Integrative Alexander Technique Practice for Performing Artists
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- ISBN 9781783202188
- Weight: 635g
- Dimensions: 178 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 15 Dec 2014
- Publisher: Intellect
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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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. Integrative Alexander Technique Practice for Performing Artists brings together the empirical research of Cathy Madden, a teacher and coach with more than thirty-five years of experience with the technique. She addresses common concerns, such as concentration, relaxation, discipline-specific techniques, warm-ups, performer/audience relationships, stage fright and critical responses, and explores the role of the senses, emotions, learned behaviour, human consciousness studies and neuroscience in the application of the techniques.
Cathy Madden is principal lecturer for the University of Washington’s Professional Actor Training program, director of the Alexander Technique Training and Performance Studio in Seattle, and associate director and research director for BodyChance in Japan. She was a founding member and is a former chair of Alexander Technique International.
