Integrative Alexander Technique Practice for Performing Artists: Onstage Synergy - Softcover

Madden, Cathy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1783202181 ISBN 13: 9781783202188

Publisher: Intellect, 2014

Synopsis

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 presents 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 behavior, human consciousness studies, and neuroscience in the application of the techniques.

About this title

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Intellect
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1783202181
• ISBN 13: 9781783202188
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 235