The actor and the Alexander technique

The actor and the Alexander technique

Kelly McEvenue

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Subjects
Alexander technique.
Actors > Health and hygiene.
Acting.
Published
New York : Palgrave, Macmillan 2002.
Language
English
Main Author
Kelly McEvenue (-)
Edition
1st Palgrave Macmillan ed
Item Description
Previously published as: London : Methuen, 2001.
Physical Description
148 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
ISBN
9780312295158
  • Acknowledgements
  • Foreword
  • An Introduction to The Actor and the Alexander Technique
  • Introduction
  • F. M. Alexander's Story
  • Part 1. The Alexander Technique in the Theatre
  • How the Alexander Technique Became My Vocation
  • The Alexander Teacher's Role in the Production of a Play
  • The Principles of the Alexander Technique
  • 1.. Recognition of Habit
  • 2.. Inhibition--Pausing for an Instant to Arrest a Habit
  • 3.. The 'Primary Control'
  • 4.. Giving Direction--Learning to Use Your Thinking to Make a Change
  • 5.. 'Feelings' May Give Unreliable Feedback
  • 6.. End-gaining
  • 7.. Non-doing--'Less is More'
  • The Anatomy Lesson
  • The Actor Prepares--Warming Up
  • Preparing the Actor for Rehearsal or Performance
  • Warm-up Exercises
  • 1.. Stretching on the Mat--Lying on the Back in the Semi-supine Position
  • 2.. Engaging the Adominal Wall and the Back Muscles
  • 3.. A Shoulder Stretch
  • 4.. Getting Up Off the Floor
  • 5.. Finding Balance or 'Centre'
  • 6.. Arm Stretching
  • 7.. Undulating Through Centre
  • 8.. Find the Hip Joint
  • 9.. The Rolling-over Exercise
  • 10.. Balancing into Walking
  • 11.. An Open-leg Stretch
  • Part 2. Putting the Alexander Technique to Work
  • Partner Work--Moving in Relationship
  • Partner Work and Spatial Awareness Exercises
  • 1.. Spatial Awareness Exercises
  • 2.. Endowment--Observing the Other
  • 3.. Stage 2 of Spatial Awareness
  • 4.. Contact Partner Work
  • 5.. Centrifugal Force and Opposition Exercises
  • 6.. A Mirroring Exercise
  • 7.. Status Work--Playing the High and the Low Brows
  • 8.. Tableau Exercise--Learning to Survive a 'Freeze'
  • The Table Work and the Alexander Technique
  • Lesson One
  • Lesson Two
  • Part 3. Alexander Technique and Voice Work
  • 1.. Alexander's Discovery
  • 2.. Voice Work and the Alexander Technique
  • 3.. Musical Theatre
  • 4.. Opera Singing and the Alexander Technique
  • 5.. The Whispered 'Ah' Exercise
  • Part 4. The Alexander Technique and Acting Challenges
  • Relevance of the Alexander Technique to Acting
  • 1.. The Actor and Fitness
  • 2.. Character Work and the Alexander Technique
  • 3.. Playing Another Gender--from the 'Trouser Role' to the Drag Act
  • 4.. Imitation--Mirroring
  • 5.. The Kissing Class
  • 6.. Nudity
  • 7.. Alexander with Costumes, Wigs and Period Accoutrements
  • 8.. Mask Work
  • 9.. The Zoo Project--An Animal Study
  • 10.. The Lion King
  • 11.. An Elizabethan Bear
  • 12.. The Injured Actor
  • 13.. Understudies
  • 14.. The Ageing Actor
  • 15.. Falling and Fainting On Stage
  • 16.. Drunkenness
  • 17.. Martial Arts and the Alexander Technique
  • The Stage--How the Actor Adapts to Playing the Space
  • 1.. The Proscenium-arch Stage
  • 2.. The Raked Stage
  • 3.. The Thrust Stage
  • 4.. Theatre In the Round
  • 5.. Outdoor Theatre
  • Epilogue
  • Addresses

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