{"id":44886,"date":"2025-02-28T16:24:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T15:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.booksonthemove.fr\/produit\/before-the-curtain-opens-alexander-technique-in-the-actors-life\/"},"modified":"2025-03-27T12:55:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T11:55:55","slug":"before-the-curtain-opens-alexander-technique-in-the-actors-life","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.booksonthemove.fr\/en\/produit\/before-the-curtain-opens-alexander-technique-in-the-actors-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Before the curtain opens &#8211; Alexander Technique in the Actor&#8217;s Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Alexander Technique is a long-established, accessible and highly effective way of learning to change and retrain postural and behavioural habits that cause unnecessary tension, stress and illness.<br \/>\nDeveloped over a century ago by F.M. Alexander (who taught the technique to George Bernard Shaw, Henry Irving, Aldous Huxley and many others), the Alexander Technique is a form of conscious awareness and mindfulness <em>avant la lettre<\/em>. It has always been used principally by actors \u2013 though it has wide applications in other professions and in daily life.<br \/>\nKate Kelly has a lifetime\u2019s experience as an actor and Alexander teacher. In <em><strong>Before the Curtain Opens<\/strong><\/em>, she invites performers of all sorts to examine the everyday habits of standing, sitting, breathing, speaking and reacting that spill over, unseen, into their professional lives.<br \/>\n\u200bUsing her own experience, miniature case studies, humour and unfailingly gentle kindness, she shines a spotlight on our deepest-rooted habits. 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