Alexander Technique for Actors: A Practical Course - Couverture souple

O'Connor, Penny

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1848427581 ISBN 13 : 9781848427587

Editeur : Nick Hern Books, 2021

Synopsis

The Alexander Technique has revolutionised the physicality, presence, stature and professional lives of generations of actors. By first asking you to identify your own acquired habits, the technique enables you to find new and beneficial ways of moving, thinking, breathing and performing, freely and without unnecessary tension.

Written by an experienced teacher of the Alexander Technique, this clear, supportive and highly practical book takes you step by step through a series of eleven guided lessons. Each explores different elements and principles of the technique, including:

• Training yourself to stay present, and mindful of your environment
• Thinking (but not overthinking!) in new ways
• Observing and developing your natural poise
• Sitting, standing and walking easily and effortlessly
• Breathing and speaking with release and power
• Applying all of this work to characterisation and performance


With dozens of exercises and assignments to help you immediately put what you've learned into practice, and featuring illustrations throughout, this is the ideal introduction to everything the Alexander Technique has to offer - and its potential to benefit not just your work and career, but your entire life. Penny O'Connor trained and worked as an actor before becoming a full-time teacher of the Alexander Technique in 1992. She has taught at several London drama schools including ArtsEd, where she was resident for eighteen years, and is a member of the Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique.

'This comprehensive and absorbing book is essential reading for actors - and all other performers too. It moves seamlessly between explanation and experiential learning, and takes the reader on a cumulative and developmental journey of self-awareness and change, whether working alone or in a group. A joy to experience!' Niamh Dowling, Head of School of Performance, Rose Bruford College

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À propos de l?auteur

Penny O'Connor trained and worked as an actor before becoming a full-time teacher of the Alexander Technique in 1992. She has taught at several London drama schools including ArtsEd, where she was resident for eighteen years, and is a member of the Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Nick Hern Books
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1848427581
• ISBN 13: 9781848427587
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible