Dissertations / Theses: 'Technique Alexander'

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Armitage, Jocelyn Rebecca. "Psychological change and the Alexander technique." Thesis, University of Hull, 2009. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:5808.

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Objectives: The Alexander Technique (AT) is a complementary therapy and holistic approach, which aims to improve psychological and physical well-being. Very little research has assessed the effectiveness of the AT at bringing about psychological change. This exploratory study aims to investigate the psychological impact of learning and practising the AT, and how AT pupils understand the processes underpinning this impact. Design: A qualitative, phenomenological approach was taken to explore participants' experiences. Methods: Ten semi-structured interviews were conducted with participants who had experience of learning and practising the AT. The interviews were transcribed and analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) (Smith & Osborn, 2008). Results: Participants described a wide range of psychological changes as a result of learning the AT, including increased self-awareness, calm, confidence, balance, presence, and ability to detach from problems. The process of learning the AT was rewarding but, for many participants, was also challenging. Conclusions: The psychological benefits of the AT are understood in relation to established psychological and psychotherapeutic models. Further considerations and implications for future research are discussed.

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De, Búrca Aingeala. "The Alexander Technique - the application of FM Alexander's principles to music performance." Thesis, Kungl. Musikhögskolan, Institutionen för klassisk musik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kmh:diva-4199.

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The purpose of this essay is to explore how the application of the Alexander Technique, as taught from the point of view of the Interactive Teaching Method (ITM), can be of benefit in performance preparation as well as in the enhancement of the musician’s practice and performance in general. Although the specific performance described in this paper was for violin, the argument is made that the exploration and methods of practice would be of benefit to any musician. This paper describes the experience of a study of the Alexander Technique. Information is provided about the Alexander Technique, its origins, principles and practices. The application of Alexander’s work to violin playing in general is discussed, and specifically to the preparation for the performance of Sonata Duodecima by Isabella Leonarda.

Isabella Leonarda: Sonata Duodecima Opus 16

Elizabeth Jackquet De La Guerre: Sonata No 1 in D minor for Violin & Cembalo

Antonio Bonparti: Invention No 1 in A major (from 12 Inventions for Violin)

Baroque Violin: Aingeala De Búrca

Cembalo: Mayumi Kamata

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Sethson, Mea. "The Alexander Technique for a singing actor." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik, konst och samhälle, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-84849.

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Abstract This thesis examines the postural effects of Alexander Technique training on a classical singer. The aim was to see how working with an Alexander Technique instructor would improve my singing. I have been taking lessons in Alexander technique on a weekly basis and practicing Alexander technique for approximately an hour each day. I have conducted an interview with singer and longtime Alexander technique practitioner, Anne Cecilie Røsjø Kvammen. I have talked to my physiotherapist, Carl Colliander, about pain linked to a tight psoas muscle. Four songs were memorized and recorded two times, once in December and once in April. The recordings were analyzed, first by me and then by Barbro Olsson, Alexander technique instructor. I found that my alignment has generally improved and, as a result, my head position has become more stable. I have become better at managing stress during performances. The enhanced awareness of alignment has helped me make more successful choices in the practice rooms. It also has made me better at interpreting my singing pedagogue’s instructions during lessons. Additionally I have less pain, especially in the neck area.

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Parent, Karen Augusta. "Applying Alexander Technique in the high school choral rehearsal." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/31996.

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Developing healthy and coordinated vocal technique in adolescent singers is central to choral pedagogy. A singer's instrument is her body, and researchers of vocal pedagogy have increasingly explored the whole system's coordinated use in singing through bodymind awareness approaches such as Alexander Technique (AT). The purpose of my research was to examine the application of Alexander Technique in a high school choral setting to understand how a process of AT lessons in choral rehearsal may benefit students' vocal skills. Specifically, I investigated students' experiences of posture, breathing, and tone production through this process. I also explored, how students' understanding of Alexander Technique principles evolved over the study period. I employed an instrumental case study method to explore the vocal experiences of students in my senior concert choir for eight rehearsals over a period of six weeks. All 58 students participated in approximately twenty minutes of Alexander Technique instruction at the beginning of each rehearsal during the study period. Eight student respondents wrote weekly journals and four of these respondents participated in semistructured individual interviews at beginning, mid, and end points of the study. I wrote observational notes on each rehearsal and on videotaped rehearsals at the beginning and end of the study. Categorical and descriptive analysis of the data formed the basis of a chronological narrative of the findings for the choir and for two students. Through the process of Alexander Technique lessons in choral rehearsals students reported increased kinesthetic awareness and direction in their head-neck-back relationship, which allowed for a release of straining tensions in their jaw, neck, back, and abdominal areas, increased their breath capacity, and facilitated greater ease in sound production, also increasing their sensations of tonal resonance. Students' experience of benefits seemed to correspond with their level of application and understanding of Alexander principles over the six-week study. Benefits to the choir's posture and sound were most consistently evident in vocal warm-ups. Implications for choral teaching include increasing the recall of kinesthetic awareness during rehearsals and applying Alexander principles throughout the year. Cultivation of student attention to their singing habits through reflective journaling and a choral teacher's development of her own kinesthetic awareness of self-use are also suggested.
Education, Faculty of
Curriculum and Pedagogy (EDCP), Department of
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Kwon, Sae Rom. "Basic Principles of the Alexander Technique Applied to Cello Pedagogy in Three Case Studies." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1337288926.

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Boonzaaier, Devandre. "A theoretical study on the Alexander technique for the organ." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1015727.

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The aim of this research is to provide a theoretical framework of the Alexander Technique for organists. Frederick Matthias Alexander was an Australian actor who developed a technique to enable and enhance his own performance. This innovative technique is now used across the world, including South Africa. In this study the researcher provides a Literature Study of the Alexander Technique. Furthermore, he investigates and reports on the practises of a number of organists. A multiple case study approach was adapted and data was collected by means of questionnaires, personal observations and informal interviews. The data gathered in this study is described and analysed. The study culminates with a description of a theoretical framework for the application of the Alexander Technique for organists.

