Our fascination with masks goes back to the dawn of time. In recent history, Jacques Lecoq and Keith Johnstone revived the tradition in both training and performance (see genesis for details). Playing with masks is a lot of fun and creates a sense of both increased safety and otherness all at once. In our improvisation courses, full masks help to practice grounding, neutrality, and minimalism. Half masks help with vitality, physical expression, and characters.
We use a set of Larval masks and a modified set of character masks from Strange Face in our teaching as well as half masks built by Imprology’s founder, Rémi Bertrand.
