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Welcome to Alexander Techworks. For over 100 years actors, dancers, singers, musicians, athletes, and members of the entertainment industry have used the Alexander Technique in order to be more effective on stage, in front and behind the camera.

Benefits to be gained include release of restrictions, increased coordination, effortless movement, fuller capacity of breath, improvement of the use of the voice and speech, increased tone in the musculature, and a stronger sense of presence.

Enjoy exploring our website,
Jean-Louis and Kristof

Schedule for Classes and Courses 2009 - 2010
- CLICK HERE FOR UPCOMING CLASSES AND COURSES 2009-2010
- INTENSIVE
  
  EMBODYING THE CHARACTER (WORDS, ACTION, PASSION) BY USING THE ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE.
  Acting Intensives in
  Vancouver, New York, Berlin, and Rome
  with JEAN-LOUIS RODRIGUE and KRISTOF KONRAD
  
  APRIL 16-18, 2010 - Vancouver
  MAY 21-23, 2010 - New York
  JUNE 17-20, 2010 - Berlin
  JUNE 24-27, 2010 - Rome
  
  "I really like to look into the physical acting characteristics of my character, because it helps me to transform. The Alexander Technique helps me to burrow into roles like gay cowboys and drug addicts by focusing on my posture, movement, and presence." – HEATH LEDGER
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- INTENSIVE
  
  ANIMAL MOVEMENT STUDIES
  Intensive Workshops in Los Angeles and New York
  with JEAN-LOUIS RODRIGUE and KRISTOF KONRAD
  
  OCTOBER 23-25, 2009 - Los Angeles
  NOVEMBER 13-15, 2009 - New York
  
  Animal studies are a step toward transforming as an actor into a character. The study of animals enables actors to act and react in new ways; to enrich and expand their own physical and emotional world to include surprising and new ways of moving and acting.
  
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News Update
- You will notice that in the upper banner in the home page of our website, we are photographed teaching a violinist and a cellist at the Verbier Festival and Academy. The violinist is Marina Chiche. In 2001 while teaching at the Verbier Festival and Academy in Switzerland, we had the huge pleasure of meeting and working with Marina, an enormously gifted French violinst who showed stunning musical promise. She studied the Alexander Technique for several years with us at Verbier and it was a pleasure to see her develop and integrate the principles of the Technique within her performance. I believe Marina was invited three more times to participate in the violin workshop and perform at the Festival. Since then, Marina has performed around the world and recorded several albums. We are happy to include her biography and a video performance - enjoy! (Read more...)
- SONYA WALGER PREPARES WITH JEAN-LOUIS RODRIGUE AND THE ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE TO EMBARK AS A MEMBER OF THE CAST FOR ABC'S FLASH FORWARD. SERIES PREMIERE: Thursday, September 24th
  Sonya Walger knows first hand the many benefits of the Alexander Technique as a way to prepare for her role opposite Joseph Fiennes in ABC's new series FLASH FORWARD. (Read more...)
- SCOTT SPEEDMAN FINDS THE MIND, BODY AND SOUL OF HIS ROLE WITH JEAN-LOUIS RODRIGUE IN MORDICAI RICHLER'S FILM ADAPTATION OF "BARNEY’S VERSION", June-August, 2009
  Recommended by his acting coach Sharon Chatten, Scott Speedman started studying the Alexander Technique and going through a rigorous and intense preparation for his role with Jean-Louis Rodrigue. (Read more...)
- KRISTOF KONRAD IN BURN NOTICE, July 30, 2009
  Working recently as an actor with Jeffrey Donovan, Michael Westen, Bruce Campbell, and Sam Axe on BURN NOTICE, Kristof had one of the most interesting times in creating the character of Milovan Dragas, a dangerous international criminal. (Read more...)
- NATALIJA NOGULICH COUNTS ON THE ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE TO FIND HER CHARACTERS IN "RESTORATION" AT LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE, June 23-July 19, 2009
  Natalija Nogulich was originally recommended to Jean-Louis in 1987, when she was to play the lead role in the production of "Hedda Gabler" at the La Jolla Playhouse. (Read more...)
- THE BERLINALE TALENT CAMPUS INVITES JEAN-LOUIS RODRIGUE ONCE AGAIN TO MENTOR FILMMAKERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, February 11-21, 2010
  The Berlinale Talent Campus at the Berlin International Film Festival once again has invited Jean-Louis Rodrigue to participate in the 8th Talent Campus in 2010. (Read more...)
- JOHN FARMANESH BOCCA DIRECTS "PERICLES REDUX" AT THE KIRK DOUGLAS THEATRE, July 2009.
  John Farmanesh Bocca is the director of Not Man Apart – Physical Theatre Ensemble and Shakespeare Santa Monica. For the past three years Jean-Louis Rodrigue has been teaching the Alexander Technique for the two-week Shakespeare intensive (Read more...)
- JOBETH WILLIAMS IS STARRING IN "THE NIGHT IS A CHILD" AT THE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE, August 28-October 4, 2009.
  JoBeth Williams is starring in a play at the Pasadena Playhouse called "The Night is a Child" by Charles Randolf Wright, directed by Sheldon Epps. It is a new play about a number of issues--family, loss, race, different cultures. (Read more...)
- THE MANY FACES OF KRISTOF KONRAD.
  It has been a very busy and creative time for Kristof this past year. Several young and upcoming film directors have cast him in their daring and very independent projects. (Read more...)
- MAJOR STUDY PUBLISHED IN THE BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL FINDS THE ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE MOST EFFECTIVE AT REDUCING BACK PAIN.
  A recent study funded by the Medical Research Council and the NHS Research and Development fund finds long-term pain can be relieved through study of the Alexander Technique. (Read more...)
- THE ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE PROGRAM FOR MUSICIANS TAUGHT BY JEAN-LOUIS RODRIGUE AT THE NEW UCLA HERB ALPERT SCHOOL OF MUSIC, 2008-2009.
  The Herb Alpert Foundation has given UCLA a $30-million endowment pledge to establish the cross-disciplinary UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. The endowment will bring (Read more...)
- JEAN-LOUIS RODRIGUE PREPARES JOSH BROLIN AS GEORGE W. BUSH FOR CONTROVERSIAL MOVIE "W" DIRECTED BY OLIVER STONE, April 2008.
  Josh Brolin did his homework in preparation for his role as George W. Bush. He came to Jean-Louis to work on how to embody George W's aging process from the age of twenty to sixty. (Read more...)
- THE ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE MAKES AN IMPACT ON BROADWAY AND OFF-BROADWAY
  Extraordinary acting is now happening in three plays about dysfunctional families on Broadway and Off-Broadway, by a group of actors who have been studying the Alexander Technique over the years with Jean-Louis Rodrigue. (Read more...)
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