LOOKING FOR LECOQ.

From: American Theatre | Date: January 1, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

A MASTER'S LEGACY LIVES ON

JANUARY 1999 MARKED THE PASSING OF TWO PHYSICAL theatre masters: Jerzy Grotowski and Jacques Lecoq. Throughout their lives, both men chose to remain outside the mainstream, researching the training of the body with unrelenting dedication. Upon their deaths, each left a concrete legacy behind: In Pontedera, Italy, the Workcenter founded by Grotowski continues under the direction of American actor Thomas Richards; in Paris, Fay Lees Lecoq continues her late husband's school, Ecole Jacques Lecoq. A less quantifiable legacy exists around the world in ...

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