Jean-Louis Rodrigue(I)
- Additional Crew
- Producer
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.
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.