Theatre of Movement and Gesture

Author:   Jacques Lecoq ,  Joel Anderson ,  D Bradby (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK) ,  Luke Kernaghan
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780415359443


Pages:   184
Publication Date:   25 September 2006
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Jacques Lecoq ,  Joel Anderson ,  D Bradby (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK) ,  Luke Kernaghan
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9780415359443


ISBN 10:   0415359449
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   25 September 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1 Imitation: from mimicry to miming 2 The gestures of life 3 From pantomime to modern mime 4 Has mime become separated from theatre? 5 Mime, the art of movement 6 The explosion of mime 7 The theatre of gesture and image

Reviews

...this is an important addition to the growing body of scholarship treating Lecoq's work, and any student of 20th-century theatre or the use of movement in performance will find this book invaluable. --TDR


""...this is an important addition to the growing body of scholarship treating Lecoq's work, and any student of 20th-century theatre or the use of movement in performance will find this book invaluable."" --TDR


"""...this is an important addition to the growing body of scholarship treating Lecoq's work, and any student of 20th-century theatre or the use of movement in performance will find this book invaluable."" --TDR"


Author Information

Jacques Lecoq founded l’École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in 1956, developing teaching methods that have inspired numerous practitioners of physical theatre, in which gesture is at the basis of the performance. David Bradby is Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London. He was the translator of Jacques Lecoq’s The Moving Body (Methuen, 2000).

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