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Hoberg, Annelie. "Reducing performance anxiety in woodwind playing through the application of the Alexander technique principles." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2008. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10202009-161440/.

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Cox, Frances Jayne. "The notion of physicality in vocal training for the performer in South African theatre, with particular reference to the Alexander technique." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002366.

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Voice training has been influenced by separatist attitudes which have allowed for classes which train the body to be separate from those which train the voice. This study acknowledges that to train an actor in separate compartments and then expect the completeness of human expression in performance, is to train under false pretences. There is a need to address the imbalance of separatism and this is examined within the context of voice training. An holistic approach to voice training forms the basis of the argument, which focuses on the need to re-educate the notion of physicality in voice training. Chapter one proposes an understanding of the notion of physicality by drawing on the attitudes of selected theatre practitioners towards the physical nature of the theatre encounter. The expressive energies of the actor's body are responsible for the physicalisation of a play; for this reason the movement of voice and speech is not only examined as source movement, but also as the movement of an actor's response and communication. Chapter two examines some practices which led to attitudes of separatism in voice training, and introduces prevalent practices which are attempting to involve the energy of the physical experience. Chapter three proposes that the Alexander technique be used as the foundation for an awareness of individual physicality. Where chapter one examines the theory of this notion, chapter three proposes an experiential understanding of the same. The Alexander technique is a training in effective body use and it's principles are fundamental to an awareness of body use and functioning. It is argued that these principles should underlie a re-education of physicality. The final chapter of the thesis argues for physicality in South African voice training programmes which would complement the physicality of contemporary theatre forms. It is hoped that this study will provide further incentive for the continued review and adjustment of drama training in South Africa.

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Santiago, Patricia Furst. "An exploration of the potential contributions of the Alexander Technique to piano pedagogy." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2004. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10019250/.

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This study investigates to what extent a specific body-mind technique - the Alexander Technique - helps young Brazilian piano pupils to improve their approach to learning and their perforinance. The study took as its starting point a review of the literature on the Alexander Technique and on piano pedagogy, written in English and Portuguese, as well as a range of related and complementary literatures. Data was collected using several methods, including an experimental strategy with random allocation of pairs of pupils to experimental and control conditions (matched pairs), audio-visual materials, group discussions, written feedback from piano teachers and pupils, and semi -structured interviews with eight significant Brazilian piano pedagogues. A number of observers including doctors, piano teachers, general music teachers, Alexander teachers, and the researcher, studied and assessed the pupils' changes in physical, attitudinal, and performing aspects over a period of time. Qualitative and some quantitative analysis of the observational data is undertaken, and possible explanations are suggested for the changes that occurred to the pupils' piano performance. The findings suggest that the Alexander Technique had a direct positive effect on the pupils' physical and attitudinal aspects and on their process of learning, and an indirect positive effect on their performances. Finally, the study proposes potential contributions of the Alexander Technique's principles to piano pedagogy, which could provide a more holistic approach to piano teaching and learning, leading to better performance standards and learning experiences for children.

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Agstam, Mikael. "Alexanderteknik för emotionellt uttryck i musik : Alexanderteknik som metod för en effektiv spelteknik, och en tillfredsställande musikalisk framställning riktat huvudsakligen till den klassiska gitarristen." Thesis, Örebro University, School of Music, Theatre and Art, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-10333.

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In this essay, I want to achieve an accessible and applicable entrance to Alexander Technique as a method for learning to use the body in such a way as to allow emotional expression in music. It is necessary to see the real need of Alexander Technique for the active musician, and therefore important components of music-making will be presented. These components are presented from an Alexander-perspective in order to produce a clear picture of the method of application.The prerequisite for emotional expression in music is musicians and music listeners with the ability to generate, and respond after emotional impressions. Alexander Technique provides an approach to make it easier for musicians, especially guitarists, to express emotions in a performance situation.After years of practice and obtaining musical knowledge and practical skills at the instrument, it is common that muscle tension and ingrained patterns contribute to limited expression. Muscle tensions arising from pressured situations such as auditions, competitions and concerts. Repetitive movements contribute to this, and lays the foundation for an insufficient technique. It is clear that traditional learning methods need to be complemented with an approach that treats body awareness as an essential part of musical performances. The notion that the use of the body affects mental states is now a truism, and one can see an opening towards new approaches that facilitate learning as well as performance of musical works. The emotional expression is in focus here, and this study deals with musical production based on the philosophy that music should be driven by decisions involving emotional expression.

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Louw, Maria Christina. "Coordinating mind and movement : exploring parallels between the F.M. Alexander technique and ‘the new approach to violin playing'." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/6194.

