further international appreciation of mime theatre, and have earned him the recognition of mime professionals and enthusiasts around the world. 

These are some of the places Lorin has taught Mime Theatre: