AT in the Booth: Applying AT to Voice Acting
The craft of Voice Acting has its specific and unique challenges. Voice actors mostly work alone in a vocal booth, both in audition preparation and sometimes even in recording sessions. The entire performance is conveyed through the voice and is greatly enhanced when also embodied, which is where AT comes in. Good voice acting requires […]
Panel Discussion: Alexander Technique and Emotions
with | Penny Spawforth | Violeta Winograd | Anthony Kingsley | Merran Poplar | Other contributors to the panel: Delia Rosenboom | Bonno Lange The purpose of this panel is to deepen discussion and respectful dialogue about the importance of embracing our emotional and relational self as part of our psychophysical unity; finding fresh ways […]
Tuning Ourselves for Peak Performance
In this workshop we will be exploring how the Technique enables optimal organization for movement and performance. There are many ways to define the Technique, but one very important one is as a means whereby to enable the most efficient and effective movement possible. While we are exploring this organization we will experience the coordination […]
“Look Ma, No Hands!” How touch-free teaching improves everything (including your hands-on!)
In this workshop, I’ll show you how starting to learn the skills & strategies needed to teach the Alexander Technique without hands-on will immediately benefit you by: ● Accelerating the improvement of your Use,● Sharpening your observation skills,● Improving the sensitivity and effectiveness of your hands-on work and…● Opening up new possibilities for reaching, teaching […]
Art of Breathing: Workshop for Alexander Teachers
“An easy and effortless exhalation prompts an easy and effortless inhalation.” – Jessica Wolf. Jessica Wolf’s Art of Breathing investigates the awakening of our attention by way of the breath. Breathing is movement and the respiratory system is the balance wheel of the body. We can restore mobility to overworked muscles, replace habits of holding […]
Unity and Use: the conceptual anatomy of the Technique
Tim’s talk is based on his recent PhD thesis. He argues that Alexander’s theoretical achievement is every bit as great and important as his practical one, but that it is not properly appreciated. Even when it is foregrounded, it typically appears as at best a shopping list of principles, sometimes arranged in order of importance, […]
Dart in Chair Work 101, Part 1
Two part series, take one or both workshops. Can we bring more flow and power into our AT procedures and Application of our work? In this workshop we will explore more freedom of movement while directing our Head-Neck-Back relationship. Application of Developmental Movement and Dart is a wonderful way to free up our Use of the Primary Control […]
Developing Chair Work procedures from Dart and Developmental Movement, Part 2
Two part series, take one or both workshops. In this workshop, we will learn how to use Developmental Movement and Dart Procedures in creating Chair Work procedures. Highly inspired by the pioneering work of Joan and Alex Murray, participants will explore how we evolved(evolutionary movement) and how we learned to move as babies and toddlers(developmental movement). The workshop […]
A Modern Approach to Hands On the Back of the Chair Procedure
Applying Spirals and Developmental Movement to Alexander’s Hands on the Back of the Chair (HOBC) procedure: The procedure is described in F.M.’s “Illustration” in his second book Constructive Conscious Control of the Individual. But the subtleties of the use of the arms is notoriously esoteric and difficult to interpret. We will do an in depth analysis of Alexander’s “Illustration” […]
Can we talk about nothing?
If we try to do something, we cannot be receptive to an experience we have not yet had. We cannot even imagine what it might be! How can we pass the point of trying to do and allow ourselves to be in a state of inviting the unknown? It means putting aside the search to […]