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Acting & Alexander Technique

Take your performance to the next level with the Alexander Technique. The Alexander Technique is a way of teaching you how to perform with ease.

Acting & Alexander offers small classes with critically acclaimed instruction that produces results and books work. It is a tool that enhances your ability to become aware of physical habits that interfere with your work and helps you to eliminate rigidity and excessive or unnecessary tensions. Students of the Alexander Technique learn a practical approach and become more comfortable in auditions.

They learn how to alleviate performance anxiety so that they naturally experience more authenticity in their work. Many performers who have “hit a wall” creatively, or have faced daunting and career-ending repetitive strain injuries have found relief with Alexander Technique. It is important to note that Alexander Technique does not replace or interfere with your particular method of study, but augments any method of study, allowing you to create more space for freedom, clarity, and precision. Benefits of study:

Enhanced sense of presence and poise
Improved balance and coordination
Increased breath capacity
Increased vocal clarity and power
Flexibility (in all senses of the word)
Increased energy
Diminished stress and performance anxiety

Who we are...

Jennifer Schneiderman is an AmSAT certified teacher of the Alexander Technique and a graduate of the Alexander Training Institute of Los Angeles. Currently, she maintains a private Alexander Technique practice in North Hollywood and assists in the theatre department at USC and at the Joanne Baron Studio (a two year Meisner conservatory) in Santa Monica. Jennifer also teaches several acting classes at The Playground in Century City (under the direction of Gary Spatz), where she works with young actors on TV/film and audition technique. Before becoming an Alexander teacher, Jennifer was an actor in New York , where she performed internationally, regionally, and off-Broadway.In addition to her certification, she holds her Masters of Fine Arts in Acting from the University of South Carolina and her Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from Penn State. Leah Zhang is an AmSAT certified teacher of the Alexander Technique and is a graduate of the Alexander Training Institute of LosAngeles.Currently, she teaches the Alexander Technique privately in Los Angeles , California , as well as, group classes at Santa Monica College Extension. She is a teaching assistant to Michael Frederick at the Joanne Baron Acting Studio, and has taught the Alexander Technique with Babette Markus at USC. At Loyola Marymount University she has taught Advanced Acting and Alexander Technique for musicians. Some of her other clients include the Girl Scouts of America Organization and runners at lululemon athletica. In addition to her Alexander Technique certification, she received her Bachelor of Theatre degree from Knox College and her Masters of Fine Arts degree in acting from The Old Globe/USD Professional Actor Training Program. What does "AmSAT-certified" mean?The requirements for AmSAT teacher certification include the completion of 1,600 hours of training over a minimum of three years at an AmSAT-approved Teacher Training Course. Teachers spend this period learning how to observe ingrained, mostly unconscious patterning and develop a hands-on approach (literally!) to help the student release unwanted, habitual tension.AmSAT is the largest professional organization for teachers of the Alexander Technique in the US . It establishes and maintains the nation’s highest standards for teacher training, certification and membership.

09/07/2021

Very excited to introduce our new website: riskandresilienceat.com! Our biggest update: we have a brand new, 30-minute introductory video to learn more about Alexander Technique on our home page. Looking forward to seeing you there...

01/03/2020

FREE January Alexander Technique workshops! - https://mailchi.mp/2eb550e1b1a1/free-alexander-technique-class-3028905

09/26/2019

Anytime we get news of something cool and free we try and share!

Intentional Acting is hosting a Free Preview of classes. We'll focus on on-camera Co-Star auditions to help you unlock the script, unlock your soul and book that Co-Star role.
Loren will give you personal feedback on what she thinks is holding you back and give you specific tools to fix it.

Actors who sign up for classes at the preview will get 2 Free Coachings!

www.intentionalacting.com/freeclass

Ready to unlock your soul with Intentional Acting? Adult FREE Class Click Here to Enroll Teens & Young Professionals FREE Class Click Here to Enroll Adult Free Class Dates: Tuesday, October 1st @ 7:30pm OR Thursday, October 3rd @ 10am Young Professionals Free Class Date: September 14th @ 10:30am DIN...

09/20/2019

Hey! we still have a few spots left for our free Alexander Technique intros coming up next week: September 23rd and September 25th at 7:30pm at our Santa Monica location. RSVP and more info here:https://mailchi.mp/a6e4ee6347fe/free-alexander-technique-class-3003461

The Alexander Technique runs seamlessly under every acting technique and style. No matter where you train, this work will help you achieve your most authentic and dynamic performance. In this free introductory class, get a taste of what The Alexander Technique is and see how it can help you as a per...

