Feldenkrais and Movement for Performance

"Moshe Feldenkrais has studied the body in movement with a precision I have found nowhere else."
Peter Brook (theatre and film director)

I work in two ways:

1) as a Movement Director whose understanding is simply informed by Feldenkrais.
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2) as a Movement or Feldenkrais Teacher in Drama schools or with theatre companies or individuals either as part of a project or for professional development (see below).

The Benefits and Importance of Feldenkrais for Actors and Performers

The Method can help an actor or performer:

be upright more easily,
improve their breathing,
find greater freedom in their voice,
move with greater ease and grace and have a greater range of possibilities and choices.
reduce the likelihood of injury and keep a better range of movement for longer in later years.

However there are many other more profound and very interesting aspects to engage performers/actors at every stage of their careers which I have written about in detail the article you can find at the link. They include:

increased sensitivity and awareness
a more open and fluid connection to self and others
better spacial awareness
being 'in the moment'
a clearer sense of how being grounded' feels
finding out how to do less and 'be' more - not try too hard and get in their own way

Ways of Working with me as a Feldenkrais Teacher

I am really open to any more collaborative or research Ideas. However the basic tools are:

1 hour (or less) lessons for groups (Awareness Through Movement) which can be (for example):

used daily, or weekly or combined and structured into half day/whole day/weekend/week workshops as pure company/personal development time
used daily, weekly or combined and structured into half day/whole day/weekend/week workshops as part of research and development for a project either to address something specific or integrated into the work to inform the whole process
incorporated throughout rehearsals or movement classes to inform the work or to address something specific

1 hour individual sessions (Functional Integration) usually on a low wide table in which the Feldenkrais Practitioner uses gentle touch to guide movements rather than the verbal guidance of Awareness Through Movement lessons. These sessions can be more specifically focussed to an individual performer's interests or needs and address any pain or difficulty as well as improving particular skills.