Alexander Technique
Module code
M-JP-MAHAL
Curricular domain
Profile, extension and depth: Community
Credits
1
Group size
individual and group
Number of course weeks
8
Class duration
40 minutes (6 weeks, individual) and 75 minutes (2 weeks, group class)
Total contact hours
5.5
Study load
22.5 hours
Form / content / level
Prerequisites
Admitted to Bachelor Jazz & Pop or Composition for Film and Theatre. This subject can only be followed on-campus.
Competencies
Aims
Developing:
Freedom and efficiëncy in movement;
Insight in balance- and coordination mechanisms;
Release of tension;
Open and alert attitude.
Relation to other modules
This module is related to all main subject modules, Dispokinesis and Mensendieck.
Content
Students learn practical skills to improve movement and breathe more freely.
Awareness of habits which interfere with the natural coordination and balance.
Students become more aware of body and mind working together as a unity.
By getting more aware of your own functioning you improve your skills as a teacher.
Mode(s) of instruction
Classical instructions and individual exercises.
Material & Tools
Bodylearning by Michael Gelb, Indirect Procedures;
A Musician's Guide to the Alexandertechnique by Pedro the Alcantara;
The lost Sixth Sense, a medical scientist looks at the Alexandertechnique bij David Garlick; Denken en Bewegen bij Elizabeth Langford;
The use of the Self, by F.M Alexander.
Student activity
Practice of the "active resting position", self-observation.
Examination and assessment
Mode(s) of assessment
Assessment by the instructor at the end of the module.
Criteria
Active attendance is an explicit pass criterion.
Pass requirements
The student has completed this module if they are graded "satisfactory".
Examination procedure
Evaluation.
Resit options
Module summary
Practical skills , that help reaching freedom and efficiëncy in movement.