Jean-Louis Rodrigue began his actor training in 1969 with Herbert Berghof at the HB Studio in New York. Subsequently, 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, Rodrigue discovered the Alexander Technique. He spent three more years training as an Alexander teacher with Frank Ottiwell and Giora Pinkas at the American Center for the Alexander Technique. He also trained with F.M. Alexander's first generation of master teachers including Patrick Macdonald, Marjorie Barstow, and Walter Carrington.

Rodrigue has taught the Alexander Technique for the past twenty-five years. His unique approach to movement education and to improving levels of performance has brought international recognition. In the music world, he has taught for the Verbier Festival and Academy, a music and theater festival in the Swiss Alps and the UCLA Department of Music. He founded the Alexander program for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute and taught the young musicians and conductors for six years.

He has collaborated with Larry Moss on the movement and vocal aspects of Pamela Gien's THE SYRINGA TREE, Bo Eason's RUNT OF THE LITTER, and April Daisy White's SUGAR. Most recently he has worked with director Joanna Settle and with Heather Raffo in her play NINE PARTS OF DESIRE at the Geffen Playhouse, and later this year at the Arena Stage in Washington. He has coached actors working at the Pasadena Playhouse, the Mark Taper Forum, the Geffen Playhouse, and on Broadway, as well as the artists of the Cirque du Soleil on improving their performance and preventing injuries. He teaches regularly for the Larry Moss Studio, the Howard Fine Acting Studio, the UCLA Department of Theater and the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum.

In film, Rodrigue's unique style of movement training and choreography can be seen in many films including the upcoming “Bee Season” with Juliette Binoche, "Seabiscuit" with Elizabeth Banks, "The Time Machine", "The Cat's Meow" with Kirsten Dunst, "The Affair of the Necklace" with Hilary Swank, "Passion Fish" with Mary MacDonnell, and "Human Nature" with Patricia Arquette. He has worked with many actors including Helena Bonham Carter, Keanu Reeves, Tate Donovan, Julia Sweeney, Jonathan Pryce, Simon Baker, Joely Richardson, Sally Kellerman, and Courtney Thorne-Smith.

Rodrigue is considered a Senior Teacher of the Alexander Technique. He is a founder and a faculty member of the Alexander Training Institute of Los Angeles, a teacher training program. He is a certified teacher and an active member of the American Society for the Alexander Technique (AmSAT). Rodrigue is also on the faculty at the UCLA Collaborative Centers for Integrative Medicine.

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