CORPOREAL MIME
IMMERSION WEEK
THEATRE OF THE THINKING BODY
ONE WEEK IMMERSION
6 -11 OCTOBER 2026
in Osaka
Spend a week inside our professional training programme,
working alongside our full-time students and graduates.
WHAT IS CORPOREAL MIME?
thought through body
drama through action
atmosphere through presence
Corporeal Mime is a theatrical art first developed by French theatre pioneer Etienne Decroux in the 20th century. Through rigorous physical training, the practitioner learns to use the body as an instrument of thought and expression. In Corporeal Mime the actor is at the centre of the creative process, capable of authoring and performing drama through the medium of the body.
EXPERIENCE THE TRAINING FROM THE INSIDE
The Corporeal Mime School of Performing Arts is one of the few schools in the world dedicated to this unique theatrical tradition. Based at Flying Carpet Factory in Osaka, we offer a three-year, full-time diploma programme for performers who want to develop their physical technique, creativity and independence as theatre-makers.
For one week, we're opening the doors of this training to a limited number of guest participants. You will train alongside our full-time students, experiencing the classes that form part of their regular training.
During the week you will experience the four pillars of our curriculum:
TECHNIQUE
Develop physical awareness and control, and expand your expressive vocabulary.
IMPROVISATION
Learn to initiate and develop dramatic actions and situations through the body.
COMPOSITION
Discover how to craft physical ideas into stylised theatre.
REPERTOIRE
Study figures and pieces from the classical and post-modern repertoire of Corporeal Mime.
YOUR WEEK IN OSAKA
TUESDAY 6 OCTOBER
10:00–14:00
Full-time course
WEDNESDAY 7 OCTOBER
10:00–14:00
Full-time course
19:00–20:30
Evening class
THURSDAY 8 OCTOBER
10:00–14:00
Full-time course
14:15–15:15
Additional first-year class
FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER
10:00–14:00
Full-time course
SATURDAY 10 OCTOBER
19:00–20:30
Online class — run as a hybrid class from the studio
SUNDAY 11 OCTOBER
14:00–18:00
Weekend workshop
18:00–19:30
After-talk & wrap party
= 25.5 HOURS OF TRAINING, EXPLORATION AND COMMUNITY
WHO IS THIS FOR?
The Immersion Week is for anyone who wants to explore the expressive and creative potential of the body.
You might be:
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an actor wanting to develop greater physical expression
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a dancer interested in theatre and dramatic structure
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a physical theatre or mime performer
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a theatre-maker or director
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a circus or movement artist
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a performer interested in devising and composition
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someone considering professional training in physical theatre
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or simply curious about what the body can express
You do not need to have studied Corporeal Mime before.
If you live outside Japan, the Immersion Week gives you the chance to experience the training, and life in Osaka, before deciding whether to commit to the full-time course. Contact us for help finding low-cost accommodation in Osaka.
FEES
IMMERSION WEEK · ¥24,000
25.5 hours of training and classes
THINKING ABOUT JOINING THE FULL-TIME COURSE?
If, at the end of the Immersion Week, you decide to continue with us for the entire 11-week term and participate in the end-of-term performance, your ¥24,000 Immersion Week fee will be credited towards your tuition. You will pay only the regular term fee of ¥105,000.
A direct lineage to Etienne Decroux
The training is led by Kentaro Suyama and Tania Coke, directors of tarinainanika theatre company and the Corporeal Mime School of Performing Arts. Before setting up in Japan, Kentaro and Tania trained and worked for many years in London with Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum, the last assistants of Etienne Decroux.
READY TO EXPERIENCE THE THINKING BODY?
For enquiries and registration: