The Verbier Festival & Academy is a world-class music, theater, and dance festival, which takes place annually between July and August in Verbier, Switzerland. The Academy offers professional music, dance and theater training by top international artists such as James Levine, Stephen Kovacevich, Victor Tretiakov, and Larry Moss. Since 1998, Jean-Louis Rodrigue has been teaching the Alexander Technique for the Academy students in small groups and on a private basis. In 2001 Rodrigue expanded the program to include Kristof Konrad as a second teacher in order to meet the demand for Alexander instruction.
Larry Moss, director of the award-winning "The Syringa Tree" conducted a theater workshop in 2002. The Alexander Technique lessons were an integral part of the workshop designed to develop material based on actual themes from the actor's own lives.
Photo: Juliette Binoche, Jean-Louis Rodrigue, Kristof Konrad, and Larry Moss working in the theater workshop. Photo by Christian Lutz.
VERBIER FESTIVAL AND ACADEMY
4, Rue Jean-Jacques-Rousseau
CH 1800 Vevey, Switzerland
Phone: (++41 21) 925 90 60
Fax: (++41 21) 925 90 68
academy@verbierfestival.com
www.verbierfestival.com