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Artist's Statement
Coming Soon.
I've always been most drawn to art that deals with loneliness. It's such a poignant and universal emotion. I believe art's job is to mitigate that feeling a bit. To connect people and make them feel like they're not alone, to give them something to bond over, to give them something to discuss, to allow them to create to fill the void and dig themselves out of it.
Workshops & Lecture-Demos
Corporeal Mime Workshop
Intro to Corporeal Mime - Philosophy, Scales, an Etude, & Improvisation
The dA Center for the Arts
March 24, 2024
Mime at Monte Cedro
Intro to Corporeal Mime & How to Apply it to your Staged Readings - Technique, Improvisation, Phrasing, & Object Work
Monte Cedro Retirement Community
November 1st, 8th, & 15th 2023
Intro to Corporeal Mime Workshop for both complete beginners, and those who came to the previous (Intro to Mime) workshop.
April 20, 2019
Mime Workshop vol. 2
Intro to Mime Workshop
An introductory corporeal mime workshop produced by Unbound Collective and held in Nagoya, Japan.
January 20, 2018
New Paradigms in Theatre Practice: Performance Making and Collective Creation
Inauguration Symposium: Imagine. Create. Engage. Together.
An alumna (Anthropology Major), a senior (Studio Art Major), a mid-career professional (class of '85) and a faculty member (Theatre and Dance) describe and demonstrate new directions for theatre practice. Simone Nibbs '12; Kirsten Tingle '18; Karen Christopher '85; Thomas Leabhart, Professor of Theatre and Resident Artist
October 14, 2017
The Creative Process: From the Ordinary to the Extraordinary
Lecture-Demo by Thomas Leabhart and his current research assistants featuring current and currently in process Corporeal Mime performance pieces.
Feb. 25, 2017
Applied Mime
This class aimed to show students a new way to conceptualize and move their bodies, explore concepts of rhythm and timing, and discuss a theory of stage presence. We (hopefully) filtered Corporeal Mime Technique through the lens of everyday life.
Tradeschool LA - March 12, 2016
Simone has been performing since childhood, beginning with joining her father Macarldie Nibbs on stage to sing with him, and concocting a number of small performances with her friends for their parents. She was in school plays starting in elementary school, showcases in high school, and was in a number of plays at Pomona College.
Performances
Fishwives
Solo Mime Performance with box and chair.
2018 - Witches 2 @ GC Live, Nagoya Japan
PRIZM
Hired Role "Kuroko"
APAIT 30th Anniversary Dinner and Fashion Gala
Crosspoints
Do You: Migration of the Monarchs
Blue Room
Erupting Light
Cities and Dragons
The Box Piece
The Mysterious Island
The Creature Show
Other (please specify):
Night at the Museum: The Potter
Ensemble Devised Performance
2017 - P Street Theatre Co. @ The dA Center for the Arts
Hired Role: "female dancer/kuroko"
Hollywood Fringe Festival 2017
Solo Devised Mime Performance
2017 - The dA Center for the Arts
Large Studio @ Pomona College
Duet Mime Performance
2017 - The dA Center for the Arts
Duet Verbatim Mime Performance
2016 - CORD Conference
Large Studio @ Pomona College
2017 - The dA Center for the Arts
Solo Devised Mime Performance
2016 - The dA Center for the Arts,
Large Studio @ Pomona College
Ensemble Devised Performance
2016 - Allen Theatre, Pomona College
Group Musical Performance with Arts & Crafts
Movement Person / Pirate
2022- Present - Various Locations
De Colores
Ensemble Devised Performance
2015 - Large Studio, Pomona College
Solo Devised Verbatim Performance
2015 - Large Studio, Pomona College
Ensemble Devised Performance
2015 - AMOCA Museum
One Minute Lunch
Ensemble Repertoire Piece Performance
2024- The dA Center for the Arts
Judgement Free Movement Zone
Interactive Installation Piece
2024, 2025- The dA Center for the Arts
Simone has been training since her first ballet, jazz, tap & theater class at 4 years old-- rarely going more than a year without doing some sort of performance work. This list is not exhaustive.
Training
Corporeal Mime
Research Assistant Position with Thomas Leabhart
2014-2018
Technique Classes and Performances
2014 — 2018, 2009-2012
Ballet
Begging Technique Class
2014-2018
Corporeal Mime
Commedia Del Arte
Class with Virginia Scott through The Clown School LA
2015
Workshop with Nathaniel Justiniano
2015
Bouffon
T'chi Clown
Improv Rising
Papaya People Improv Group
Imaginary Enemies Improv Group
Exercises, Technique, and Improvisation
2014 - 2016, 2011
Short-form Improv Class with Anthony Camillo
2013
Physical Improv
2011 - 2012
Longform Improv
2011 - 2012
Academic Education
Pomona College
Bachelors of the Arts Degree
Anthropology major & thesis
Theatre minor
南山大学 - Nanzan University
Study Abroad 留学
Japanese Language and Culture Program
Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)
English - Native Proficiency
Japanese - N3 Certified/ Conversational Proficiency
