Institute of Contemporary Arts

LIMF Lecture 2009: Dick McCaw, The Actor - A Reluctant Mover

Dick McCaw's talk for LIMF09 examines the importance of movement to the actor's art. With reference to the work of Lecoq, Decroux and other 20th century masters it focuses on the work of Geraldine Stephenson, his own movement mentor (and coach to such well known actors as Leonard Rossiter and Maureen Lipman) and in turn on her teacher - the legendary pioneer of movement and dance - Rudolf Laban.

Dick McCaw co-founded Actors Touring Company with John Retallack in 1978, and the Medieval Players with Carl Heap in 1981. From 1993-2001 he was artistic director of the International Workshop Festival, programming an annual series of practical workshops with leading figures in the performing arts including Jacques Lecoq, Lev Dodin, Keith Johnstone, Katie Mitchell and Phelim McDermott. He is currently Senior Lecturer in Drama at Royal Holloway, University of London, a qualified Feldenkreis practitioner and is working on the Routledge Companion to Laban as well as The Complete Laban Toolkit for Nick Hern Books.

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