|
|||||||||
Perfect Partner
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought
The Alexander Technique by Wilfred Barlow
£5.93
|
Playing Shakespeare (Performance Books) by John Barton  (4)
£8.99
|
Respect for Acting by Uta Hagen  (7)
£7.69
|
The Alexander Technique: A Skill for Life by Pedro De Alcantara
£6.49
|
The Right to Speak: Working with the Voice (Performance Books) by Patsy Rodenburg (2)
£13.49
|
Product details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Frederick Matthias Alexander was born in Tasmania in 1869. In his twenties, he became a professional reciter of dramatic pieces. After almost completely losing his voice he pioneered a method of improving the 'use' of his body musculature in all positions and movements and cured his vocal problems without medical aid. Alexander then realised that most people stood, sat and moved in a defective manner and that incorrect 'use of the self' might be the cause of much human suffering. He moved to London and established a school, publishing several books and achieving success, with recommendations from famous contemporaries such as Aldous Huxley and Sir Stafford Cripps. Alexander died in 1955 but his 'principle' lives on through the work of many teachers of his method.
Synopsis
Frederick Matthias Alexander was born in Tasmania in 1869. In his twenties, he became a professional reciter of dramatic pieces. After almost completely losing his voice he pioneered a method of improving the 'use' of his body musculature in all positions and movements and cured his vocal problems without medical aid. Alexander then realised that most people stood, sat and moved in a defective manner and that incorrect 'use of the self' might be the cause of much human suffering. He moved to London and established a school, publishing several books and achieving success, with recommendations from famous contemporaries such as Aldous Huxley and Sir Stafford Cripps. Alexander died in 1955 but his 'principle' lives on through the work of many teachers of his method.
In writing some introductory words to Mr Alexander's previous book, Constructive Conscious Control of the Individual, I stated that his procedure and conclusions meet all the requirements of the strictest scientific method, and that he has applied the method in a field in which it had never been used before - that of our judgments and beliefs concerning ourselves and our activities. Read the first page
Concordance
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Tag this product( What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
 |
||||
Customers Who Viewed This Item Also Viewed
Authorized Summaries of F.M.Alexander's Four Books: Man's Supreme Inheritance, Constructive Conscious Control of the Individual, the Use of the Self and the Universal Constant in Living by F.Matthias Alexander
£11.99
|
Man's Supreme Inheritance: Conscious Guidance and Control in Relation to Human Evolution in Civilization by F.Matthias Alexander
£18.00
|
Constructive Awareness: Alexander Technique and the Spiritual Quest by Danny McGowan (1)
£6.39
|
Universal Constant in Living, The by F.Matthias Alexander
£23.10
|
All Love by Diane Rut Shewmaker
£12.49
|