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Thesis (MMus (Music))--University of Stellenbosch, 2004.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study is to explore parallels between ‘The New Approach to violin playing’, which was developed by the Hungarian violinist Kató Havas, and the Alexander Technique, a method known for promoting kinaesthetic awareness and mind-body coordination. The specific objectives of the study are to identify the parallels between the two methods, and to obtain a deeper understanding of the New Approach, by using the Alexander Technique as a construct through which to examine the method. The study aims to illuminate some of the reasons for the reported efficacy of the New Approach, and to point the way towards achieving unity of mind and body in an expressive violin technique. Although the Alexander Technique is widely used and applied by musicians in order to improve their performance, problems are sometimes encountered in applying the Technique to the finer aspects of instrumental technique. A method of violin tuition that incorporates principles and procedures similar to those found in the Alexander Technique could bridge this gap and prove to be a very powerful tool in coordinating mind and movement in violin playing. It is the purpose of this study to show that ‘The New Approach to violin playing’ is such a method, and as such deserves to be more widely known. The research was conducted within a qualitative paradigm, using a multimethodological approach. An extensive comparative literature study of the two methods was combined with practical experience gained through regular Alexander lessons, and participation in New Approach lessons with Kató Havas and her personal representative, Gloria Bakhshayesh. The New Approach, like the Alexander Technique, is essentially a search for awareness, especially in the relationship between the player and the instrument. The particular value of the New Approach lies in the fact that Havas combines her expert knowledge of violin technique with an intuitive understanding of the conditions necessary for the optimal psychophysical functioning of the violinist. Through organising these principles into a systematised method, Havas makes the acquisition of an expressive technique more accessible to all.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van hierdie studie is om ooreenkomste te ondersoek tussen ‘The New Approach to violin playing’ van die Hongaarse violiste, Kató Havas, en die Alexander-tegniek, ’n metode bekend daarvoor om kinestetiese bewustheid en geestelik-liggaamlike koordinasie te verhoog. Die spesifieke doel van die studie is om ooreenkomste tussen bogenoemde werkwyses te identifiseer, en om ’n beter begrip van die ‘New Approach’ te vekry, deur die Alexander-tegniek as ’n raamwerk te gebruik waardeur die metode bestudeer word. Die studie poog om sekere motiverings vir die effektiwiteit van die ‘New Approach’ uit te lig, en om die weg te wys na die verwesenliking van geestelik-fisieke eenheid in ’n ekspressiewe viooltegniek. Alhoewel die Alexander-tegniek dikwels deur uitvoerende musici gebruik word om hul spelvermoë te verbeter, word probleme soms ondervind in die toepassing van die tegniek op die fyner aspekte van instrumentale spel. ’n Metode van vioolonderrig wat beginsels en prosesse soortgelyk aan díé van die Alexander-tegniek insluit, sou hierdie probleem kon oorkom en as kragtige middel kon dien vir die koördinasie van denke en ligaamlike beweging in vioolspel. Hierdie studie poog om te illustreer dat die ‘New Approach’ hierdie kwaliteite het, en as sulks meer blootstelling aan vioolonderwysers verdien. In hierdie ondersoek is gebruik gemaak van ’n multi-metodologiese benadering binne ’n kwalitatiewe navorsingsparadigma. ’n Vergelykende literatuurstudie van die Alexander-tegniek en ‘The New Approach to violin playing’ is gekombineer met praktiese ervaring wat vekry is deur middel van gereelde Alexander lesse, asook deelname aan ‘New Approach’ lesse met Kató Havas en haar persoonlike verteenwoordiger, Gloria Bakhshayesh. Die ‘New Approach’ – net soos die Alexander-tegniek – is in wese ’n soeke na bewustheid, veral in die interaksie tussen die violis en die instrument. Die besondere waarde van die ‘New Approach’ is dat Havas haar gesaghebbende kennis van viooltegniek gekombineer het met ’n intuïtiewe begrip vir die optimale psigofisiese funksionering van die violis. Deur hierdie beginsels in ’n sistematiese metode te orden, skep Havas die moontlikheid om ’n ekspressiewe viooltegniek aan almal beskikbaar te stel.

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Schoger, Kelley. "The Anatomy of Expression: Explorations on the Intersection of Acting and the Alexander Technique." VCU Scholars Compass, 2012. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2873.

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The aim of this paper is to illuminate how the principles of the Alexander Technique and the role of bodily systems can serve as a foundational support for actor training. Inclusion of the Alexander Technique in the acting curriculum proves to be an effective tool for bridging the gap between kinesthetic learning and its application to beginning acting training. Starting with the nervous system, the operating principles of the Alexander Technique are discussed through research and personal insights. Next, in light of how self-discovery plays a key role in the first year of actor training, the idea of release in the neuromuscular system is explored as a way to support that process. Delving further into the actor’s process of character development, the efficient use of the skeletal system and the spine specifically is examined as the center of physical expression. Lastly, the breath and proper use of the respiratory system is discussed in relation to how it aids actors in making connected use of themselves. The outcome of this thesis through research, my personal journey as a teacher trainee of the Alexander Technique and observations and feedback though conducting workshops, elucidates the importance of creating harmony and release within the whole mechanism as a means of facilitating full expression, of mind, body and spirit, in the actor.

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Engelhart, Robert James. "An electromyographic study of preparatory set in singing as influenced by the Alexander technique." Connect to resource, 1989. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1240663537.

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Jones, Theresa. "Exploring the psychological processes underlying touch : lessons from infant massage and the Alexander technique." Thesis, University of Hull, 2012. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:5772.

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This portfolio thesis comprises of three parts: a systematic literature review, an empirical report and the appendices. Part one is a systematic review looking at the relationship between infant massage and subsequent parent-infant interactions. The review brings together literature that looks at dyads with and without health problems, and explores whether outcomes differ between dyad types. The review attempts to use the findings to discuss the role of touch in dyadic processes. Part two is an empirical paper that attempts to explore the psychological processes underlying touch through studying the Alexander Technique. Both qualitative interviews and quantitative surveys are used to address how pupils of the technique experience touch, how it changes their psychological wellbeing and how it influences the pupil-teacher relationship. Findings are discussed in terms of implications for the use of touch within psychological therapies. Part three is made up of the appendices, including a reflective statement which discusses the researcher’s experiences of all aspects of the research process.

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Englehart, Robert James. "An electromyographic study of preparatory set in singing as influenced by the Alexander Technique /." The Ohio State University, 1989. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487668215805728.

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Pearson, Kathy Shay. "The Alexander Technique and Body Mapping : a strategy for voice teachers and choral directors /." Link to full text, 2009. http://epapers.uwsp.edu/thesis/2009/Pearson.pdf.

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Thesis (M.M.E.)--University of Wisconsin--Stevens Point.
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree Master of Music Education in Studio Vocal Pedagogy. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 39-41).

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Urbanski, Kristen Marie. "Overcoming Performance Anxiety: A Systematic Review of the Benefits of Yoga, Alexander Technique, and the Feldenkrais Method." Ohio University Honors Tutorial College / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1343316242.

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Karp, Emma. "Spela utan smärta : En kvalitativ studie om hur stråkinstrumentundervisning kan bedrivas på ergonomisk grund." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Musikhögskolan Ingesund, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-8726.

