Article: Mind your body: Alexander Technique: get in gear.

WHEN MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV first performed with Twyla Tharp, many were amazed at how easily he moved between classical and contemporary styles. These days, professional dancers regularly leap from a Mark Morris work on Saturday night into La Bayadere for the Sunday matinee. But looking natural and moving safely in vastly different styles is difficult. Some dancers have found that The Alexander Technique is a tool that can help.

Robert Britton, a San Francisco-based Alexander teacher who works with dancers, began studying the technique because an injured knee made it difficult for him to sit cross-legged when he meditated. "Our bodies have histories," he says. Past ...

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