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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 injury.… Continued...
Author: Elisabeth Reed, GCFT | Filed under: The Performing Arts
Unmasking
I recently heard the great stage and film actor Ben Vereen speak with the…
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Author: Gwendolyn Schwinke, GCFP | Filed under: Introduction ATM Lessons The Classroom Creativity Enriching Daily Life Functional Integration General Applications 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 actor… 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 a… 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 brought… 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 Feldenkrais… 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 Through… 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, you… 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 of… 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 pains… 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 exposure… 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. Moshe… 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 concepts… Continued...
Author: Bob Feldman | Filed under: Creativity The Performing Arts
Inside the Skin of the Actor
The performing artist needs to develop a very high level of physical awareness in…
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Author: Andrew Dawson, Theatre Artist & Feldenkrais® Practitioner | Filed under: Introduction ATM Lessons The Classroom 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 sitting… Continued...
Author: Barbara Goldberg | Filed under: The Performing Arts
First, Tune the Musician -
Radical Listening in Musical Improvisation
David Kaetz, GCFP, will be teaching his workshop Continued...
Author: -Aarti Rana | Filed under: Introduction Creativity The Performing Arts Voice Training
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 been… Continued...
Author: Lavinia Plonka, GCFP | Filed under: Creativity The Performing Arts
The Beginning Is a Very Good Place to Start:
A Conversation about the Feldenkrais Method® with Master Teacher Maxine Davis
I climbed the brownstone’s steps and rang the buzzer for apartment 4. Feldenkrais® teacher Maxine Davis welcomed me into… Continued...
Author: Jill Anna Ponasik | Filed under: Introduction The Performing Arts Voice Training
Neuroplasticity and The Feldenkrais Method®
Your brain loves to learn. In fact it thrives on acquiring new skills such as playing a musical instrument,… 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 to… 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 of… Continued...
Author: Richard Ehrman | Filed under: The Performing Arts
Improving Dance by Slowing Down
When I first encountered the Feldenkrais Method® of somatic education, I was recovering from a serious…
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Author: Erica Trivett, GCFP | Filed under: Introduction ATM Lessons Balance and Falling Creativity General Applications The Performing Arts Recovery
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 the… Continued...
Author: Patricia Holman | Filed under: The Performing Arts
A Flip of the Hip
When it comes to performance, what can you expect from a Feldenkrais® lesson? Each performer is likely to have… Continued...
Author: Jean Elvin, GCFP | Filed under: Introduction ATM Lessons The Classroom Creativity Enriching Daily Life Flexibility General Applications The Performing Arts Voice Training Yoga
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: The Feldenkrais Method… 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 company… Continued...
Author: Barbara Forbes | Filed under: The Performing Arts
Intelligent Injury-Free Dance Intensive Workshop Review
I was in a rut as a dance teacher. It had been a year or two since I’d been… Continued...
Author: Tammy Rosen | Filed under: The Performing Arts
How the Feldenkrais Method® Changed my Organization
The Feldenkrais Method first began to move me in a workshop for my art. I was studying maskwork and… Continued...
Author: Emily Davis | Filed under: Introduction ATM Lessons Creativity Enriching Daily Life General Applications The Performing Arts