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Features
Editorials, The Garlick Report, In All Directions (12 pages),
Carrington on FM, Book Reviews, Mis Direction, CounterPoint (letters),
Viewpoint, Friends of Alexander.
Articles
In This Issue
Training the
Singing Voice - Beret Arcaya
Breath From Your Diaphragm and other Myths - Ron Dennis
Language & Movement - Keith Hjortshoj
Breathe Easy, Breathe Low - Judy Champ
The Use of the Ear - Rafaele Joudry
What's the Matter? Lost your Tongue? -Angela Caine
Voice Lost - Michael McCallion
Respiration, Inspiration & Swallowing - Dr David Garlick
ViewPoint - Robert Rickover
Friends of Alexander: Walter Bentley - Margaret Long
The Universal Use Test - Robert Rickover
STATNews Roundup - J de P
Book Reviews - David Gibbens
Obituary - Paul Collins (1926-1995)
NASTAT Roundup - J de P
Alexander On Stage - Maggie Young
Mis Direction -The world's most innovative Alexander teacher
Chairwork on Chikens -Walter Carrington, edited by Noël Kingsley
Related
material
DIRECTION
Vol 1 Number 3 - [Dart Proceedures]
DIRECTION Vol 1 Number 5 - [Brighton Congress]
DIRECTION Vol 1 Number 7 - [Feldenkrais And Alexander]
DIRECTION Vol 1 Number 8 - [Musicians And Music]
DIRECTION Vol 1 Number 9 - [Emotions]
DIRECTION Vol 1 Number 10 - [Dance Issue]
Abstracts
of Articles In This Issue
Issue
Editor Jeremy Chance
"Training the
Singing Voice"
Beret Arcaya, herself an opera singer and AT teacher, reviews the work
of Manuel Garcia
through a description of the structure of a typical first lessons in voice
using the Alexander's discoveries.
"Breath From
Your Diaphragm and other Myths"
Ron Dennis exposes the facts behind much of the nonsense that passes as
gospel truth
in the world of voice training. Are you guilty of perpetuating any of these
myths?
"Language &
Movement"
Keith Hjortshoj ponders whether the language used by Alexander in his books
actually reflects
the stiff posturing and the excessive 'efforting' that first led to his
voice difficulties.
"Breathe Easy,
Breathe Low"
Judy Champ's account of breathing is easily understood and within an Alexander
perspective.
She also recounts her own voice training and offers some down to earth tips
for the singer.
"The Use of the
Ear"
Rafaele Joudry writes about Alfred Tomatis who a pioneered a revolutionary
idea of our
ear's function, resulting in a method of re-educating the use of listening
in tandem with AT.
"What's the Matter?
Lost your Tongue?"
Angela Caine challenges the notion that Alexander lessons alone will improve
voice. By detailing
uses of the tongue, she shows that there are habits around its use that
require sepcial attention.
"Voice Lost"
Michael McCallion offers a crtique of AT teachers in relation to their often
poor use of voice.
Why, he asks, does an AT training not lead to corresponding improvement
in the use of the voice?
"Respiration,
Inspiration & Swallowing"
Dr David Garlick takes us on a simple review of the physiological dilemmas
posed by the multiple
needs of breathing, articulating and swallowing - how have the structures
adapted to cope?
"ViewPoint"
Robert Rickover revisits Narcissus, who fell in love with his own reflection.
Whereas Narcissus
was never satisfied, Alexander utilized the obsessive self-reflection to
acheive a different result.
"Friends of Alexander:
Walter Bentley"
Margaret Long writes of the friendship between Bentley and Alexander in
the 1890's.
Bentley's performance inspired Alexander to write the only poem he was ever
known to pen.
"The Universal
Use Test"
Robert Rickover finds a peculiar 'test' that Alexander mistakenly set forth
in one of his books.
Alexander took the anatomical position of aboriginals to depict a different
evolutionary standard.
"STATNews Roundup"
In the first of a new regualr feature of DIRECTION, the newsletters of the
Alexander world's
biggest Society is reviewed, the issues visted and the humour of some stories
highlighted.
"Book Reviews"
David Gibbens reviews three books: Angela Caine's "Voice Workbook",
Joan Diamond's "Alexander and Autobiographical Writing" and Michael
McCallion's "Voice Book".
"Obituary - Paul
Collins (1926-1995)"
Elizabeth Langford reviews the life of this well known Alexander teacher,
musician and
Olympic marathon runner who helped to pioneer the 'application' style of
teaching in so much use to-day.
"Alexander On
Stage"
For the first time in its history, a play has been written about Alexander's
life and work.
First performed in his home-town of Wynyard, this play sucessfully toured
Tasmania, Australia.
"NASTAT Roundup"
Starting with this issue, DIRECTION reviews the newsletters of the world's
second largest
Alexander Society. There are conflicts, opinions, politics and developmental
issues reviewed.
"Mis Direction"
This notorious correspondent fixes her laser-like glaze on group teaching,
finding that piling five
people on a table presents her with unique challange as the world's most
innovative teacher.
"Chairwork on
Chikens"
Walter Carrington, in this account edited by Noël Kingsley, recalls
Alexander's brush
with a chiken, demonstrating the efficacy of his Technique through a timely
intervention.
Related
material
DIRECTION
Vol 1 Number 3 - [Dart Proceedures]
DIRECTION Vol 1 Number 5 - [Brighton Congress]
DIRECTION Vol 1 Number 7 - [Feldenkrais And Alexander]
DIRECTION Vol 1 Number 8 - [Musicians And Music]
DIRECTION Vol 1 Number 9 - [Emotions]
DIRECTION Vol 1 Number 10 - [Dance Issue]