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Denna uppsats syftar till att utveckla en förståelse för hur stråkinstrumentundervisning kan bedrivas då syftet är att lära ut en ergonomisk riktig spelteknik som förebygger hälsoproblem. Fokus i studien har varit på nybörjarundervisning samt HUR elever spelar. Studien har genomförts med hjälp av kvalitativ metod. Sex ergonomiskt kunniga och intresserade musiker och pedagoger har intervjuats. Deras specialområden är musikerergonom, sjukgymnast, kontrabasist, forskare, alexandertekniklärare och cellopedagog. Den kunskapsöversikt som presenteras i uppsatsen handlar om förhindrande av musikrelaterade hälsoproblem, utveckling av en fri spelteknik samt några pedagogiska konsekvenser utifrån fallstudier som gjorts på barn. Alexanderteknik, som bland annat handlar om effektiv muskelanvändning och ändring av felaktiga vanor, utgör den teoretiska utgångspunkten för studien. Resultatet visar bland annat att stråkinstrumentundervisning på ergonomisk grund ska utgå från läraren och dennes interaktion med eleven och kräver att läraren har kunskap och medvetenhet om ämnet ergonomi. Vidare visar resultatet på betydelsen av att i undervisningen prioritera kvalitet framför kvantitet, att anpassa undervisningen efter elevens olika muskulära och psykiska förutsättningar och att se eleven i ett helhetsperspektiv. Exempel på viktiga moment i tillvägagångssätt för stråkundervisning på ergonomisk grund handlar om att bevaka elevens lust och ha en sund balans i progressionen.
The purpose of this study is to develop an understanding in how teaching strings can emphasize an ergonomic way of playing, thus preventing health problems. Focus has been how to teach beginners as well as HOW to play. The study has been carried out with a qualitative method. Six musicians and teachers with ergonomics as a special field have been interviewed. They are a physiotherapist, a double bassist, a researcher, a teacher in Alexander Technique and a teacher in cello. The findings of the study deal with the prevention of musician-related injuries, developing a free playing technique, and educational consequences from a few case studies of children. The Alexander Technique, which among other aspects, deals with the effective use of muscles and changing wrong habits, is the theoretical starting point of the study. The result indicates, among other things, evidence that teaching strings in an ergonomic perspective should start with the teacher and his/her interaction with the pupil, and requires that the teacher possesses a knowledge and awareness of ergonomics. Furthermore, the result gives evidence of the importance in giving priority to quality instead of quantity, adjusting the teaching to the pupil’s different physical and psychical conditions and also viewing the pupil in a comprehensive perspective. Checking the pupil’s mindset and having a good balance of the progression, are examples of important elements in teaching strings.

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Patterson, Kathryn. "An Actor’s Approach to Claire in Proof by David Auburn." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2016. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3016.

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The areas of study in the Proof thesis contain research on the play, the playwright, and the acting style utilized in the performance and character analysis. The acting style in this process focuses on the actor’s creative work in preparation of portraying a female character. This character is a controlling woman that is unable to manipulate others. By using relaxation techniques involving the Alexander Technique, the actor was able to transition into the character with honest emotions and motives. Finding similarities to the character by using personal relationships gave the actor the ability to discover connections with the character in portrayal. These connections are used to motivate the actor’s process in creating an authentic character. The results are found through the actor’s reflections and performances. The findings show discipline and routine in the actor’s process to portray the character.

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Kutschke, Ian Peter. "The effects of the Alexander Technique training on neck and shoulder biomechanics and posture in healthy people." Thesis, McGill University, 2010. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=94940.

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The aim of this Master's study was to quantify the effects of an eight week, 20-lesson Alexander Technique (AT) training program on neck/shoulder postural alignment, range of motion and muscle activity in healthy people during tasks that targeted the head-neck/shoulder relationship. Post AT training laboratory assessments revealed a decrease in upper thoracic kyphosis in a static seated posture task and in a computer typing task. There was an increase in serratus anterior muscle activity amplitude at 120 degrees of a weighted shoulder flexion task and an increase in shoulder flexion range of motion. Since posture appears to be a risk factor for musculoskeletal disorders, and reduced shoulder range of motion as well as maintaining work-specific postures with static muscle activation have been associated with chronic neck and shoulder disorders, the AT may have some clinical benefit as a rehabilitation, and also as a preventative, approach for neck/shoulder disorders.
Le but de ce projet de maîtrise était de mesurer les effets d'un programme de huit semaines, 20 leçons de technique Alexander (AT) sur l'alignement postural cou-épaule, l'amplitude de mouvement et l'activité musculaire de personnes en bonne santé pendant des tâches qui visaient la relation tête-cou-épaule. Les évaluations de laboratoire post-entraînement ont indiqué une diminution de la cyphose thoracique durant des tâches statiques d'assise et d'entrée de texte à l'ordinateur. Il y avait une augmentation d'amplitude d'activité du muscle serratus antérieur à 120 degrés d'une tâche de flexion d'épaule avec charge et d'amplitude de flexion d'épaule. Puisque la posture semble être un facteur de risque pour des troubles musculo-squelettiques et que les déficits d'amplitude ainsi que le maintient de postures de travail spécifiques avec l'activation musculaire sont associés aux troubles chroniques de cou-épaule, l'AT pourrait présenter un avantage clinique comme approche de réadaptation et de prévention des troubles cou-épaule.

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Lowry, Rachelle E. "Influence of Mechanical Choices on Development and Persistence of Osteoarthritis: How Alexander Technique Can Promote Prevention and Management." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2016. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/351.

