Redirection: Alexander Technique

Performing Arts

Performers from all disciplines study the Alexander Technique to improve the quality of their performing and to relieve pain and excessive tension. For over a century the Alexander Technique has been taught to performers who want to gain greater physical flexibility, vocal control and freedom, improved posture, coordination, and breathing. The Alexander Technique can help performers tap more of their artistic potential by opening up greater avenues of expression.

"I started studying the Alexander Technique for relief from chronic pain in my back and legs. The most exciting discovery is that, in addition to less pain, I have become a better dancer with a more complete understanding of how my body functions within my technique." -- Andrea Comola, member of Ballet Austin Dance Company

The Alexander Technique is taught at the Julliard School of Performing Arts in New York, the Eastman School of Music, the Los Angelos Philharmonic, the New England Conservatory of Music, the Royal College of Music and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, the American Dance Festival, the Stratford Shakespearean Festival and a great many more professional training programs, colleges and universities worldwide.

"My life has become much happier as a result of learning this technique. I approach life in an entirely new way and I'm free from pain. After eight months of crippling knee pain I found the Alexander Technique. I had tried acupuncture, acupressure, massage, walking with a cane and even surgery to heal myself. Each worked temporarily, but the Alexander Technique taught me how to orient my body in a way that eventually eliminated my pain altogether." James D. Mays, musician, singer and songwriter