Working with Performers
"I feel so harmonised, my body has righted itself... as if some tension in my hips I didn’t know was there melted away. " Anna Carlisle OBE. Choreographer
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"I feel so harmonised, my body has righted itself... as if some tension in my hips I didn’t know was there melted away. " Anna Carlisle OBE. Choreographer 〰️
As an opera director and workshop leader for the major part of my career, I am very familiar with the demands facing performers and the many ways Feldenkrais Method can help
I understand the rigours of being excellent in your particular artform: the focus, stamina, creativity and energy needed for the rehearsal process and for performance, as well as the inevitable travel and health issues of professional life.
Feldenkrais sessions can help performers both physically and mentally
Improve self-confidence
Develop self-image, poise, flexibility and quality of movement
Increase the capacity for the breath and awareness of the breathing mechanism
Feel grounded and connected
Become aware of how to use appropriate tension, and manage performance anxiety
Improve spatial awareness and peripheral vision
Enhance kinaesthetic memory
Experience more stamina
Aid clarity of intention to better integrate thought and physicality
Communicate with the whole self
Be open to creativity and the imagination
I am interested in working collaboratively to devise workshops and courses.
Who I work with
I work with singers, instrumentalists, dancers, actors, directors and choreographers. I also work teachers and public speakers who face similar challenges.
I see performers individually to deal with specific issues – usually to do with injury, chronic pain or discomfort. Then building on their learning look at how they can apply the learning from Feldenkrais lessons.
In schools and colleges I work with groups looking at general ‘good use’ and performance related issues. I take part in residencies and give one-off workshops for Young Artist programmes and as an integral part of festivals or summer schools.
If you would like to discuss including Feldenkrais in your course or programme Please get in touch.
A short film about The Creative Singer, a research project at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama led by Sally Burgess and Rebecca Meitlis
“I am better at feeling stiller and centred and able to let go and let the floor carry my weight. Hence when I am performing I’m better at not feeling so scared and I have a sense of groundedness.”
Connecting through the breath towards more expressive communication in performance: and enquiry into the training of opera singers, article by Rebecca Meitlis
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