-Born in 1956 in L.A.
-Began to study mime at 18 with Richmond Shepard- mime, painter, actor, comedian, director who had operated five small theaters in Los Angeles at the time of Goldston
-Has also studied with Moni Yakim from Israel, Stefan Niedzialkowski- Poland and Marcel Marceau.
-Started a summer program for miming in 1980- "The Goldston & Johnson School for Mimes" in NYC
-Toured a solo "One Mime Show" across the United States, Taiwan, Korea and Poland as well as in Hong Kong and Paris
-Notably, performed with Marcel Marceau as his sign holder "Assistant to Marcel Marceau" in Marceau's U.S. Tours in 2000-2002
-Received two N.E.A. choreography fellowships- National Endowment for the Arts offers significant grants to choreographers with categories such as "American Masterpieces: Dance" and "Access to Artistic Excellence."
-Made appearances on The Daily Show, Law & Order & various televison commercials.
-Coached comedians, ballet & modern dancers, film actors including Anne Hathaway for "Ella Enchanted"
-Currently writing a book on mime choreography, creating a 7-tape video series on mime and physical comedy, teaching mime classes at his NYC "Studio for Mime & Comedy" and coming in at Herricks High School Tuesdays and Fridays for the next 3 weeks in February.
I am very excited. This guy seems so accomplished and I am anxious to work with him in addition to meeting him and his personality. I want to understand his passion, skill and motivation. Miming will not only be a cool thing to learn to do but from what I already know about it, it will help me become more aware of my body and its positions.
