Simon Murray (UK University of Glasgow)

Jacques Lecoq

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Routledge Performance Practitioners
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 220g
• ISBN-13: 9781138570801
• ISBN-10: 113857080X
• Artikelnr.: 49155314

Autorenporträt

Simon Murray is Senior Lecturer in Theatre Studies at the University of Glasgow.

Inhaltsangabe

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