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Jacques Lecoq by Sarah Lewis

Jacques Lecoq (1921-1999) was a pioneering French teacher of physical theatre, mime, and mask work. He studied physical education and taught acting techniques that incorporated movement. In the 1940s-1950s he discovered Commedia dell'Arte and mask work in Italy, which influenced his teaching methods. In 1956, Lecoq opened his own school of mime and theatre in Paris, where he taught until his death. He emphasized neutrality, play, and using the entire body to explore characters and stories.

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Jacques Lecoq by Sarah Lewis

Jacques Lecoq (1921-1999) was a pioneering French teacher of physical theatre, mime, and mask work. He studied physical education and taught acting techniques that incorporated movement. In the 1940s-1950s he discovered Commedia dell'Arte and mask work in Italy, which influenced his teaching methods. In 1956, Lecoq opened his own school of mime and theatre in Paris, where he taught until his death. He emphasized neutrality, play, and using the entire body to explore characters and stories.

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Jacques Lecoq

1921-1999
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Born in Paris in 1921 and stayed there throughout the German occupation. Began studying Physical Education in 1937 & taught it from 1941 to 1945 By 1945 began acting with Gabriel Cousins and was then taken on by Jean Daste to give physical training to actors. It was through Cousins that he became familiar with the work of Copeau and masks. In 1948 he went to Italy for a 3 month stint and stayed 8 years. Here he discovered Commedia and met the sculptor Amieto Sarton who made masks for him. In 1956 he returned to France and opened his school of mime and theatre. He also worked for the TNP (national popular theatre) and in TV until the school expanded to take up all of his time. He taught at his school until his death in 1999

Lecoq on teaching: I am nobody. I am a neutral point through which you must pass in order to better articulate your own theatrical voice. I am only there to place obstacles in your path, so that you can better find your way around them. Dont do what I do. Do what you do. I dont need my pupils to love me Lecoq on Neutrality and the Neutral mask: The first year is the demystification of ready made ideas. Self enlightenment and spiritual bliss has little attraction. The ego is superfluous. The neutral mask is a fulcrum point which doesnt exist and as the actor approaches it they become a white page, ready to be written on in the future dramas. Of course, there is no such thing as absolute neutrality, it is merely a temptation. Lecoq on Play & Mime: My method aims to promote the emergence of a theatre where the actor is playful. disponsibilit- state of discovery, openness, of freedom to recieve condition required for play complicit - result of successful play, collusion between performers and performers and audience in gleeful pleasure.. To mime is literally to embody and therefore to understand better... miming is a way of rediscovering a thing with renewed freshness. The action of miming becomes a form of knowledge. For more on Lecoq see: www.ecole-jacqueslecoq.com/index_uk.htm Jacques Lecoq Simon David Murray 2003 The Moving Body Jacques Lecoq, trans. David Bradby-2000 Also see: Complicit see www.complicite.org Mummenshanz- see www.mummenshanz.com

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