The mime condenses space and time to the essence of it, he can represent the universe in the small space of a few square feet. The actor may express everything with his body only. He can do this without words, costume, properties, disguise, even without facial mimicry. As all these all too often demonstrate how small, mediocre, talkative, and inexact a scene can be. The mime seeks to develop an art, an art which is a contrast to that of the dance.
Dance is ethereal.
Decroux made a great case of exactitude and clarity in form and became a doctrinaire and severe formalist. This seeing replaces the object itself. The Mime therefore, will fully evoke the concrete object through simple movements and gestures. As in any field of endeavor, the simplest things are always the most difficult things to accomplish. To walk in control, one must understand that it involves being on the balls of the feet with the back straight, chest forward, head erect.