jacques lecoq

The theatre practitioner Jacques Lecoq was born on December 15, 1921 in Paris and died on January 19, 1999. He was most famous for his method on physical theatre, movement and mime taught at l'cole Internationale de Thtre Jacques Lecoq from 1956 until his death. Lecoq began his career by studying physical education and sport. After teaching this subject for several years he found himself acting and a member of the Comediens de Grenoble. This company and his work with Commedia dell'Arte in Italy (where he lived for eight years) introduced him to ideas surrounding mime, masks and the physicality of performance. In 1956 he returned to Paris to open his school where he spent most of his time till his death, filling in as international speaker and master class giver for the Union of Theatres of Europe.

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