The poetic body describes the unusual career of the French theater educator and acting teacher Jacques Lecoq, founder of the Ecole internationale de Théâtre in Paris. In his book, Lecoq explains how various arts such as music, painting, dance, poetry, and acrobatics, as well as sports, are utilized and integrated equally at his school. The starting point of Lecoq's acting pedagogy is the human body with its capabilities for perception, movement, and expression. His methods and techniques are presented to the reader in a clear and comprehensible manner.