Resources

Videos

YouTube video to help actors understand what The Alexander Technique is and why it is so necessary to your career.

Watch Hugh Jackman talk about the benefits of the Alexander Technique

In this video, College of Fine Arts School of Theatre, Boston University’s master lecturer Betsy Polatin teaches Benjamin Stanton (CFA’14) and students of the Alexander Technique.

Downloads

Download our brochure about the benefits of using the Alexander Technique in the performing arts

Useful web links

Books

Gelb, M., 1995, Body Learning: An introduction to The Alexander Technique, Holt.
McEvenue, K., 2002, The Actor and The Alexander Technique, Palgrave Macmillan.
Heirich, J.R., 2005, Voice and The Alexander Technique, Mornum Press.
Conable, B., 1991, How to Learn The Alexander Technique: A Manual for Students, Andover Press.
de Alcantara, P., 1997, Indirect Procedures: A Musician’s Guide to The Alexander Technique, Clarendon Press.
Netti-Fio, R., 2011, Dance and The Alexander Technique, Urbana, University of Illinois Press.
Tharp, T., 2003, The Creative Habit, Simon & Schuster.
McCallion, M., 1998, The Voice Book, Faber & Faber.
Polatin ,B., 2013, The Actor’s Secret,North Atlantic Books, Berkeley,California.

What people are saying:

“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

“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

“Once freed from the habitual tensions (so common place they are often not even recognised by the actor and singer) then the body can release into a greater range of expression with freedom, power and confidence.”Brett Wood

“Without The Alexander Technique it is very difficult to become a first rate Actor”Larry Moss

“I find The AlexanderTtechnique very helpful in my work. Things happen without you trying. Movement becomes light and relaxed.”John Cleese