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Warming up the instrument: An engagement with Alexander principles
Wednesday, April 16, 2025, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
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Warming up the instrument: An engagement with Alexander principles

Gabriella Minnes Brandes

Date of the Event/Workshop: Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Time:  11:00am - 12:00pm Pacific

Location of the Event/Workshop: Online

Brief Description of Event: 

In the Bedford lecture FM Alexander said: “We ourselves are the instrument - each one of us is the instrument - by means of which whatever we are going to do is done.” (1934, Articles and Lectures, p. 170). What is the “instrument” that we are warming up? What are the relationships between us and an instrument? What are the ties between a warm-up and a performance? In this workshop we will explore ways to warm ourselves up. I will suggest ways to apply Alexander principles to the warm up so that it is not mundane or pedestrian but a part of our artistic exploration, as we attend to how we use ourselves. I will illustrate this approach working with an opera singer, Brittany St. Clair. You are invited to share your own experiences and questions working on a warm up. This workshop is a part of the Judith Leibowitz Scholarship Fund. 

Learn more and register at: https://www.judithleibowitzscholarship.org/april-2025

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