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Is osteoarthritis a fate unconditionally vested in genetic makeup, or are joints aggravated into inflammation by the way they are treated? Humans are a complicated conglomeration of experiences, decisions, and inheritance. Osteoarthritis, likewise, has evaded simplicity in any explanation of its causation, so it necessitates a multi-dimensional perspective. This research considers the relevance of Alexander Technique in filling a void in which treatment and management of osteoarthritis is not equally equipped to answer this multi-dimensional causation. Alexander Technique is classified as a movement therapy, but this does not quite encompass the mindset of it—that it is indeed largely a mindset about movement. More concisely, Alexander Technique emphasizes self-awareness about how a person uses his or her body to perform daily tasks. It is physical minimalism, and involves continual recognition of muscle tension along with the ability to let go of any tension that is burdensome and unnecessary. This technique has diminished pain and increased the ease of movement for those who have experienced it, even people with osteoarthritis. To build the argument that osteoarthritis can be hindered through a heightened consideration of how joints are treated, the initial component of this research investigated the vast amount of information already gleaned about the pathogenesis of this disease. The fields of physiology, genetics, immunology, and clinical practice already have much to share, and this knowledge has been combined with studies about the benefits and goals of Alexander Technique to discover the common ground of osteoarthritis treatment. The experimental component assesses the association of Alexander Technique to the minimization of pain from osteoarthritis. An online survey asks osteoarthritis cohorts about the history of their disease, the effect it has had on their pain levels and activities of daily living, and about the efficacy of their management strategies. Because each participant will be asked if he or she has received Alexander Technique lessons, the survey can be used to analyze each respondent’s experience of osteoarthritis with respect to that. It was found that participants who had received Alexander Technique lessons reported an average of one more pain-free day per week, and experienced diminished pain levels for daily physical activities such as walking. Management strategies also indicated the benefit of Alexander Technique; those who had taken lessons less frequently used pain and anti-inflammatory medications and were able to be more physically active than the unexposed group. No statistical significance was achieved from the data, largely owing to small sample size (Alexander Technique, n=12, no Alexander Technique, n=25). This study is a step in the direction of better osteoarthritis management, promoting prevention-minded awareness of joint use and providing preliminary fuel for more extensive research.

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Wong, Grace. "The Immediate Effects of Somatic Approach Workshops on the Body Usage and Musical Quality of Pianists." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/32166.

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There is a growing popularity among musicians to turn to somatic approaches such as the Alexander Technique, Body Mapping and Feldenkrais Method to improve posture and movement at the instrument and to produce better tone quality. There is little scientific and objective data to support the changes that are apparently seen and heard after such training. This study examines if a single somatic session has an immediate, perceivable effect on pianists’ body usage and musical quality. In the first mode of evaluation, judges rated specific aspects of body usage and musical quality. In the second mode of evaluation, judges were asked to identify post-somatic performances. Results indicated that there are perceivable changes in body usage and musical quality although those differences are not as apparent or easily detectable as is often believed. The findings also suggest that it is easier to identify post-somatic performances through body usage than musical quality.

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Lodermeyer, Alexander [Verfasser], Stefan [Akademischer Betreuer] Becker, Stefan [Gutachter] Becker, and Michael [Gutachter] Döllinger. "A laser-based technique to evaluate sound generation during phonation / Alexander Lodermeyer ; Gutachter: Stefan Becker, Michael Döllinger ; Betreuer: Stefan Becker." Erlangen : FAU University Press, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1208223305/34.

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Kurki, Saara. "How to let go : Different ways to detect and release tensions." Thesis, Kungl. Musikhögskolan, Institutionen för klassisk musik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kmh:diva-4186.

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The aim of my project was to find different ways to make playing easier and freer. What does it actually mean to let go and what could help to achieve more secure and relaxed feeling in your body when playing your instrument? I collected and experimented with exercises from a book The Inner Game of Music and Alexander Technique. I found out that knowing more precisely what to focus on and being more aware of the body can have a great effect. I discovered more gentle ways to teach myself and learned about the importance of how we are treating and using our bodies during practicing and in everyday situations.

The sounding part consists of the following recording; Esa-Pekka Salonen: Pentatonic Étude.

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Tahmasian, Masoud [Verfasser], Alexander [Akademischer Betreuer] Drzezga, Claus [Akademischer Betreuer] Zimmer, and Markus [Akademischer Betreuer] Ploner. "Multimodal neuroimaging on neurodegenerative disorders using the hybrid PET/MRI technique / Masoud Tahmasian. Gutachter: Claus Zimmer ; Markus Ploner. Betreuer: Alexander Drzezga." München : Universitätsbibliothek der TU München, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1076625495/34.

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Tosolini, Chiara [Verfasser], Alexander [Akademischer Betreuer] Novotny, Alexander [Gutachter] Novotny, and Helmut [Gutachter] Friess. "Influence of the surgical technique on survival in the treatment of carcinomas of the cardia (Siewert Type II) : Right thoracoabdominal approach compared to transhiatal approach / Chiara Tosolini ; Gutachter: Alexander Novotny, Helmut Friess ; Betreuer: Alexander Novotny." München : Universitätsbibliothek der TU München, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1214368549/34.

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Pereira, Daiana Felix. "Des(armando) jogos corpo-vocais: experiências com atoresbailarinos." Universidade de São Paulo, 2018. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/27/27156/tde-26022019-154725/.

