Awareness
As a performer you need to be able to focus on what is going on in your body – physically, psychologically and emotionally.
The first thing which The Alexander Technique teaches is Awareness.
Q. Why couldn’t the skeleton go to the dance?
A. Because he had no body to go with!
You have to be in your body to be able to allow your muscle memory to return to its natural alignment and function.
You must be inside, not outside, your body to calibrate your performance.
It is a calmness on the inside as well as the out which enables you to find your way through situations. Such awareness allows you Presence and Stillness.
In order to do this you must be able to use all of your senses. Awareness work is sensory work.
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Where is my voice? how does it feel? how does it sound? am I pushing? |
Am I listening? |
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How is my breathing? |
What can I feel? |
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Where is it coming from? |
What do I understand about what is happening? |
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What am I doing? |
Am I impressing or expressing? |
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Where is my head? |
Where is my accent? |
If you would like to develop the inclusive awareness necessary to become a first class actor:
What people are saying:
“Barbara’s work is an essential addition to the actor’s toolbox. Letting go of habits on all levels gives the actor the freedom to explore without tension and judgement. No actor should be without the freedom created by understanding how their body and their mind are released simply by aligning their physical self.”Adrian Barnes
“The Alexander Technique doesn’t teach you something new to do. It teaches you how to bring more practical intelligence into what you are already doing; how to eliminate stereo-typed responses; how to deal with habit and change. It leaves you free to choose your own goal but gives you a better use of yourself while you work towards it.”Dr. Frank Pierce Jones
“I find The AlexanderTtechnique very helpful in my work. Things happen without you trying. Movement becomes light and relaxed.”John Cleese
“Without The Alexander Technique it is very difficult to become a first rate Actor”Larry Moss
“For all of us, not just actors, life puts great stress and strain on our bodies. The Alexander Technique has given me a self help method by teaching me to relax and adjust my posture so that my body, which for an actor is an instrument can work as well as possible.”Jeremy Irons
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