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Routledge
180 pages
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:
THE LIFE OF JACQUES LECOQ
Jacques Lecoq (1921–99)
Jacques Lecoq: actor, director and teacher
Jacques Lecoq and the Western tradition of actor training
Jacques Lecoq: the body and culture
Summary and conclusion
THE TEXTS OF JACQUES LECOQ
Lecoq’s pedagogy: from practice to principles (and back)
Acting for the theatre of the future
End words
TRACES OF JACQUES LECOQ: THÉÂTRE DE COMPLICITÉ’S STREET OF CROCODILES AND THE WORK OF MUMMENSCHANZ
The case of Théâtre de Complicité
The Street of Crocodiles
The case of Mummenschanz
PRACTICAL EXERCISES
Aims
Background and context
Approach
Preparatory exercises
I push . . . I pull: towards the dynamics of melodrama
I am pushed . . . I am pulled: towards the dynamics of tragedy
I push myself . . . I pull myself: towards the dynamics of commedia dell’arte
Debrief
CONCLUSION
Routledge Performance Practitioners is an innovative series of introductory handbooks on key figures in twentieth-century performance practice.
Each volume focuses on a theatre-maker who has transformed the way we understand theatre and performance. The books are carefully structured to enable the reader to gain a good grasp of the fundamental elements underpinning each practitioner's work. They provide an inspiring springboard for students on twentieth century, contemporary theatre and theatre history courses.
These compact, well-illustrated and clearly written books unravel the contribution of modern theatre's most charismatic innovators, through:
As a first step towards critical understanding, and as an initial exploration before going on to further, primary research, Routledge Performance Practitioners are unbeatable value for today's student.
