Voice and the Alexander Technique
Author : Jane Ruby Heirich
Publisher : Books that Change
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 43,42 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Alexander technique
ISBN : 9780964435292
Voice and the Alexander Technique
Author : Jane Ruby Heirich
Publisher : Books that Change
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 11,49 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
Book Description
" ... Heirich addresses some common problem areas of the voice-teaching world: breath management, voice projection, resonance building, singing high notes, 'breaks' in the vocal range, excess muscle tension in the wrong places, and the relevance of overall poise to vocal output."--Inside jacket.
The Alexander Technique For Actors
Author : Kelly McEvenue
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 38,80 MB
Release : 2016-01-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1474279120
Book Description
This practical book with illustrations links Alexander technique to acting, dancing and singing by the trainer of performers on The Lion King The Alexander Technique is a method of physical relaxation that reduces tension and strain throughout the body. It promotes a beneficial use of movement that is stress-free by learning to free-up the body. It teaches an individual to use their body efficiently in order to avoid damage or loss of control. Kelly McEvenue has been teaching the Alexander Technique to performers for nearly twenty years and is a world expert on the system. In this book she draws on her considerable experience and sets up a series of set-by-step warm-ups and exercises that anybody can follow. The exercises are linked to accurate anatomical drawings, showing where stress is most pronounced in the body. The Foreword is by Patsy Rodenburg, Head of Voice for the Royal National Theatre and author of Methuen titles The Right to Speak and The Actor Speaks.
The Alexander Technique Resource Book
Author : John B. Harer
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 32,53 MB
Release : 2008-12-24
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0810863928
Book Description
The Alexander Technique is a hands-on educational method that helps individuals learn how to eliminate tension in the body caused by habitual limitations in the way they move and think. The health benefits of the Alexander Technique are both physical and emotional. It improves balance, posture, and stamina, and has been shown to improve cognitive functions. And it was practiced and endorsed by renowned philosopher and educator John Dewey. The Alexander Technique Resource Book provides guidance and information that aids in studying the technique and locating sources for further research in the field. It contains information on print, audio, video, and web-based resources, and includes a description of the basic principles and benefits of the Alexander Technique. This book benefits students, scholars, and researchers, as well as musicians, actors, and athletes looking to enhance performance in physical activities. It is a helpful resource for anyone seeking information on alternative and complementary medicines like the Alexander Technique.
Integrated Practice
Author : Pedro de Alcantara
Publisher :
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 24,31 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0195317076
Book Description
To be a musician is to "speak music." When you have something to say and the means to say it, your gestures and sounds become both meaningful and free. Offering an innovative, comprehensive approach to musicians' health and wellbeing, Integrated Practice gives you the tools to combine total-body awareness with a deep and practical understanding of the rhythmic structure of the musical language, so that you can use the musical text itself as your guide toward psychophysical and creative freedom. The book shows you how to establish an imaginative dialogue between the relatively inflexible structure of music and your individual personality as a singer, instrumentalist, or conductor, and it explains how you can use the acoustic phenomenon of the harmonic series to make big, beautiful sounds with little muscular effort. Integrated Practice comes with more than a hundred and fifty exercises demonstrated by video and audio clips on an extensive companion website that will inform your daily practice, improvising, rehearsing, and performing. With this array of resources for every learning style, Integrated Practice is the essential handbook to personal achievement in successful, expressive musical performance.
Indirect Procedures
Author : Pedro de Alcantara
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 16,8 MB
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Music
ISBN : 0199874824
Book Description
A musician's life is filled with many stressful situations: passing auditions, rehearsing and performing with difficult partners, sitting for long hours in uncomfortable chairs, going on stage to face audiences large and small, who may or may not be receptive to the performance they are presented. And yet many musicians are able to surmount these looming obstacles with grace and balance, to find satisfaction and artistry in their music and build productive and lasting careers. Indirect Procedures will guide you around these obstacles and along that path to becoming a balanced and successful musician. Based on the work of Frederick Matthias Alexander, this book is a thorough and practical approach to the issues of musicians' health and wellbeing. Author Pedro de Alcantara introduces concepts and exercises for musicians to let go of excessive tensions, stay focused, and direct their energies as they handle the challenges of practicing, rehearsing, and performing. Complemented by an extensive, easy-to-use companion website, and working alongside Integrated Practice, this new edition of Indirect Procedures is an invaluable and essential resource for today's musicians to learn to sing, play, and conduct with less effort and stronger results.
Introduction to the Alexander Technique
Author : Bill Connington
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 28,94 MB
Release : 2020-01-23
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1350052965
Book Description
Introduction to the Alexander Technique, part of the brand-new Acting Essentials series, is the first textbook about the Alexander Technique written specially for undergraduates. This eight-week program can be taught over the course of half a semester, a full semester, or dipped into as needed to address students' issues with physicality, movement, breathing, voice and performance habits. The Alexander Technique has been a vital part of training for performers since the early 20th century. It is a core part of the curriculum at most acting conservatories and in many BFA programs. Sometimes considered purely a movement discipline, the Alexander Technique in fact takes into consideration the entire person-mind, body, voice, emotions, and imagination. Introduction to the Alexander Technique addresses the student's self as a whole and is suitable for beginning acting students in any academic setting, including those who take performance classes as an elective. The book also includes more than 150 practical, easy-to-follow exercises that help students reduce tension and improve their alignment, flexibility, and poise. The textbook is supported by a range of online videos demonstrating key exercises described throughout the book.
A Lawyer's Guide to the Alexander Technique
Author : Karen G. Krueger
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,18 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Alexander technique
ISBN : 9781627225939
Book Description
This book introduces lawyers to the Alexander Technique, a set of skills for stress management, pain relief, and performance enhancement. The Alexander Technique can be explained very simply - it is a means to recognize and avoid common habits of body and mind that interfere with optimum functioning. The book explains how the Alexander Technique can help lawyers with the specific health and performance challenges that they face in their professional lives and includes a series of photographs that demonstrate both correct and incorrect posture as well as the exercises and techniques discussed in the book.
Alexander Technique
Author : Glynn McDonald
Publisher : Time Life Education
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 25,61 MB
Release : 2003-03-01
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781577173489
Book Description
The Alexander Technique is often described as a kind of physical control drill consisting of a series of rules and regulations--sit up straight, do not slouch, do not cross your legs. Nothing could be further from the truth. Alexander Technique brings together the collective experience of the practitioners of the technique from all over the world to give a fascinating inspiring picture of this educational therapy. This book is a unique and accessible guide explaining clearly the background, benefits, and beauty of the Alexander Technique.
Integrative Alexander Technique Practice for Performing Artists
Author : Cathy Madden
Publisher :
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 23,12 MB
Release : 2014
Category : MEDICAL
ISBN : 9781783202195
Book Description
"An educational method used to improve performance, the Alexander Technique teaches people to replace unnecessary muscular and mental effort with consciously coordinated responses, maximizing effectiveness while also relieving, if necessary, any chronic stiffness or stress ... [The book] addresses common concerns, such as concentration, relaxation, discipline-specific techniques, warm-ups, performer/audience relationships, stage fright and critical responses ... in the application of the techniques."--Provided by publisher.
