Miming for pantomime
This weekend I’ve been talking to friends who are starting up the pantomime shots in AM (beginning class 4).
Patomime:
1. Communication by means of gesture and facial expression: Some tourists make themselves understood abroad by pantomime.
2.
a. The telling of a story without words, by means of bodily movements, gestures, and facial expressions.
b. A play, dance, or other theatrical performance characterized by such wordless storytelling.
So! I decided to look up some miming examples:
I recommend this youtube channel. There’s fifty+ videos on miming techniques. Can help out with acting for both animation and improv 
Big thing I’ve learned! : If you can make it read without an object, the animation as a whole will read much stronger.