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A presente pesquisa, de natureza teórico-prático-artística, propõe ampliar os diálogos entre as Artes da Música, da Dança e da Atuação, pelo viés da Técnica Vocal, para atoresbailarinos. A metodologia teve como finalidade buscar um instrumental coerente, claro e elaborado, em que foi possível introduzir questões de cunho teórico para o desafio da prática. Para tanto, foram pesquisadas formas metodológicas que abarcassem minhas experiências pessoais e vivências por meio da Autoetnografia, do Método Descritivo e das Entrevistas Semi-Estruturadas. Tendo como tema a voz na sua multiplicidade ao integrar novas formas na cena artística, foi constituído um espaço para debate e reflexão sobre o fenômeno vocal e sua potencialidade criativa, através dos encontros com os integrantes do Laboratório de Pesquisa e Estudos em Tanz Theatralidades (Lapett), grupo sediado na Escola de Comunicações e Artes da USP e dirigido por Sayonara Pereira. As narrativas descritas pelos integrantes do Lapett, bem como as entrevistas realizadas com quatro atoresbailarinos atuantes na cena artística de São Paulo, ajudam a tecer voz, dança e teatro, trazendo informações preciosas para a tese. O processo experimental realizado com o grupo Lapett, pelos jogos cênicos e brincadeiras cantadas, mostrou, na prática, a técnica vocal, e especificou as relações entre movimento, respiração e canto. Além disso, este estudo enfatizou a musicalidade para a cena, a partir da improvisação e jogos ligados à consciência e ao uso do corpo como centro da ação musical, dialogando com elementos da Técnica de Alexander e da pedagogia de Koellreutter.
The present research, from theoretical- practical- artistic nature, proposes to expand the dialogue between the Arts of Music, Dance and Performance, through Vocal Technique, for dancers- actors. The methodology had intended to get a coherent, clear and elaborated instrumental, in which was possible to introduce theoretical issues for the challenge of the practice. To do so, were researched methodological ways to englobe my personal experiences and living through Autoethnography, from the Descriptive Method and the Semi-Structured Interviews. Taking as its theme the voice in its multitude by integrating new forms in the artistc scene, was set up a space for debate and reflection on the vocal phenomenon and its creative potentiality, through meetings with the members of the Research and Studies Laboratory in Tanz Theatralidades (Lapett), a group based in the School of Communication and Arts of the University of São Paulo, directed by Sayonara Pereira. The narratives described by the members of Lapett, as well as the interviews made with four (4) acting dancers- actors in São Paulo art scene, helped to weave voice, dance and theatre, bringing valuable information for the thesis. The experimental procedure performed with the Lapett group, through scenic games and sung plays, showed, in practice, the vocal technique and specified the relationships between movement, breathing and singing. In addition, this study emphasized the musicality to the scene, from the improvisation and games related to consciousness and the use of the body as a center of the musical action, dialoguing whith elements of the Alexander Technique and pedagogy of Koellreutter.

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Weiser, Wolfgang. "Present Poise In Momentum : Embodied learning of applied aesthetics in our sense of balance – a study about sensorial cultural use of balance." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Pedagogik och didaktik, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-123563.

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The purpose of this study lies in investigating the embodied learning of applied aesthetics in our sense of balance in the educational space and how it can contribute to change one of a present major public health related problem, the problem of sedentary behaviour in school and society. The investigation is not an effect study, but aims to question our sensorial cultural practice of applied aesthetics, by looking at how we use our ability to balance in the educational space. Introducing and including elements from the field of art, the aesthetics field of knowledge and life science, the question of acknowledging embodied learning is explored mainly in the sensorial cultural praxis of our ability to balance. Embodied praxis is represented by the Alexander Technique and Elsa Gindler’s concept, with relation to modern neuromechanics. An educational view of knowledge that unilaterally enhances and rewards abstraction as well as theoretical thinking, by validating matrices and merit points, creates unbalance. Treating this unbalance solely with physical exercises enhances the conflict of how to use learning time in school and seems not to lead to a solution. By seeing the educational space as a space of embodied practice the investigation is built around participants’ sense of balance in embodied learning during a school day. The established sensorial cultural practice of how we are using our sense of balance in movement responses is observed during a school day and in a complementary inquiry explored and discussed with the children. Also the time of sitting is measured. The qualitative analysis or reading in this research of embodied learning is done by analysing directions or pointing in poise in momentum for finding inclusive or exclusive corresponsive sensorial tendencies in relation to sensorial cultural practice, including individual, social and regulative aspects. The minor quantitative part in this investigation is looking at the time spent sitting during the school day in the given conditions for defining the pupils’ sedimentary behaviour. The found embodied learning was not noticably acknowledged and not commented by the teacher. The learning sessions were varying in space, form and in their content. In spite of the attempt of the teacher to create moveability, the children were sitting 54% or more of the day in school. Inclusive dynamic responsiveness gave ability to balance and promoted embodied learning. Isolated or excluded responsiveness did not noticably engage the sense of balance and did not promote embodied learning. It resulted into pointing or directing downwards and leaning forward, backward or inwards into supportive furniture in accordance with gravitation. The study finds that inclusive responsiveness increases aligned balancing in poise in momentum. In its conclusion the study recognizes the value and effect of physical activity, but argues that moving to be healthy is not effectively changing sedentary behaviour. It argues instead for embodied health sufficient moving on a general sensorial level. To be able to use our sense of balance as function of intelligence, we still need to increase acknowledgment of our evolutionary inherited skill further.
Studiens syfte ligger i att undersöka möjligheten, att med embodied learning, lärandet genom estetisk sensorisk kommunikation och förtrogen inlärning, finna möjligheter att påverka ett av de stora folkhälsoproblemen, stillasittande beteende i skolan och i samhället. Arbetet utgör ingen effektstudie, utan syftar till att ifrågasätta vår sensoriska kulturella praxis och estetik, genom att undersöka hur vi använder oss av vårt balanssinne i skolan. En pedagogisk syn på kunskap som ensidigt främjar och belönar abstraktion liksom teoretisk konception, genom meritpoäng och bedömningsmatriser, skapar obalans. Att genom enbart fysisk aktivitet försöka lösa denna obalans, förstärker konflikten om hur tiden i skolan ska fördelas och verkar inte leda till en tillfredsställande lösning av problemet. Studien har en tvärvetenskaplig karaktär, där utbildningsvetenskapliga aspekter, konstnärlig forskning och naturvetenskap först presenteras och sedan inkluderas i frågan om hur embodied learning i relation till vår färdighet att balansera är igenkänd i skolans sensoriska kulturella praxis och estetik. Embodied praxis och dess användning, representerad genom Alexandertekniken och Elsa Gindlers koncept, är sedan närmare diskuterad, samt dess relation till modern neuromekanik. Genom att se skolan som en plats för embodied praxis, estetisk sensorisk praktik och förtrogenhetspraktik, bygger undersökningen på deltagarnas användning av balanssinnet, sett i hållningen i ögonblicket under en skoldag. Etablerad sensorisk kulturell praxis om hur vi använder vår förmåga att vara i balans observeras från ett intersubjektivt perspektiv. Detta kompletteras med samtal och enstaka explorationer, som utgör endast en mindre del i undersökningen. Även tiden för stillasittande mäts. Den framtagna empirin av embodied learning analyseras kvalitativt. Detta sker genom att analysera riktningar i hållningen i ögonblicket, för att hitta inkluderande eller exkluderande motsvarande sensoriska tendenser i relation till individuell, social och reglerande sensorisk kulturell praxis. Den mindre kvantitativa delen i denna undersökning består av att mäta tiden som eleverna sitter under skoldagen, för att kunna analysera elevernas sedimentära beteende. Resultaten visar att embodied learning inte var märkbart igenkänd och inte kommenterad av läraren. Undervisningspassen var varierande i rum, form och innehåll. Trots lärarens ihållande försök att skapa rörlighet, satt barnen minst 54 % av skoldagen. Inkluderande dynamisk sensorisk korrespondens resulterade i en väl fungerande funktionell användning av balanssinnet och främjade embodied learning. Isolerande eller uteslutande respons främjade inte den funktionella användningen av balanssinnet eller embodied learning märkbart. Resultatet visar också att elevernas hållningar största delen av tiden, visade riktningar som pekade nedåt, de lutade sig framåt, bakåt eller inåt och sjönk ner i möblerna i enlighet med tyngdlagen. Visade de en inkluderande korrespondens, ökade balanssinnets fungerande i hållningen i ögonblicket. Studien tillstår i sin slutsats att fysisk aktivitet är nödvändig och har effekt, men argumenterar, att röra sig för att vara frisk är inget effektivt sätt för att förändra stillasittande beteende. Resonemanget i studien leder i stället till att vi behöver röra oss generellt på ett införlivat hälsofrämjande sätt. För att kunna använda oss av vårt balanssinne på ett intelligent sätt, behöver vi fortfarande fördjupa förståelsen av vår evolutionärt nedärvda färdighet ytterligare.

