Published in France in 1987, this is the book in which Lecoq first set out his philosophy of human movement, and the way it takes expressive form in a wide range of different performance traditions. He traces the history of pantomime, sets out his definition of the components of the art of mime, and discusses the explosion of physical theatre in the second half of the twentieth century. Interviews with major theatre practitioners Ariane Mnouchkine and Jean-Louis Barrault by Jean Perret, together with chapters by Perret on Étienne Decroux and Marcel Marceau, fill out the historical material written by Lecoq, and a final section by Alain Gautré celebrates the many physical theatre practitioners working in the 1980s.

这本书于1987年在法国出版，勒科克在书中首次阐述了他对人类运动的哲学，以及人类运动在各种不同表演传统中的表现形式。他追溯了哑剧的历史，阐述了他对哑剧艺术组成部分的定义，并讨论了20世纪下半叶肢体剧场的爆发。Jean Perret对主要戏剧从业者Ariane Mnouchkine和Jean-Louis Barrault的采访，以及Perret关于Étienne Decroux和Marcel Marceau的章节，填补了Lecoq撰写的历史材料，而Alain Gautré的最后一节则颂扬了在20世纪80年代工作的许多身体剧场从业者。