Théâtre de Complicité in the context of Drama Desk Awards


Théâtre de Complicité in the context of Drama Desk Awards

⭐ Core Definition: Théâtre de Complicité


Complicité is a British theatre company founded in 1983 by Simon McBurney, Annabel Arden, Marcello Magni, and Fiona Gordon. Its original name was Théâtre de Complicité. The company is based in London and uses extreme movement to represent their work, with surrealist imagery. Its work has been influenced by Jacques Lecoq, Philippe Gaulier, and Monika Pagneux. The company produced their first performance in 1983, and in 1985 they won the Perrier Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Complicité has gone on to receive multiple Olivier Awards and Evening Standard Awards, the Europe Theatre Prize, as well as multiple Tony Award and Drama Desk Award nominations. Their productions often involve technology such as projection and cameras, and cover serious themes.

They describe the main principles of their work as "seeing what is most alive, integrating text, music, image and action to create surprising, disruptive theatre".

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Théâtre de Complicité in the context of L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq

École internationale de théâtre Jacques Lecoq is a school of physical theatre previously located on Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis in the 10th arrondissement of Paris. In May of 2023 the school announced its departure from Paris and relocation to Avignon, where its next season training would commence that autumn.

Founded in 1956 by Jacques Lecoq, the school offers a professional and intensive two-year course emphasizing the body, movement and space as entry points in theatrical performance and prepares its students to create collaboratively. This method is called mimodynamics. The school's graduate list includes renowned figures of stage such as Philippe Gaulier of École Philippe Gaulier, Ariane Mnouchkine of Théâtre du Soleil, Steven Berkoff, and Simon McBurney of Théâtre de Complicité, among others.

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