01/08/2019

Yay! It's that time of year again. FREE Alexander Technique classes with me and the fabulous Nick George! If you are a performer I promise you will LOVE this stuff. If you aren't - come see how to shed a little stress and be more comfortable in your body. If you've never checked out this work there is no time like the present. Its 2019! - tune back into the best version of yourself.

https://mailchi.mp/2208c1d77a2a/free-alexander-technique-class-2934157

09/17/2018

We're back for the fall! Two absolutely FREE Alexander Technique classes in Santa Monica. Stop by on either Sunday, September 30th at 5:30pm or Wednesday October 3rd at 7:30pm for a little introduction and some individual "hands-on" work and some tools you can use in your next audition. And bring a friend! RSVP and more details here: https://mailchi.mp/96486cb54ccb/free-alexander-technique-class-2906429

07/01/2018

A fabulous acting teacher (and friend) Loren Chadima, is hosting some free classes in North Hollywood. All our Los Angeles acting friends - check 'em out! www.IntentionalActingFreeClass.com

06/24/2018

01/17/2018

More FREE Alexander Technique for Performers classes are next week! Join Nick George and I in Santa Monica on either January 23rd or 24th for an intro and some individual hands-on work. Info and how to RSVP below:

06/08/2017

Our friend Loren Chadima is hosting some FREE cold reading events at her studio. We highly recommend her, so check them out!
www.IntentionalActingPreview.com

March 2nd or March 9th to get some powerful audition tools and get your questions answered by an Award-Winning Director and Acting Coach.

04/09/2017

Great use....

01/11/2017

Our friend Sarah Siadat founder of Mentoring For Actors is offering an excited opportunity in Los Angeles to take your acting career to the next level.

Starting January 24th join Sarah’s Mentoring For Actors Mastermind Group a unique hands on experience to get personalized coaching from an industry expert. Become a member of an inspiring community of savvy, like minded actors and make 2017 your most exciting acting career yet.

The group will meet twice monthly over the next 6 months with meetings in person in Hollywood. This is a rare opportunity to work in person with Sarah and space is extremely limited so apply here to be considered for the group.

Group members will also gain exclusive insight from 3 bonus guest experts Wendy Braun, Tammy Lynn and Ajarae Coleman. This group will be value packed and sure to kickstart and maintain momentum in your acting career.

If you have any questions email Info@mentoringforactors.com

01/06/2017

Great article on the dangers of "Text Neck". "Can’t grasp the significance of 60 pounds? Imagine carrying an 8-year-old around your neck several hours per day."

The Alexander Technique can help.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/11/20/text-neck-is-becoming-an-epidemic-and-could-wreck-your-spine/?utm_term=.a178ac9e8c4e

Thanks to the earth's gravitational pull, the average adult can put up to 60 pounds of pressure on the cervical spine when bent at a 60-degree angle.

12/31/2016

: What are you working on next? In addition, if people want to find out more about you, where can they find you on social media? I have a website - presenceandpoise.com, where you can learn all about Alexander Technique and get a sense of me as a teacher as well as find out about classes and free events I host. I’m on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Presence.Poise/?fref=ts, and twitter . What’s next? I’m pretty happy with how things are going! I’ve been doing a lot of introductory classes and masterclasses at acting studios around town. I work at Lesly Kahn & Co. on a regular basis. I co-teach a seven-week Alexander Technique class for performers of all types in Santa Monica. This year I started up an ongoing class with a Voice and Speech teacher we call Muscularity - it focuses on embodying language and shedding vocal and physical acting habits. However, a major goal for me is to find adjunct work at a university here in LA as an Alexander Technique teacher or Movement teacher in a Theatre Department.

12/29/2016

: What advice do you have for other women in the industry? Don’t let anyone else define what success is for you.

12/25/2016

: Why did you decide to get into this industry? I don’t think it was ever a decision I made, more like it made me. When I was really little I started staging elaborate shows for my family and casting my siblings and friends - the works. I did all the middle school and high school plays, sung in the All State Choir, danced in the Nutcracker. I went to college for Theatre Arts, and then graduate school for acting. I remember everyone always grumbled when it came time for ten-out-of-twelve rehearsals, but I was secretly pretty darn excited. You mean I get to sit in a dark theatre for a marathon cue-to-cue rehearsal with all of the coolest, smartest, weirdest and most creative people I know and put this show together? I couldn’t think of another place I ever wanted to be. I found my way to the Alexander Technique through a professor in my undergrad work. My biggest hurdle as an actor was Fear (with the capitol F), and the terrible desire to find the “right way” to play a character or work through a scene. I couldn’t trust that I was enough. One of the things I love about Alexander Technique is that there is no “right”. There is present moment awareness and the space to choose something new, something unexpected that is outside the safe and habitual. But I’m rambling… To answer your question, this industry is full of pockets of my kind of people -- people who have an insatiable desire to collaborate together and create something that takes an audience on a journey — the kind of people I couldn’t imagine not having in my life. As an Alexander Technique teacher, I get to support all sorts of individuals in this community and their work, help them to distill down, clarify, and strip away what isn’t necessary to see what is most authentic underneath.

06/29/2016

Myths, by their very nature, are very hard to dispel once they've taken hold. Despite the core stability myth being exposed nearly ten years ago, and jou...

06/08/2016

On why we love being artists and are willing to sacrifice so much to do what we do... http://www.npr.org/2015/04/17/399806632/what-makes-a-life-worth-living

Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi says we can achieve one of the most elusive needs — self-actualization — by finding a state of "flow" in our work or our hobbies.

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http://Riskandresilienceat.com/

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