This interdisciplinary study in educational science includes elements from the field of art and aesthetics as well as life science. The investigation is not an effect study. It is about our sensorial cultural use of balance, from the perspective of an embodied practitioner.

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Tan, Jerry Lee. "An Asian Stable Man and Royal Duke Revel with the Fury of an Afro-Asian God!" VCU Scholars Compass, 2005. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd_retro/12.

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The purpose of this thesis is to examine the actor's process in tackling the roles of Harry Dalton in Equus by Peter Shaffer, Duke Senior in As You Like It by William Shakespeare, and Dionysus in The Bacchae by Euripedes. Each production is assigned its own chapter, respectively. The chapters explore each role vocally, psychologically, and physically, including the examination of the Alexander Technique. Reflection on the experience of portraying the character and an evaluation of the actor's growth also transpires. The fourth chapter, Finding My Light, summarizes related observations and analysis as a result of performing all three roles. Finally, the fifth chapter, Curtain Call: A Tableau of Contemplation, deliberates on three years of graduate education. It features the benefits and shortcomings realized as a result of participating as one of the first students the Professional Studio Acting Track of Virginia Commonwealth University.

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Suetholz, Robert John. "A pedagogia do violoncelo e aspectos de técnicas de reeducação corporal." Universidade de São Paulo, 2011. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/27/27157/tde-06062011-125105/.

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O objetivo desta pesquisa é esclarecer as várias possibilidades de chegar a um modo mais natural e equilibrado de tocar o violoncelo. Inicialmente, o panorama geral da pedagogia e técnica violoncelística foi analisado com a finalidade de determinar conclusões e opiniões a respeito de recursos pedagógicos atuais, somados aos conhecimentos próprios do autor. Em seguida, houve uma pesquisa bibliográfica e dos meios eletrônicos sobre seis técnicas de reeducação corporal, sendo que, em média, dez aulas particulares para cada técnica foram realizadas pelo autor. Foram também analisadas informações sobre o aumento da ocorrência de danos físicos no meio musical, bem como sobre o corpo dos atletas e seus cuidados. Todas as informações colhidas serviram de base para uma discussão, visando à construção e a elaboração de uma proposta de uma nova pedagogia para os violoncelistas, buscando um funcionamento mais natural do corpo e auxiliando no combate das posturas viciosas, a fim de evitar danos físicos futuros aos executantes deste instrumento.
The object of this work is to suggest various possibilities to arrive at a more natural and balanced mode of playing the violoncello. Initially, the general panorama of violoncello pedagogy and technique was analyzed in order to determine conclusions and opinions with regard to pedagogical resources today, together with the personal knowledge of the author. Next, six methods of corporal reeducation were researched, through bibliographic and electronic means, with the author participating in an average of ten private lessons in each technique. Information with regard to the increasing occurrence of physical injuries in the musical class was also analyzed, as well as that pertaining to athletes bodies and their care. All information garnered served as the basis for a discussion aimed at the construction and elaboration of a proposal of a new violoncello pedagogy that strives for a more natural functioning of the body and helps combat detrimental postures, so that future injuries to violoncellists may be avoided.

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Bledsoe, Stormi Danielle. "Liberte Egalite Sororite: Feminist Directing Strategies Applied to The Revolutionists at Miami University." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1564606867621745.

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Sousa, Bruno Gomes. "Prática musical e saúde." Master's thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/12918.

