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- Jean-Louis Rodrigue began his actor training in 1969 with Herbert Berghof at the HB Studio in New York. Subsequently, William Ball awarded Rodrigue a full scholarship to study in the Advanced Training Program at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. During his training and performing at ACT, Rodrigue discovered the Alexander Technique. He spent three more years training as an Alexander teacher with Frank Ottiwell and Giora Pinkas at the American Center for the Alexander Technique. He also trained with F.M. Alexander's first generation of master teachers including Patrick Macdonald, Marjorie Barstow, and Walter Carrington. Rodrigue has taught the Alexander Technique for the past forty-two years. His unique approach to movement education and to improving the levels of performance, has brought international recognition. In the musical world, he has taught for the Verbier Festival and Academy, a music and theater festival in the Swiss Alps and the UCLA Department of Music. He founded the Alexander program for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute and taught the young musicians and conductors for six years. In theatre he has collaborated with Larry Moss and Pamela Gien on the vocal and movement aspects in the Obie Award winning play "The Syringa Tree" at Playhouse 91 in New York and the current national tour. Rodrigue prepared actor Bo Eason in his one man play "Runt of the Litter" at the MCC Theater in New York, also directed by Moss. He has coached actors working at the Pasadena Playhouse, Mark Taper Forum, the Geffen Playhouse, and on Broadway, as well as the artists of the Cirque du Soleil on improving their performance and preventing injuries. He teaches regularly for the Larry Moss Studio, the UCLA Department of Theater and the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum. His unique style of movement training and choreography can be seen in many films, including "Human Nature" (2001) with Patricia Arquette, "Passion Fish" (1992) with Mary MacDonnell, "The Affair of the Necklace" (2001) with Hilary Swank, "The Cat's Meow" (2001) with Kirsten Dunst, "The Time Machine" (2002), "Seabiscuit" with Elizabeth Banks. He has worked with many actors including Helena Bonham Carter, Juliette Binoche, Hilary Swank, Keanu Reeves, Tate Donovan, Julia Sweeney, Jonathan Pryce, Simon Baker, Joely Richardson, Sally Kellerman and Courtney Thorne-Smith.
Rodrigue is considered a Senior Teacher of the Alexander Technique. He is a founder and a faculty member of the Alexander Training Institute of Los Angeles, a teacher training program. He is a certified Teacher and an active member of the American Society for the Alexander Technique (AmSAT). Rodrigue is on the advisory board of the Center for Integrative Health, Medicine and Research.- IMDb Mini Biography By: publicist
- Inspired by American environmentalist and writer Paul Shepard, Jean-Louis Rodrigue is known for his animal movement studies for actors to develop characters on stage and screen. His primary areas of research are animal movement, behavior, morphology, nature perception, and human/animal connections.
- Jean-Louis Rodrigue is a popular movement and acting coach in Los Angeles and New York. He has coached many leading actors including Juliette Binoche, Hilary Swank, Josh Brolin, Sir Ian McKellen, Chris Pine, Kirsten Dunst, and Helena Bonham Carter.
- Jean-Louis Rodrigue is an internationally-known movement director and acting coach. He is one of the pre-eminent teachers of the Alexander Technique as applied to performance on film.
- Jean-Louis speaks fluently four languages: French, Italian, Spanish and English.
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