Alexander Technique for Actors & Singers Small Group Class: New series starts Sept 29!

[Eleanor Taylor]

THE ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE FOR ACTORS AND SINGERS

 

A small group class for 4 performers, with AmSAT-certified instructor Eleanor Taylor – LIMITED ENROLLMENT!

 

DATES:

4 Tuesdays, noon-1:30pm: Sept 29, Oct 6, 13 & 20

OR

4 Fridays, 11am-12:30pm: Oct 2, 9, 16 & 23

 

Learn the fundamentals of the Alexander Technique in a personalized, supportive small group environment designed specifically for the needs of voice-users. In this 4-week introductory series, you will receive individual hands-on guidance in the Alexander Technique, a self-care method that has helped people for over a century to:

• enhance performance

• alleviate stress and anxiety

• ease back and neck pain

• cultivate freer breathing

 

Discover how you can put the technique’s powerful tools to work in your own performances and auditions to calm nerves and reduce habitual tensions that can interfere with accessing your fullest performing potential. We will devote special attention to breathing using The Art of Breathing method. Classes will introduce the basic Alexander principles, and participants will have the opportunity to share work while receiving guidance in the technique in a relaxed, non-competitive setting. Maximum 4 participants.

 

COST: $120 for one series of four classes. (Tuesdays or Fridays)

Participants may also add private sessions with Eleanor throughout the class term at a discounted rate of $65 per lesson. Credit cards accepted.

LOCATION: Union Square, Manhattan

INFO: to register or for questions: email [e-mail]

 

ABOUT ELEANOR: Eleanor Taylor, m.AmSAT, is an American Society for the Alexander Technique-certified teacher, and has completed more than 1600 hours of teacher training in the Alexander Technique, including assisting in teaching at the Juilliard School Evening Division, Jaya Yoga Brooklyn and the Alexander Technique Center for Performance and Development, and presenting workshops at the Danbury Chamber Music Intensive and Wellbody Wellness Retreat. She is an affiliate instructor at the Riverside Initiative for the Alexander Technique. She has also trained in Jessica Wolf’s "The Art of Breathing", and emphasizes healthy, easeful breathing as the foundation of her teaching. She has been an active professional singer for two decades, holding degrees in vocal performance from New England Conservatory (B.M.) and the University of Minnesota (M.M.) and specializes in working with performers. www.eleanortaylorAT.com