The Moving Body (Le Corps Poetique)

Author: Jacques Lecoq
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408141191
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 206

Book Description
'In life I want students to be alive and on stage I want them to be artists' Jacques Lecoq Jacques Lecoq was one of the most inspirational theatre teachers of our age. The International Theatre School he founded in Paris remains an unrivalled centre for the art of physical theatre. In The Moving Body, Lecoq shares 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 and commedia, clowns and complicity: all the famous Lecoq techniques are covered here - techniques that have made their way into the work of former collaborators and students inluding Dario Fo, Julie Taymor, Ariane Mnouchkine, Yasmina Reza and Theatre de Complicité. This paperback edition contains a Foreword by Simon McBurney, Artistic Director of Complicité and an Afterword by Fay Lecoq, Director of the International Theatre School in Paris.

Moving Body (le Corps Poetique).

Author: Jacques Lecoq
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781474261142
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description

The Moving Body

Author: Jacques Lecoq
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780878301416
Category : Acting
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Translated into English for the first time, this guide details Lecoq's unique philosophy of performance, improvisation, masks, movement, and gesture. Neutral mask, character masks, and other famous Lecoq techniques are included.

The Moving Body (Le Corps Poétique)

Author: Jacques Lecoq
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1474244793
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 229

Book Description
'In life, I want students to be alive and on stage I want them to be artists' Jacques Lecoq Jacques Lecoq was one of the most inspirational theatre teachers of our age. In The Moving Body, he 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, a critical introduction by Mark Evans and an afterword by Fay Lecoq, Director of the International Theatre School in Paris.

Theatre of Movement and Gesture

Author: Jacques Lecoq
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113424097X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 198

Book Description
Published in France in 1987, this is the book in which Lecoq first set out his philosophy of human movement, and the way it takes expressive form in a wide range of different performance traditions. He traces the history of pantomime, sets out his definition of the components of the art of mime, and discusses the explosion of physical theatre in the second half of the twentieth century. Interviews with major theatre practitioners Ariane Mnouchkine and Jean-Louis Barrault by Jean Perret, together with chapters by Perret on Étienne Decroux and Marcel Marceau, fill out the historical material written by Lecoq, and a final section by Alain Gautré celebrates the many physical theatre practitioners working in the 1980s.

The Moving Body (Le Corps Poetique)

Author: Jacques Lecoq
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408141183
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 206

Jacques Lecoq

Author: Simon Murray
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351335499
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 147

Book Description
This volume offers a concise guide to the teaching and philosophy of one of the most significant figures in twentieth century actor training. Jacques Lecoq's influence on the theatre of the latter half of the twentieth century cannot be overestimated. Now reissued Jacques Lecoq is the first book to combine: an historical introduction to his life and the context in which he worked an analysis of his teaching methods and principles of body work, movement, creativity, and contemporary theatre detailed studies of the work of Theatre de Complicite and Mummenschanz practical exercises demonstrating Lecoq's distinctive approach to actor training.

Creating a Character

Author: Moni Yakim
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9781557831613
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
Actor and mime artist Moni Yakim reveals his time-tested techniques and step-by-step exercises for physically evoking a character. Beginning with a chapter on looking inward, Yakim gives exercises on discovering aspects of one's own character. Then he teaches the actor how to identify with qualities outside the self. Finally, he shows how to apply these techniques to 12 classical theatrical roles.

Culture is the Body

Author: Tadashi Suzuki
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
ISBN: 1559368071
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 218

Book Description
"Mr. Suzuki's art seeks to reach audiences not through the intellect but through the senses and instincts."—New York Times "In my opinion, a 'cultured' society is one where the perceptive and expressive abilities of the human body are used to the full; where they provide the basic means of communication."—Tadashi Suzuki Renowned for his actor training methods, Tadashi Suzuki provides a thorough and accessible formulation of his ideas and beliefs in this new edition of his theater writings. One of the world's most revered theater directors, Suzuki is also a seminal thinker and practitioner whose work has had a profound influence on theater worldwide. This landmark collection provides a useful, provocative look at his philosophical and practical approaches to the stage. Culture is the Body is a complete revision of Suzuki's influential book The Way of Acting, featuring new essays and in a revised translation by Kameron Steele, a longtime collaborator of Suzuki's. Legendary theater director Tadashi Suzuki explains his revered approach in this new edition of his writings. Tadashi Suzuki is the founder and director of the Suzuki Company of Toga (SCOT), the organizer of Japan's first international theater festival (Toga Festival), and the creator of the Suzuki Method of Actor Training. Suzuki has articulated his theories in a number of books. He has taught his system of actor training in schools and theaters throughout the world. Besides productions with his own company, he has directed several international collaborations.

Why is that So Funny?

Author: John Wright
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780879103439
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 356

Book Description
(Book). This unique exploration of the principles and practice of physical comedy starts with a discussion of the various types of laughter that can be provoked by performance. It then presents graduated sequences of over a hundred games and exercises devised to demonstrate and investigate the whole range of comic possibilities open to a performer. The result is an intensely practical and thoroughly stimulating investigation of how comedy works in physical terms.