Alexander Technique Analysis

Learning the correct body mapping is vital for performers who neglect their body condition due to prior dance training and habitual dance posture, which affects their breathing, their voice, and the cause of their future injuries. Through the guidance of the correct body mapping, performers will gain the perception and awareness on how the body efficiently functions. Thus, will deepen their understanding on how to deliver the quality of the movement patterns they are required to do, without damaging the body’s mechanism. Due to the fact that the postural changes will cause, tension, changes to the breath, and so, the voice.

The misconception of the body mapping is developed through the years of “correctly” moving through space for that type
Alexander Technique Principles are: the manner the individual has upon the activities that affected the body (Nettl-Fiol, Vanier 23), mental and health is something that is intertwine, the importance of the neck and head as the “primary control” of the body, unreliable sensory and kinesthetic awareness due to the overpowering habit, consciously choosing not to go to a habitual posture, (Nettl-Fiol, Vanier 24), and paying attention to the process of change instead of the main goal (Nettl-Fiol, Vanier 25). The technique is not a relaxing method, medical related nor it is a meditation process. It is a technique that enhances the awareness and consciousness of the individuals’ mechanism in muscle control and balance (Heirich 7). The basic principles of this technique are: the idea that the mind and body is something inseparable, what is habitual or what feels right overpowers the physical awareness and kinesthetic of the body, and it focuses more on how to do it than what is to be done (Heirich 8). “How we think, how we respond, how we move” (Heirich 11). The most efficient posture is the one that allows the body to move with the least amount of effort (Alon