Jacques Lecoq and the British Theatre Contributor(s): Chamberlain, Franc (Editor), Yarrow, Ralph (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415270251 ISBN-13: 9780415270250 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2001 Annotation: "Jacques Lecoq and the British Theatre" brings together the first collection of essays in English to focus on Lecoq's school of mime and physical theatre. For four decades, at his school in Paris, Jacques Lecoq trained performers from all over the world and effected a quiet evolution in the theatre. The work of such highly successful Lecoq graduates as Theatre de Complicite ("The Winter's Tale" with the Royal Shakespeare Company and "The Visit, The Street of Crocodiles" and "The Causcasian Chalk Circle" with the Royal National Theatre) has brought Lecoq's work to the attention of mainstream critics and audiences in Britain. Yet Complicte is just the tip of the Iceberg. The contributors to this volume, most of them engaged in applying Lecoq's work, chart some of the diverse ways in which it has had an impact on our conceptions of mime, physical theatre, actor training, devising street theatre and interculturalism. This lively - even provocative - collection of essays focuses academic debate and raises awareness of the impact of Lecoq's work in Britain today. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism |
Dewey: 792.028 |
Series: Routledge Harwood Contemporary Theatre Studies |
Physical Information: 0.28" H x 6.1" W x 9" (0.54 lbs) 144 pages |
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Publisher Description: Jacques Lecoq and the British Theatre brings together the first collection of essays in English to focus on Lecoq's school of mime and physical theatre. For four decades, at his school in Paris, Jacques Lecoq trained performers from all over the world and effected a quiet evolution in the theatre. The work of such highly successful Lecoq graduates as Theatre de Complicite (The Winter's Tale with the Royal Shakespeare Company and The Visit, The Street of Crocodiles and The Causcasian Chalk Circle with the Royal National Theatre) has brought Lecoq's work to the attention of mainstream critics and audiences in Britain. Yet Complicte is just the tip of the Iceberg. The contributors to this volume, most of them engaged in applying Lecoq's work, chart some of the diverse ways in which it has had an impact on our conceptions of mime, physical theatre, actor training, devising street theatre and interculturalism. This lively - even provocative - collection of essays focuses academic debate and raises awareness of the impact of Lecoq's work in Britain today. |