Before the Curtain Opens - Alexander Technique in the Actor's Life Kelly KatePaperback
Before the Curtain Opens - Alexander Technique in the Actor's Life Kelly KatePaperback The Alexander Technique is a long-established, accessible and highly effective way of learning to change and…
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Before the Curtain Opens - Alexander Technique in the Actor's Life Kelly KatePaperback
The Alexander Technique is a long-established, accessible and highly effective way of learning to change and retrain postural and behavioural habits that cause unnecessary tension, stress and illness. Alexander (who taught the technique to George Bernard Shaw, Henry Irving, Aldous Huxley and many others), the Alexander Technique is a form of conscious awareness and mindfulness avant la lettre. Developed over a century ago by F.M.
Kate Kelly has a lifetime's experience as an actor and Alexander teacher. It has always been used principally by actors--though it has wide applications in other professions and in daily life. In Before the Curtain Opens, she invites performers of all sorts to examine the everyday habits of standing, sitting, breathing, speaking and reacting that spill over, unseen, into their professional lives.
Using her own experience, miniature case studies,