Emerging from Parisian roots, he honed his craft at Jacques Copeau’s Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier under Charles Dullin, where he began to formulate a new approach to mime that later became known as corporeal mime. After the theatre’s closure he taught at Dullin’s Atelier, collaborating with Jean-Louis Barrault and presenting experimental pieces such as “The Factory” and “Evil Spirit” in New York dur…
