The child as a model in clown pedagogy: in Jacques Copeau, Jacques Lecoq and Philippe Gaulier

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https://doi.org/10.5965/1414573102472023e0104

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Child, Clown, Theatrical Pedagogy, French Theatre, Acting

Abstract

The article stems from my PhD research on the child as a model in theatre pedagogy. It reveals tacit relations between the child and the clown in Jacques Copeau's thinking and the way in which the child becomes a model for learning clown language in Jacques Lecoq's and Philippe Gaulier's pedagogies. The aim is to problematize commonplaces about the child-clown relationship from a dialogue with different disciplines (anthropology, psychoanalysis, psychology, performance studies), in search of an expanded understanding of notions such as innocence, authenticity, singularity and creativity in the clown's training within the French theatrical tradition of Copeau-Lecoq-Gaulier.

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Author Biography

Rodrigo Cardoso Scalari, Sorbonne Nouvelle University

Is actor, researcher and theatre teacher. PhD in Theatre Studies by the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris III (FR), with the support of the Full Doctorate Abroad Scholarship from CAPES (Ministry of Education/Brazil). Master in Theatre by the University of Campinas (UNICAMP/Brazil), with the support of the FAPESP Master Scholarship (Government of São Paulo/Brazil). Graduated in Theatre by the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS/Brazil). At the École Philippe Gaulier (FR), he studied acting styles: Le Jeu, Neutral Mask, Greek Tragedy, Larval Masks, Commedia dell'Arte, Characters, Melodrama, Shakespeare/Tchekhov, Buffoon and Clown. He is particularly interested in discussions on the education, training and direction of the actor.

 

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2023-07-24

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SCALARI, Rodrigo Cardoso. The child as a model in clown pedagogy: in Jacques Copeau, Jacques Lecoq and Philippe Gaulier. Urdimento: Revista de Estudos em Artes Cênicas, Florianópolis, v. 2, n. 47, p. 1–30, 2023. DOI: 10.5965/1414573102472023e0104. Disponível em: https://www.revistas.udesc.br/index.php/urdimento/article/view/23138. Acesso em: 18 may. 2024.

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Vol. 2 No. 47 (2023): Artes do Palhaço, Artes do Circo, Circo-Teatro e Comicidade Popular II

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Artes do Palhaço, Artes do Circo, Circo-Teatro e Comicidade Popular II

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