Gabriella Minnes Brandes: Warming Up the Instrument: An Engagement with Alexander Principles

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.

This workshop is relevant to teachers, trainees, students and anyone interested in performance.

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