D'Ursel Alain

Alain D'Ursel is a Lecturer at the International Lassaad Theatre School within the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, where he has taught body awareness since 1985. His career bridges somatic practices, physical therapy, and performing arts pedagogy, with a focus on the body’s role in artistic and therapeutic contexts.

• Graduate of Jacques Lecoq International Theatre School (1973-1975)
• Practitioner and teacher of the Muscular Chains method (since 1982)
• Trained in the Mathias Alexander Method and Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Active in European educational projects like Mus-E (Yehudi Menuhin Foundation)

His research integrates Music Theatre, Physical Therapy, and Somatics, emphasizing the interplay between movement, rhythm, and anatomical understanding in artistic practices. He founded the Laboratoires d'Anatomie Poétique, merging poetic exploration with somatic science, and contributes to training programs in Belgium and abroad.