Introduction to Alexander Technique with Andy Zavada
Key City Public Theatre is bringing Seattle actor and teacher
Andy Zavada to Port Townsend for a workshop on
Alexander Technique in partnership with the Madrona MindBody
Institute.
“Alexander Technique is a way of achieving greater ease in
the use of our bodies. It is for actors, dancers, athletes,
people in pain, people dealing with tension while performing,
and anyone who wants to improve their relationship with their
bodies.” -- Andy Zavada
Saturday, July 25, 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
At Madrona Mindbody Institute, Fort Worden State Park.
Cost: $30.00
You can register for this workshop on the
Madrona MindBody website.
About Alexander Technique
Alexander Technique is the ultimate in mind-body connection --
teaching us a way of thinking about how we use ourselves in
movement, and how to change through our thinking. AT is taught
in most acting schools around the world, and has been practiced
by William Hurt, Kevin Kline, John Cleese, Jeremy Irons, and
many others.
Recent British Medical Association research showed that
Alexander Technique was the most effective approach to back pain
compared to massage, medication and physical therapy.
This workshop will cover:
• Brief historical background of F. M. Alexander and his discoveries.
• Body mapping -- a functional understanding of our design.
• How and why we mis-use ourselves.
• Learning to not do what doesn't serve us.
• Demonstrations and answering questions.
About Andy Zavada
Andy is a working actor and AT teacher in Seattle. He has been
practicing Alexander Technique for over twenty-five years, and
completed the three-year teacher training program at the
American Center for the Alexander Technique in New York in 1987.
He is former President of the American Society of the Alexander
Technique.