TY  - BOOK
AU  - McEvenue,Kelly
TI  - The actor and the Alexander technique
SN  - 0312295154 (pbk.)
AV  - RA781.5 .M34 2002 
U1  - 792.028 20
PY  - 2002///
CY  - New York
PB  - Palgrave, Macmillan
KW  - Alexander technique
KW  - Actors
KW  - Health and hygiene
N1  - Previously published as: The Alexander technique for actors. London : Methuen, 2001; The Actor and the Alexander Technique; Introduction --; F. M. Alexander's Story --; PART ONE: 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 ; 2. Engaging the Abdominal 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 TWO: 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 ; 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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