Description:
Offering both a scholarly and practical engagement, this edited collection looks at the benefits of applying the Feldenkrais Method to the artistic practices of dance, music and theatre.
Brief description: Robert Sholl has published widely on twentieth-century music, including Stravinsky, Berio, Birtwistle, Ferneyhough, Messiaen, Arvo Pärt. He is the editor of Messiaen Studies (with Sander van Maas); Contemporary Music and Spirituality; and is part of a Leverhulme-funded project on The Phantom of the Opera at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He has released improvisation to silent film on YouTube and is currently editing volumes on James MacMillan and Messiaen. Robert Scholl is a trained Feldenkrais practitioner.
Review Quotes:
"An ambitious and informative journey - full of studio insights for the Feldenkrais practitioner, and timely observations at the intersection of art practice, neuroscience, and psychology." --Annie Loui, UC Irvine, USA
"I encountered the Feldenkrais methodology alongside other postural methods to help performers such as, Alexander Technique and Grindea Technique as part of my Master of Arts degree. I was struck by the somatic techniques used in the learning of the FM, and how these sensory awareness skills learned, synthesized with the kinesthetic aspects of instrumental pedagogy/learning. In addition to my professional musical performance, I am a keen amateur golfer; I have found the technique useful in reordering my posture." --Andrew Dunn, Trinity Laban Conservatoire, UK