Mark (University of Canberra Evans, Mark Kemp Evans, Mark Evans, Rick Kemp - The Routledge Companion to Jacques Lecoq

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Mark (University of Canberra Evans, Mark Kemp Evans, Mark Evans, Rick Kemp

The Routledge Companion to Jacques Lecoq

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The Routledge Companion to Jacques Lecoq presents a thorough overview and analysis of Jacques Lecoq's life, work and philosophy of theatre. Through an exemplary collection of specially commissioned chapters from leading writers, specialists and practitioners, it draws together writings and reflections on his pedagogy, his practice, and his influence on the wider theatrical environment. It is a comprehensive guide to the work and legacy of one of the major figures of Western theatre in the second half of the twentieth century.


List of contents

Foreword by Geoffrey Rush
General Introduction
Mark Evans and Rick Kemp
Part I
Influences and Antecedents
Introduction
Mark Evans


  1. The French Theatrical Avant Garde
    2. Nigel Ward (UK)

  2. Mime, ‘Mimes’ and Miming
    3. Vivian Appler (US)

  3. The Rediscovery of the Mask
    4. Gillian Arrighi (AUS)

  4. Jacques Lecoq and the Challenge of Modernist Theatre, 1945-1968
    5. Bruce McConachie (US)

  5. Jacques Lecoq and the Studio Tradition
    6. Tom Cornford (UK)

  6. Bachelard, Jousse and Lecoq
    7. Claudia Sachs (BRA)

  7. Space and Mimesis
    8. Jon Foley Sherman (US)

  8. Movement Made Visible: Marey and Lecoq
    9. Clare Brennan (UK)

  9. Literature, Lecoq and the ‘nouveau roman’
    10. Pardis Dabashi (US)

  10. The Body Voice of Satire: Jacques Lecoq and Dario Fo
    11. Gloria Pastorino (US)

    Part II
    Inspirations and Evolutions
    Introduction
    Rick Kemp

  11. The Influence of Sports on Jacques Lecoq’s Actor Training
    12. Mark Evans (UK)

  12. What Works and What Doesn’t Work: On Play
    13. Paola Coletto (IT/US) and Jennifer Buckley (US)

  13. Neutral Mask - A Life’s Journey
    14. Dody DiSanto (US)

  14. The Mimo-dynamics of Music, Poetry, and Short Story: Lecoq on Bartók
    15. Jennie Gilrain (US)

  15. Full Face Masks, Pantomime Blanche and Cartoon Mime
    16. David Gaines (US)

  16. Commedia Dell’Arte and Comedie Humaine
    17. Giovanni Fusetti (IT)

  17. The Chorus
    18. Shona Morris (UK)

  18. Bouffons and the Grotesque
    19. Bim Mason (UK)

  19. Auto-cours, Enquetes, Commandes: A Practitioner’s Perspective
    20. Carlos García Estévez (ES)

  20. Lecoq's Clown and its Application to Playing Shakespeare's Clowns
    21. Sara Romersberger (US)

  21. Laboratory of Movement Study
    22. Ismael Scheffler (BRA)
    Part III
    Ricochets and reverberations
    Introduction
    Mark Evans

  22. Lecoq, Emotion and Embodied Cognition
    23. Rick Kemp (UK/US)

  23. The Juggernaut and the Pram: Lecoq and UK Actor Training
    24. Vladimir Mirodan (UK)

  24. Moving Medicine
    25. Suzy Willson (UK)

  25. British Movement Directors
    26. Ayse Tashkiran (UK)

  26. Contemporary Circus
    27. Mitch Mitchelson (UK)

  27. Lecoq Training and Asian Theatre Practice
    28. Maya Tångeberg-Grischin and Anna Thuring (SWE)

  28. Locating the Body in English Language Teaching
    29. Nikole Pascetta (CAN)

  29. Language and the Body
    30. Maiya Murphy (US)

  30. Lecoq and Shakespeare
    31. Darren Tunstall (UK)

  31. Le Jeu and the Journey of a People
    32. Susan Knutson (CAN) and Normand Godin (CAN)

  32. Lecoq and Architecture
    33. Laura Gioeni (IT)

  33. Dear Jacques... Lecoq in the Twenty First Century
    34. Simon Murray (UK)
    Part IV
    Voyages and Diaspora
    Introduction
    Rick Kemp

  34. Jacques Lecoq, Ariane Mnouchkine and le Théâtre du Soleil
    35. Helen Richardson (US)

  35. The Magic Flute and L’École Jacques Lecoq
    36. Simon McBurney (UK), William Kentridge (SA) and Catherine Alexander (UK)

  36. Lecoq and Complicite
    37. Richard Cuming (UK)

  37. Theatre Ad Infinitum and Jacques Lecoq
    38. Vanessa Ackerman (UK)

  38. Lecoq Practitioners in the UK
    39. Emily Kreider (UK)

  39. The Actor/Creator and Three American Ensembles
    40. Susan Thompson (US)

  40. Pig Iron: Disponibilité and Observation
    41. Quinn Bauriedel (US)

  41. The Toronto Connection
    42. Martin Julien (CAN)

  42. La Mancha Theatre Company and School - Chile
    43. Ellie Nixon (UK)

  43. From Paris to Cape Town: Lecoq and Magnet Theatre
    44. Jennie Reznek (SA) and Mark Fleishman (SA)

  44. Clown – Trial by Errors
    45. Rick Kemp (UK/US)

  45. Lecoq and Film
Mark Evans (UK)

About the author

Mark Evans is Professor of Theatre Training and Education and Associate Dean (Student Experience) in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Coventry University. His research focuses on the work of Jacques Copeau, Jacques Lecoq and movement training for the modern actor. He recently edited The Actor Training Reader (Routledge, 2015) and is an Associate Editor of the Theatre, Dance and Performance Training journal.
Rick Kemp is Head of Acting and Directing at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and the author of Embodied Acting (Routledge 2012). He has worked internationally as an actor and director with companies and theatres such as Commotion, Complicite, Almeida, Teatr Polski and the Bouffes du Nord.

Summary

The Routledge Companion to Jacques Lecoq presents a thorough overview and analysis of Jacques Lecoq's life, work and philosophy of theatre. Through an exemplary collection of specially commissioned chapters from leading writers, specialists and practitioners, it draws together writings and reflections on his pedagogy, his practice, and his influence on the wider theatrical environment. It is a comprehensive guide to the work and legacy of one of the major figures of Western theatre in the second half of the twentieth century. In a four-part structure over fifty chapters, the book examines:


  • The historical, artistic and social context out of which Lecoq's work and pedagogy arose, and its relation to such figures as Jacques Copeau, Antonin Artaud, Jean-Louis Barrault, and Dario Fo.

  • Core themes of Lecoq's International School of Theatre, such as movement, play, improvisation, masks, language, comedy, and tragedy, investigated by former teachers and graduates of the School.

  • The significance and value of his pedagogical approaches in the context of contemporary theatre practices.

  • The diaspora of performance practice from the School, from the perspective of many of the most prominent artists themselves.
This is an important and authoritative guide for anyone interested in Lecoq's work.

Product details

Authors Mark (University of Canberra Evans, Mark Kemp Evans
Assisted by Mark Evans (Editor), Rick Kemp (Editor)
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd.
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 31.07.2018
 
EAN 9781138611849
ISBN 978-1-138-61184-9
No. of pages 444
Dimensions 174 mm x 243 mm x 22 mm
Series Routledge Companions
Routledge Companions
Print on Demand
Subject Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet

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