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Article: The Alexander technique: changing your life by changing your posture, a lesson with Jane Kosminsky.(Dance Magazine recommends: be gentle to your body)(Video Recording Review)
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- Dance Magazine
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- March 1, 2004
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WE DON'T do anything. We think," explains Jane Kosminsky, a former Paul Taylor dancer who now teaches at The Juilliard School. In this lovely introduction to the Alexander Technique, Kosminsky takes actor William Hurt through concepts like "Head forward and up," breathing three-dimensionally, and fleeing the neck. Using a small rubberized skeleton, she demonstrates how the actions of the head affect file whole spine.
The approach may be strange for dancers, because it doesn't require sweaty hard work. And the idea of a "lively spine"--keeping the curves in the spine--may go against the constant ballet command to pull up. But dancers ...
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