Monday, July 28

I received an email from my movement professor, telling me what to acquire before classes begin.

1-2 sets of monochrome exercise clothing. These should be form fitting, but do not need to be tights. Either exercise material or soft cotton are fine.

1 handball for eye to eye contact work.

Your Yoga Mat and Blanket from Voice Class.

40.00 to cover the cost of your first semester readings and note book. These are your textbooks.

Please see the assignments for the first week of school, below:


By the end of the first week of school everyone should read:

1. Patsy Rodenberg: The Second Circle: How to Use Positive Energy......Amazon and Borders. This book is written for non actors, but gives a very good introduction to the three circles of alignment and use of self that we work on through my alignment technique, and through Alexander work. There will be a short quiz on this book.

2. Lorna McDougal's "The Body Speaks", Amazon, Borders. Though I do not subscribe to all of her ideas it does present the sort of study you are about to embark upon--
which is both creative and skill-based and particular to the training of actors, rather than dancers or athletes.


Luckily, I already had the books (she called them "recommended reading" back in March.