Jean Daoud
# Jean Daoud

Jean G. Daoud is the founder of the "Holistic Method" in actor training and "Play art and Creativity Therapy". he is a philosopher, poet, playwright, professor and researcher in acting, stage production and art therapy. He holds a degree in Cinema and Theatre Studies from University of Paris VIII, and is Professor of Drama and directing (Beaux-Arts II) and Department Head of Theatre at the Lebanese University (IBA II). He is an expert in "Creative Pedagogy" and Therapy through actor training. He is the founder of the Laboratoire de dramaturgie, d'actorat et de textes. He is the Secretary-general of "Beirut's Congress of Theater".

## The Holistic Method

Jean Daoud started his research in 1981 and started training in the Holistic Method he created in 1986. The Holistic Method has three main portals> One, actor training: where Daoud established his own perspective of the Actor as "the serchear for himself as the ultimate human being". He created a philosophy of training accompanied by a method of practical training. One of his main concepts is the "Dramatugry of the Acotr" resulting in the "Dramaturge-Actor". Two, Creative pedagogy: which implies two folds, the first is training trainers and teachers to have a creative approach to pedagogy. The second is to develop the creativity of the trainees and learners allowing them to better problem solving and to "readiness" (another concept of the Holistic Method) to facing life. Three, "Play, Art and Creativity Therapy" which is being applied for over thirty years by psychotherapists in a variety of therapeutic fields: in psychiatric hospitals, in clinics, with refugees, elderly, and others.

## Acting instructor

He founded the "Laboratory of dramaturgy, acting and texts" at the Lebanese University (Faculty of Literature since 1986, and later at the Fine Arts Institute since 1996) in which he trains actors using the method he created and named "Sufi Method" or "Total Method". The laboratory opens its doors occasionally to the audience for an active and expérimentale interaction. He founded the Pedagogic Workshop that puts the actor training method he created at the service of a creative pedagogy. This workshop is a double workshop, one for kids Cet (1987–2001) and the other is a trainers training workshop for the teachers. He has led as well actor training workshops for professional actors, of which we suffice to name: a workshop with the FCC (French Cultural Center) in Beirut, a workshop in Sharja/UAE - May 2006.

## Cultural promoter

He was the promoter of the Festival of Theatre and Spectacles in 1983 (The first professional theater festival in the Arab world). He has worked in the cadre of Festival of Scholarly Theatre with the organization Alef for three years.

Member of jury in:

* Festival de Quamar d'or – Lebanon (three consecutive years)
* Ayyam AlSharja al Masrahya » (Theatrical Days of Sharja) – Sharja, UAE, 2005
* International Festival of University Theatre, Sultan Kabus University, Oman, March 2007.
* National Festival of Professional Theater - Algeria, 2009.
* Chairman or President of an international Arabic literary festival.
