Neutral Mask

A study of the neutral mask is a study of what binds us, what separates us, and how the two flow through the world outside of us. Above all, a study of the Neutral Mask is research into the basics of movement and creation.

When wearing the mask, we attempt to enter a state of openness, a forward moving, physically engaged curiosity with the world around us. The mask is a tool through which we learn the elements of movement intentionality and technique. By learning how to respond to the imagined through the observation of the known, students are given the opportunity to radicalize their way of being on stage.

We are the only company in Chicago that offers study with the real neutral mask, designed by Amleto Sartori and Jacques Lecoq.

There are three masks:
The one we think we are,
The one we really are,
And the one we have in common.
- Jacques Lecoq