Physical Expression on Stage and Screen: Using the Alexander Technique to Create Unforgettable Performances - Softcover
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A tight throat; held breath; stiff muscles; stage fright: impediments to performance come in many guises, but they all spring from the same source-tension.
In Physical Expression on Stage and Screen Bill Connington, a renowned teacher of the Alexander Technique, shows you how to recognize and release the tension that keeps you from performing at your best. If you're ever not certain of what to do with your hands or how to make a meaningful gesture, or if your movement feels fine in daily life but then you suddenly become self-conscious when onstage or in front of a camera, this book is here to help.
More than one hundred clear, accessible exercises-including many filmed tutorials available online-will enable you to
• Move more naturally and easily
• Breathe more freely
• Speak more clearly
• Free your creative impulses
• Play a character with an unfamiliar physicality
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Bill Connington is the author of Physical Expression on Stage and Screen: Using the Alexander Technique to Create Unforgettable Performances (Bloomsbury Methuen Drama). He is an award-winning actor and screenwriter. Bill's first feature film the comedy Love, Repeat is in post-production. His second feature, the psychological horror film Poughkeepsie is for Lovers is in the editing phase.
Bill is a lecturer in acting at Yale School of Drama and is a graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
www.billconnington.com
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