Lecoq Movement Technique
Physical Theatre Workshop
HOW DOES MOVEMENT CREATE MEANING BEFORE WORDS APPEAR?
This physical theatre workshop proposes a practical encounter with a movement technique developed by Jacques Lecoq, a French pedagogue whose research was rooted in observation of movement, natural dynamics, and the relationship between the body space, and rhythm. Lecoq’s work draws from sports, mime, physical education, and theatre, focusing on how movement precedes the word.
Participants will work with some of the Twenty Movement’s sequences developed by Lecoq’s. These movements function as precise tools to analyse how force, direction, and rhythm generate physical composition that can carry a meaning. Practised in a state of neutrality, they train the performer to suspend personal habits, allowing the movement itself to appear clearly and objectively.
Rather than expressive interpretation, the work focuses on accuracy, economy of movement, balance and imbalance, spatial relationships, articulation of movement and segmentation.
The workshop is open to performers from theatre, dance, and performance.
JOÃO CARLOS SILVA
João Carlos Silva is an actor trained in Jacques Lecoq pedagogy at the Estudis Berty Tovías (Barcelona), with further studies in Theatre Anthropology developed by Odin Teatret. His work focuses on physical theatre and the potential expressiveness of the body in performing arts.
He has worked as an ensemble actor with Trigo Limpo Teatro ACERT (PT) and Ikarus Stage Arts (DK), performing and teaching internationally in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Denmark, South Korea, and Guinea-Bissau.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
DATE: 20 February
HOUR: 15:00h – 18:00h
WHERE: Kulturkepellet - Tage-Hansens Gade 2, bygning 5, Aarhus, Denmark
Language: English
Participants: Maximum 12
Minimum of 8 participants required for the workshop to take place.
Price: 175 DKK
Payment via MobilePay or bank transfer.
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