“I can immediately tell the difference between actors who have studied the Alexander Technique, and those who haven’t” -Sam Mendes, Academy Award-Winning Director (American Beauty) I think about this question a lot. Probably because I was an actor myself, and saw that studying Alexander Technique really made a difference in my work. But the one […]
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Michael Frederick, (one of my very favorite mentors) was talking about the difference between Thinking and Awareness in an Alexander Technique class for actors the other day. It’s a distinction that bears some exploration. Thinking is an action that is linear in nature. If I ask you to add two large numbers together, or ask […]
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