Jacques+Lecoq

 **LECOQ **

In 1945, Lecoq’s involvement in theatre was well founded as he began to physically train actors in order to control their body movements in Jean Dasté’s theatre company “Comédiens de Grenoble". Because of his involvement in this particular theatrical assembly, Lecoq then went on to discover the benefits of using masks in theatre. As Lecoq merged his knowledge of the body with the use of masks, he went on to specialise in Commedia dell' Arte while in Italy in 1948. Arlecchino, a clown character in Comedia dell-Arte is characteristically acrobatic and flexible, and as a result, Lecoq was able to equip actors who played these roles and ones similar to this with the skills that meet the physical demands of the character accordingly. With Amleto Satori, a sculptor, Lecoq researched the importance of the theatrical device of a mask and developed the notion of a 'neutral mask'.
 * Jaques Lecoq** was born December 15 1921 in Paris, France. At age 16, he began studying physical education and eventually taught the subject between the years of 1941 - 1945. This interest of physical activity would later prove advantageous to Lecoq's entrance into the theatrical world.