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 and Department Head of Theatre at the Lebanese University. 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" 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 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 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 in Beirut, a workshop in Sharja/UAE - May 2006.
Cultural promoter
He was the promoter of the Festival of Theatre and Spectacles in 1983. He has worked in the cadre of Festival of Scholarly Theatre with the organization Alef for three years. Member of jury in:
Bayna Ana wa Ana Hya. The first performances were held in Tunisia in August 2005. This play was later performed in Sharja in May 2006, at the Tortosa Inter-Cultural Festival in October 2006, and in Italy in March 2007, in Algeria 2010; in addition, several performances were given in Lebanon in 2005–2010.
Mouakoun
Cérémonie d'un nombre-acteur
Deathwatch
La révolution des femmes
Advienne que pourra
Daoud is also the author of the plays Chito, Moi et le Curé, Alkirda al Zakiah, Baëh al Hawa and Markab Assalaça.
Arabic publications
On the Essence of Theater, Beyouth, 1996. He exposes in this book his philosophy of theater and the actor.
Al Dabh Eldimocrati, Beyrouth, 1998.
Al Hazayan Fi Jaçad Imra'a Kalimat, Beyrouth, 1998.
Fi Makan Al A'ard Al Maçrahi…, Beyrouth, 2000.
Bayna Ana Wa Ana Hya, Beyrouth, 2006.
"Theater in Lebanon"
Documentaries
Daoud has produced various documentaries, including:
Documentary on Theater in Lebanon - from Phoenician Times until 1986: A two and a half-hour documentary. projected to the press in 1986.
Passing by the CNSAD in Paris. February 1988.
522 short documentaries about Lebanon Shown of the International Spanish speaking Télévisa,.
He is also the author, producer, and director of many radio shows in one of Lebanon's most famous radios for the years 1977–1978. He was the head of the programming of this radio station.
Academic responsibilities
Among many academic responsibilities: Daoud was the head of the Dean of the Fine Arts Institute at the Lebanese University. He was also the head of the Theater and Cinema Department at the Fine Arts Institute of the Lebanese University for twelve years. He is a member of the board of the Lebanese University. He is the Representative of the Government in the board of the Lebanese University. He was the head of the Research Team in Arts at the Doctoral School in Letters and Human and Social Sciences.
