About Jean-Louis Rodrigue

Born in Casablanca, Morocco, Jean-Louis Rodrigue lived and was educated in Italy and France. He began his actor training in 1967 with Herbert Berghof at the HB Studio in New York. In 1970, 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, Jean-Louis discovered the Alexander Technique. He spent three more years training as an Alexander teacher with Frank Ottiwell at the American Center for the Alexander Technique, also in San Francisco. View Jean-Louis Rodrigue's Biography →

Jean-Louis reflects on Robin Williams’ time at Julliard

2017-12-20T18:33:10-08:00

Robin Williams was wildly funny and inventive, deeply sensitive, and a profoundly generous person. During his training at Juilliard, Robin studied the Alexander Technique with Judith Leibowitz, the first Alexander Technique teacher to teach at [...]

Jean-Louis reflects on Robin Williams’ time at Julliard2017-12-20T18:33:10-08:00

Jean-Louis reflects on his friendship with Casting Director Marion Dougherty

2017-12-20T18:33:25-08:00

Marion Dougherty By Jean-Louis Rodrigue Documentarian Tom Donahue’s Casting By spotlights one of filmmaking’s unsung heroes: the casting director. The film views the last half-century of Hollywood history from a different perspective, and [...]

Jean-Louis reflects on his friendship with Casting Director Marion Dougherty2017-12-20T18:33:25-08:00

Actor Interview: Lynn Redgrave

2018-12-01T20:47:30-08:00

Actress and writer Lynn Redgrave, one of the founding members of Britain's National Theatre, studied the Alexander Technique at the beginning of her stage, screen and television career. A veteran of Broadway and London's West [...]

Actor Interview: Lynn Redgrave2018-12-01T20:47:30-08:00

Jean-Louis Rodrigue to teach for the 3rd year at Berlinale Talent Campus

2017-12-05T15:00:28-08:00

Jean-Louis Rodrigue was invited again to be an expert at the Berlinale Talent Campus #9. He will present a major component of the new intensified hands-on program, Talent Actors Stage.   Offering a [...]

Jean-Louis Rodrigue to teach for the 3rd year at Berlinale Talent Campus2017-12-05T15:00:28-08:00

Jean-Louis Rodrigue teaches The Art of Acting Intensive in Berlin

2017-12-05T15:16:37-08:00

Jean-Louis Rodrigue taught an Intensive course in the Art of Acting, using the Alexander Technique as applied to performance for a group of German actors and directors at Theaterforum- Kreuzberg and sponsored by Interkunst in [...]

Jean-Louis Rodrigue teaches The Art of Acting Intensive in Berlin2017-12-05T15:16:37-08:00

Jean-Louis awarded grant fellowship at Montalvo Arts Center to direct “The Reader”

2017-12-06T21:41:52-08:00

Montalvo Arts Center is housed in the historic "Villa Montalvo", In 1939, Villa Montalvo was opened to the public as an arts center with artists in residence and a small gallery in the [...]

Jean-Louis awarded grant fellowship at Montalvo Arts Center to direct “The Reader”2017-12-06T21:41:52-08:00

Jean-Louis & Kristof invited to teach at Interkunst in Berlin

2017-12-29T20:08:28-08:00

INTERKUNST is a registered non-profit association based in Berlin. It was founded on 1990 and is active since 1992. Activities are concentrated on the realization of multi-cultural projects, innovative forms of encounter and interdisciplinary forms [...]

Jean-Louis & Kristof invited to teach at Interkunst in Berlin2017-12-29T20:08:28-08:00

Jean-Louis teaches at the UCLA Arts Camp & Theater Conservatory

2017-12-05T15:31:06-08:00

The Theater Conservatory Workshop develops the advanced theater actor’s physical, emotional, and imaginative resources. This two-week journey incorporates the physical expression of movement, the spontaneity of improvisation, the liberating alchemy of mask and myths, and [...]

Jean-Louis teaches at the UCLA Arts Camp & Theater Conservatory2017-12-05T15:31:06-08:00
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