SHORT COURSES

The Jacques Lecoq School offers a range of « Masterclass – Laboratory » to explore the styles and genres initiated by his pedagogy.
Each workshop will have its own theme and will be led by a team of professor and invited artist. They will be held at the Lecoq school.

Over the years, the pedagogy of the Jacques Lecoq school has given birth to actors, authors, theatre, circus and opera directors, puppeteers, clowns, filmmakers, musicians, circus artists, singers, storytellers, set designers…

With this in mind, how can we define the heritage of the Lecoq school? How have its students succeeded, both in creating work over such diverse domains, and reinventing the domains themselves? What fresh life do they continue to breathe into their explorations today?

Certain students delved into arts which require very specific expertise, such as in circus, opera, and music. Others turned to puppetry, devised theatre, or the vast world of comedy.
What is it that gave them the impulse to create, to realize what they wanted to say and to stand up for? Does it have to do with Lecoq’s constant practice of devising that requires artists to hone their vision and directorial eye? Could it be because of the way the school studies theatrical space, placing it on the same level as the performers themselves? Is it the clear structure of the teaching that helped these artists to find their calling? Or could it simply be the spirit of curiosity and openness proposed by the pedagogy of Jacques Lecoq?

These many questions kindled a desire for the school to explore possible answers through open laboratory like masterclasses. These «laboratories» will be led by the school’s teachers, as well as notable former students who have invented, developed, and renewed both styles, dramatic territories, and genres.

The goal is not to discuss theory, but instead to experience these realities on our feet, guided by expert teachers and outstanding artists who will share their discoveries and artistic worlds with the participants.