Integrative Alexander Technique Practice for Performing Artists: Onstage Synergy

Integrative Alexander Technique Practice for Performing Artists: Onstage Synergy
ISBN-10
1783202203
ISBN-13
9781783202201
Category
Performing Arts
Pages
404
Language
English
Published
2017-01-01
Publisher
Intellect Books
Author
Catherine Madden

Description

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.

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