Alexander Techworks » Private and Group Instruction in the Alexander Technique

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.

AlexanderTech Works offers private instruction, on-going group classes, and intensive workshops in Santa Monica, West Los Angeles, Hollywood, throughout the U.S. and Canada, and internationally.

Enjoy exploring our website,
Jean-Louis and Kristof

Schedule for Classes and Courses 2010 - 2011
- CLICK HERE FOR UPCOMING CLASSES AND COURSES 2010-2011
- INTENSIVE
  
  EMBODYING THE CHARACTER (WORDS, ACTION, PASSION) BY USING THE ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE.
  Acting Intensives in Vancouver
  with JEAN-LOUIS RODRIGUE and KRISTOF KONRAD
  
  "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
  
  MARCH 18, 19, 20, 2011 - Vancouver, Canada
  
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- INTENSIVE
  
  ANIMAL BEHAVIOR STUDIES
  Intensive Workshops in Los Angeles and New York
  with JEAN-LOUIS RODRIGUE and KRISTOF KONRAD
  
  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.
  
  JULY 24-25, 2010 - Los Angeles, Howard Fine Acting Studio » Workshop Flyer
  OCTOBER 22-24, 2010 - New York, Shetler Studios » Workshop Flyer
  NOVEMBER 12-14, 2010 - Los Angeles » Workshop Flyer
  DECEMBER 3-5, 2010 - San Francisco » Workshop Flyer
  
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News Update
- The only multi-instrumentalist to have played professionally every brass and woodwind, on top of the more common drums, piano, bass and guitar, Giulio Carmassi, at 29, is an ever growing performer and composer in the international circuit. (Read more...)
- Embodying the Character in FILM with Kristof Konrad, Acting Method Film School, Milan - ITALY, June 11, 12, 13, 2010
  In a three day intensive workshop of Embodying the Character in FILM, Kristof's students where able to learn practical tools with which to create the characters for the film. (Read more...)
- CHRIS PINE OPENS IN "THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE" AT THE MARK TAPER FORUM, June 30-August 8, 2010.
  Martin McDonagh began writing "The Lieutenant of Inishmore" in the 1990's as a response to the bloodbath early 1987 that wiped out over a dozen Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) and the revenge killings continued well into the 1990's. (Read more...)
- JULIETTE BINOCHE EXPLORATION OF LOVE AND RELATIONSHIPS IN ABBAS KIAROSTAMI'S "COPIE CONFORME", Cannes Festival, May 2010
  The Best Actress prize to this year's Festival de Cannes went to Juliette Binoche for her role in Abbas Kiarostami's "Certified Copy". Set in a Tuscan village cafes and churches, the film depicts an intense encounter between a man and a woman who have never met. Or have they? (Read more...)
- PAMELA GIEN, LARRY MOSS AND JEAN-LOUIS RODRIGUE JOIN FORCES AGAIN TO COLLABORATE ON A NEW ITALIAN PRODUCTION OF "THE SYRINGA TREE", 6-14 March 2010, CSS Teatro Stabile Del Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy.
  When Rita Maffei approached Pamela Gien with the idea of an Italian translation of her acclaimed award winning play "The Syringa Tree", Pamela was skeptical. (Read more...)
- Kristof Konrad at Taormina Film Fest, June 12 to 18, 2010
  Kristof Konrad was invited by Giselda Volodi – one of the stars of the film and long time friend and collaborator, to attend a world premiere of L'IMBROGLIO NEL LENZUOLO (Read more...)
- JEAN-LOUIS RODRIGUE TO TEACH FOR THE THIRD YEAR AT THE BERLINALE TALENT CAMPUS, February 12-17, 2011
  Jean-Louis Rodrigue was invited again to be an expert at the Berlinale Talent Campus #9. He will present a major component of the new intensified hands-on program, Talent Actors Stage.
  (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...)
- LYNN REDGRAVE – AN APPRECIATION
  I had the great pleasure of meeting Lynn Redgrave in 1988 in Los Angeles. Lynn called me to help her write a section about the Alexander Technique in her biography "This is Living". She was a very personable, humorous and gentle woman, who was extremely insightful and sharp with her ideas.
  (Read more...)
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