Jacques Lecoq is one of the great names of contemporary theater. An inspiration to untold numbers of perfomers and theater practitioners, he expounded both a philosophy and one of the truly original methods of performing. As a young physiotherapist after the Second World War, Lecoq learned about how the physical body is organized. His fascination with commedia dell'arte and other forms of movement led him to found first the Theater School of the Piccolo Teatro in Milan, and then the International School of Mime and Theater, where he worked tirelessly until his death in 1999. Lecoq's workshops and master classes became legendary, and changed the face of international theater. In The Moving Body, translated into English for the first time, Lecoq shares his unique philosophy of performance, improvisation, masks, movement, and gesture. Neutral mask, character masks and counter-masks, bouffons, acrobatics, commedia, clowns: all the famous Lecoq techniques are included here. The Moving Body is the written legacy of a great theatrical imagination. Book jacket.
