Pascale Kouba

Pascale Kouba is a French mime performer associated with contemporary gestural and nonverbal theatre. Her work uses movement and physical expression instead of spoken dialogue as its main tool.

A mime performer communicates character, action, and emotion through gesture, posture, timing, and movement. The performance can tell a story without relying on spoken lines.

Her work sits between physical theatre, mime, and acting. The defining feature is the use of the body and gesture as the main form of dramatic expression.

She is connected with France's contemporary mime and gestural-theatre tradition. That tradition developed physical storytelling beyond the older stereotype of a performer trapped inside an imaginary box.