Why Performers Need the Alexander Technique

by Andrea M. Matthews

You’re running a race, and as you run, you’re throwing down stones in your path with one hand that you must dodge, or pick up with the other, as quickly as possible, just to keep going. Your coach is on the sidelines, telling you better and better ways to toss and pick up those stones.

Sounds like a nightmare, yes?

Unfortunately, it’s the nightmare that most performers face to some degree each time they open their mouths or pick up their instruments in the studio and onstage, but they just don’t know why. They struggle valiantly do what their teachers suggest, and to...

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