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Tables of Contents for The Actor and the Alexander Technique
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgements
viii
Foreword
ix
Patsy Rodenburg
An Introduction to The Actor and the Alexander Technique
xiii
Introduction
xv
F.M. Alexander's Story
xviii
Part 1 The Alexander Technique in the Theatre
1
54
How the Alexander Technique Became My Vocation
3
3
The Alexander Teacher's Role in the Production of a Play
6
5
The Principles of the Alexander Technique
11
18
Recognition of Habit
Inhibition-Pausing for an Instant to Arrest a Habit
The `Primary Control'
Giving Direction - Learning to Use Your Thinking to Make a Change
`Fillings' May Give Unreliable Feedback
End-gaining
Non-doing-`Less is More'
The Anatomy Lesson
29
8
The Actor Prepares-Warming Up
37
18
Preparing the Actor for Rehearsal or Performance Warm-up Exercises
Stretching on the Mat-Lying on the Back in the Semi-supine Position
Engaging the Adominal Wall and the Back Muscles
A Shoulder Stretch
Getting Up Off the Floor
Finding Balance or `Centre'
Arm Stretching
Undulating Through Centre
Find the Hip Joint
The Rolling-over Exercise
Balancing into Walking
An Open-leg Stretch
Part 2 Putting the Alexander Technique to Work
55
30
Partner Work-Moving in Relationship
57
22
Partner Work and Spatial Awareness Exercises
Spatial Awareness Exercises
Endowment - Observing the Other
Stage 2 of Spatial Awareness
Contact Partner Work
Centrifugal Force and Opposition Exercises
A Mirroring Exercise
Status Work - Playing the High and the Low Brows
Tableau Exercise - Learning to Survive a `Freeze'
The Table Work and the Alexander Technique
79
6
Lesson One
Lesson Two
Part 3 Alexander Technique and Voice Work
85
14
Alexander's Discovery
Voice Work anti the Alexander Technique
Musical Theatre
Opera Singing and the Alexander Technique
The Whispered `Ah' Exercise
Part 4 The Alexander Technique and Acting Challenges
99
46
Relevance of the Alexander Technique to Acting
101
39
The Actor and Fitness
Character Work and the Alexander Technique
Playing Another Gender- from the `Trouser Role' to the Drag Act
Imitation - Mirroring
The Kissing Class
Nudity
Alexander with Costumes, Wigs and Period Accoutrements
Mask Work
The Zoo Project-An Animal Study
The Lion King
An Elizabethan Bear
The Injured Actor
Understudies
The Ageing Actor
Falling and Fainting On Stage
Drunkenness
Martial Arts and the Alexander Technique
The State-How the Actor Adapts to Playing the Space
140
5
The Proscenium-arch Stage
The Raked Stage
The Thrust Stage
Theatre In the Round
Outdoor Theatre
Epilogue
145
2
Addresses
147