Nir Paldi, Co-Artistic Director of Theatre Ad Infinitum, reveals who has inspired him throughout his career.
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Jacque Lecoq
I grew up in Israel and trained at the Jaques Lecoq school in Paris. I never met Lecoq himself, but his pedagogy has had the greatest influence on my work. For me, the Lecoq method is a piece of art in its own right. It's a way of looking at life. One of my favourite things about it is that it creates a very disciplined and strict framework for you to learn within, but at the same time it encourages you to rebel against it. While I was studying at the school in Paris, I was given a profound sense of creative freedom that I had never experienced before. The teaching of Lecoq is always in my mind when I'm working, whether I'm rebelling against its strict rules or following them like a good student.
