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Pantomime

The representational art of conveying actions, emotions, and thoughts by gesture without speech, as practised by a "mime" or "pantomimist". Also, a play or entertainment in which the performers express themselves by gesture, often to the accompaniment of music, as a common theatrical spectacle in England at Christmastime. Also, a dramatic performance by a masked dancer accompanied by a chorus in ancient Roman times.

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