{"product_id":"the-moving-body-le-corps-poetique-9781474244770","title":"The Moving Body Le Corps Poetique","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003ci\u003eIn life, I want students to be alive and on stage I want them to be artists\u003c\/i\u003e'' Jacques LecoqJacques Lecoq was one of the most inspirational theatre teachers of our age. In \u003ci\u003eThe Moving Bod\u003c\/i\u003ey, 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, \u003ci\u003ebouffons\u003c\/i\u003e, acrobatics, \u003ci\u003ecommedia\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe taught us how to be artists * Steven Berkoff, on Jacques Lecoq *\u003cbr\u003eIn a very accessible language and with clear exemplifications and illustrative drawings, Lecoq sheds light on a vision of mime considered as training for theatre and for life … Both for the actor, and for the researcher interested in Lecoq’s theatre, this book is an essential read; for the theatre historian it is also a theoretical source on “dramatic mime” and on the expressive body that transversally influenced dance and theatre in the twentieth century. * Skenè: Journal of Theatre and Drama Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword by Simon McBurney 1. Personal Journey 2. The World and Its Movements 3. The Roads to Creativity 4. New Beginnings","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019913036119,"sku":"9781474244770","price":61.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781474244770.jpg?v=1750781707","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-moving-body-le-corps-poetique-9781474244770","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}