The Moving Body (Le Corps Poetique) - Teaching Creative Theatre

In life, I want students to be alive and on stage I want them to be artists ' Jacques LecoqJacques Lecoq was one of the most inspirational theatre teachers of our age. In The Moving Bod y, Lecoq shares with us first-hand his unique philosophy of performance, improvisation, masks, movement and gesture, which together form one of the greatest influences on contemporary theatre.Neutral mask, character mask and counter masks, bouffons , acrobatics, commedia , clowns and complicity: all the famous Lecoq techniques are covered in this book - techniques that have made their way into the work of former collaborators and students including Dario Fo, Ariane Mnouchkine, Yasmina Reza and Theatre de Complicite. The book contains a foreword by Simon McBurney and an afterword by Fay Lecoq, Director of the International Theatre School in Paris.

Product details

• Authors: Jacques Lecoq, Lecoq Jacques
• Assisted by: Simon Mcburney (Foreword), McBurney Simon (Foreword), David Bradby (Translation), Bradby David (Translation)
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9781474244763
• ISBN: 978-1-4742-4476-3
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Theatre Makers; Theatre Makers
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Stagecraft & Scenography, Other performing arts, Theatre: technical & background skills, Theatre: technical and background skills