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Articles: The Performing Arts
Using the Feldenkrais Method to Heighten Musical Awareness and Skill
Like many musicians, I came to the Feldenkrais Method in the course of dealing with a repetitive stress… Continued...
Author: Elisabeth Reed, GCFT | Filed under: The Performing Arts
Training the Actor's Instrument
What do Peter Brook, Whoopi Goldberg and Mike Nichols have in common? They use Awareness Through Movement® for… Continued...
Filed under: The Performing Arts
The Magic Piccolo
Linda, a piccolo player came to see me because her fingers were stiffening up when she came to… Continued...
Author: John Tarr | Filed under: The Performing Arts
The Lesson
Henry, a 75-year-old, prize-winning composer and pianist had his first experience with the Feldenkrais Method® when he was… Continued...
Author: Mary Spire | Filed under: The Performing Arts
The Language of Permission
How do I not use the Feldenkrais Method® in my work with dance? Some basic principles from the… Continued...
Author: Sondra Fraleigh | Filed under: The Performing Arts
The Feldenkrais Method in Music Training
The world’s largest school for contemporary music, with close to 3,000 students, Berklee College of Music offers Awareness… Continued...
Filed under: Creativity The Performing Arts
The Feldenkrais Method for Actors
St. Cyr: I’ve always loved a particular quote of Dr. Feldenkrais, “If you know what you are doing,… Continued...
Author: Tommie St. Cyr | Filed under: Introduction General Applications The Performing Arts Voice Training
The Feldenkrais Method Can Expand Musical Freedom, Experimentation and Imagination
The Feldenkrais Method has been used to improve body awareness and enhance the functioning of a wide variety… Continued...
Author: Uri Vardi, GCFT | Filed under: The Performing Arts
The Feldenkrais Method and the Dancing Hip
I was a professional dancer, choreographer and teacher for over twenty years when I began to experience stabbing… Continued...
Author: Cathy Paine | Filed under: The Performing Arts
The Feldenkrais Method and Music
The Feldenkrais Method has been very helpful to me as a teacher and as a performer. My first… Continued...
Author: Linda Case | Filed under: Introduction General Applications The Performing Arts
The Feldenkrais Method and Dance
The slow, gentle, and graceful movements that comprise the Feldenkrais Method® have much to offer the dance world.… Continued...
Author: Nancy Galeota-Wozny | Filed under: The Performing Arts
Support for Creative Expression: The Feldenkrais Method with Actors
When working with actors, I have combined elements of the Feldenkrais Method with text and movement work. Various… Continued...
Author: Bob Feldman | Filed under: Creativity The Performing Arts
Refining the Instrument That Plays the Instrument
Billie read about the Feldenkrais Method® in Candace Pert’s book Molecules of Emotion. She had been having difficulty… Continued...
Author: Barbara Goldberg | Filed under: The Performing Arts
Playing Music "The Feldenkrais® Way": An Interview with Aliza Stewart, GCFP
A professional pianist, Aliza Stewart began to study the Feldenkrais Method® 23 years ago. Since then she has… Continued...
Author: Lavinia Plonka, GCFP | Filed under: Creativity The Performing Arts
Neuroplasticity and The Feldenkrais Method®
Your brain loves to learn. In fact it thrives on acquiring new skills such as playing a musical… Continued...
Author: Eileen Bach-y-Rita, GCFP | Filed under: Creativity The Elder Citizen Enriching Daily Life General Applications The Performing Arts Recovery Stress
Movement First
“Find a comfortable position to rest in.” A dance teacher quietly goes from leaning on knees and elbows… Continued...
Author: Prisca Winslow Bradley, GCFP | Filed under: Balance and Falling Creativity Flexibility General Applications The Performing Arts Recovery
In Their Own Words: Students at the Berklee College of Music Talk About the Feldenkrais Method
Over the past 9 years almost 1000 music students have taken Awareness Through Movement® classes at Berklee College… Continued...
Author: Richard Ehrman | Filed under: The Performing Arts
Freeing Your Body Towards Greater Motion and Emotion
A saxophone player once came to me suffering through arm, shoulder and back pain. He was familiar with… Continued...
Author: Patricia Holman | Filed under: The Performing Arts
Dancing With Awareness: An Interview with Rich Goldsand, GCFP
NM: How would you describe the Feldenkrais Method® to a dancer in a single sentence?
RG:… Continued...
Author: Nicole Manus* | Filed under: Creativity The Performing Arts
Dancing from the Inside Out
Opening night. The Joffrey Ballet is performing at the San Francisco Opera House, and I am to teach… Continued...
Author: Barbara Forbes | Filed under: The Performing Arts
A Delicate Balance
The act of balancing is constant in life. Dancers further the challenge with beautiful, sometimes precarious poses. The… Continued...
Author: Prisca Winslow Bradley | Filed under: The Performing Arts