Corinne Soum was born in France in 1956 and studied corporeal mime with Etienne Decroux before becoming his assistant, along with her partner, Steven Wasson. During this time, she shared in his research, teaching and creations. Later, she and Wasson developed a pedagogy for the Corporeal Mime Technique, which they have taught for the past 40 years. They have a global alumni who attended their studio schools in Paris, London and Wisconsin, USA. They devise, perform and tour shows around the world with their company Theatre de l’Ange Fou, comprised of performers trained specifically in the Corporeal Mime Technique. She was Professor of Corporeal Mime at the Ecole de Mimodrame Marcel Marceau for seven years and in 2018 was presented with the Special World Mime Organization Award for the Outstanding Contribution to the Art of Mime. Soum has travelled throughout Europe, North and South America, Asia and the Middle East to teach mime and physical theatre.