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A prática de um instrumento musical ao nível profissional exige um grande esforço físico e mental, razão pela qual os músicos estão sujeitos com certa probabilidade a lesões. Não obstante, estas podem ser prevenidas através da prática de métodos ou técnicas preventivas como, por exemplo, a Alexander Technique, o Método Feldenkrais e o Pilates ou o Ioga. Além destas atividades que podem ser praticadas com regularidade, existem exercícios de aquecimento e de relaxamento que ajudam a prevenir lesões em músicos. Nesta dissertação discute-se um pouco este quadro e procedeu-se ao levantamento de informação sobre atividades preventivas e atitudes perante a lesão em diferentes instituições superiores de música na Europa. O levantamento da informação foi feito através da análise da informação disponibilizada pelas instituições e ainda por questionários individualmente remetidos às direções das escolas selecionadas. Os resultados permitem comparar as diferenças entre cada escola, relativamente às atividades preventivas, no que respeita (i) à quantidade e frequência de atividades proporcionadas aos alunos; (ii) aos apoios e tratamentos facultados perante as lesões, provindas da execução musical; (iii) às atividades preventivas proporcionadas aos alunos; (iv) aos objetivos explícitos destas práticas. Alguns aspetos que a análise desta informação permitiu observar mostram que nas universidades e escolas superiores de música fora de Portugal há um maior auxílio na prevenção e tratamento de lesões nos alunos. Em algumas escolas existe uma ligação com institutos ou clínicas de medicina para músicos. Em Portugal, pelo contrário, não se verifica praticamente adesão a estas práticas. Algumas instituições, além de não facultarem aos alunos este tipo de atividades, não mostram interesse relativamente a esta temática.
Playing a musical instrument at a professional level requires an enormous physical and mental effort, for which reason musicians are rather prone to injuries. Notwithstanding, these injuries may be prevented through the practice of preventing techniques or methods as for example the Alexander Technique, the Feldenkrais method, Yoga, or Pilates. Besides these activities which can be practiced regularly, there are warming up and relaxation exercises which can help in preventing injuries in musicians. In this dissertation we will elaborate on this scenario and we will collect information related to preventive activities and attitudes regarding injuries in different music academic institutions in Europe. The collection of information was done through the analysis of the information provided by the institutions and by the questionnaires that were sent to the boards of directions of the selected schools. The results allow us to compare the differences between schools as far as preventing activities are concerned, the quantity and frequency of activities available to students, the support and treatments provided in case of lesions related to musical performance, the preventing activities provided to the students and the actual objectives of these practices. The analysis of this information has allowed us to observe that in universities and higher schools of music outside of Portugal there is more help in the prevention and treatment of lesions in students. In some schools there is a connection with institutes or medical clinics for musicians. In Portugal, on the contrary, these practices are inexistent. Some institutions, besides not providing this type of activities to students, do not show any interest in this matter.

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Callet-Bianco, Anne-Marie. "Le roman cyclique chez Alexandre Dumas." Paris 4, 1993. http://www.theses.fr/1993PA040024.

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Ce travail porte sur trois sommes romanesques de Dumas : le cycle Valois, la trilogie et les mémoires d'un médecin. Ces œuvres se caractérisent par une architecture cyclique, animée par un double mouvement, prospectif et rétrospectif, qui détermine la lecture du tout. Le traitement des personnages se ressent nettement de cette organisation particulière, ainsi que celui du temps : on trouve chez Dumas deux temporalités différentes, une linéaire et une autre cyclique, qui coexistent constamment. Par ailleurs, l'organisation cyclique reflète la pensée historique de Dumas (et ses contradictions). Il s'inspire en effet de Vico et de sa conception d'une progression cyclique de l'humanité, fondée sur les notions de "coris" et "ricorsi". Mais il adhère avant tout, comme Michelet, à l'idée d'une histoire linéaire fondée sur un progrès irréversible. Au-delà du retour de situations similaires, les romans dumasiens illustrent l'évolution des différents groupes représentés : la famille royale et la noblesse courent à leur perte, cependant que le peuple acquiert une importance croissante. Parallèlement, la fiction retrace la mutation des systèmes de valeurs et des philosophies de l'action. D'un cycle a l'autre, le sens de l'histoire apparait plus difficile à saisir
This analysis is based on three romantic series by dumas: the Valois cycle, the trilogy and the memoirs of a physician. These works are characterized by a cyclic architecture, animated by a double movement, prospective and retrospective, which determines the reading of the whole. The handling of the characters is clearly felt through this singular structure, as is that of time: one finds in dumas two different approaches to time, one linear and another cyclic, which coexist constantly. Elsewhere, the cyclic structure reflects dumas' historical thinking (and its contradictions). On fact he gets his inspiration from Vico and from his conception of a cyclic progression of humanity, based on the ideas of "corsi" and "ricorsi". But above all he adheres, as does Michelet, to the idea of a linear history based on an irreversible progress. Beyond the reversal of similar situations, the dumas' novels illustrate the evolution different represented groups: the royal family and the nobility are heading for disaster, whereas the people are growing in importance. In a parallel way, fiction retraces the mutation of value systems and of philosophies of action. From one cycle to another, the sense of history seems to be more difficult to grasp

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Pantaleo, Felice [Verfasser], and Alexander [Akademischer Betreuer] Schmidt. "New Track Seeding Techniques for the CMS Experiment / Felice Pantaleo ; Betreuer: Alexander Schmidt." Hamburg : Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg, 2018. http://d-nb.info/1163013633/34.

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Ben, Aribi Fathi. "A study of properties and computation techniques of the L2-Alexander invariant in knot theory." Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015USPCC227.

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Cette thèse présente plusieurs propriétés, des valeurs explicites et des techniques de calcul des torsions d'Alexander L2 des variétés de dimension 3 compactes à bord vide ou torique, notamment des extérieurs de noeuds et d'entrelacs. Les torsions d'Alexander L2 sont des généralisations des polynômes d'Alexander tordus, où le complexe de chaînes cellulaires du revêtement universel de la variété est tordu par une représentation du groupe fondamental de la variété sur l'espace des opérateurs d'un espace de Hilbert de dimension infinie. Les torsions d'Alexander L2 des 3-variétés ont été définies en 2014 par J. Dubois, S. Friedl et W. Lück, et généralisent l'invariant d'Alexander L2 des noeuds introduit par W. Li et W Zhang en 2006. Ces torsions sont des invariants topologiques qui sont des classes de fonctions sur les réels strictement positifs. Elles existent uniquement lorsque certaines conditions techniques sont vérifiées, et sont difficiles à calculer en général. Malgré tout, nous pouvons extraire d'importantes informations de ces invariants, comme le volume simplicial de la variété ou la norme de Thurston. Dans cette thèse, nous démontrons que l'invariant d'Alexander L2 des noeuds détecte le noeud trivial. Nous démontrons également une formule de chirurgie de Dehn pour les torsions d'Alexander L2. De même, par diverses techniques, nous calculons explicitement les torsions des extérieurs d'entrelacs toriques dans la sphère S3 et le tore solide, ce qui nous permet de démontrer des formules générales de sommes connexes et de câblages pour les entrelacs
This manuscript presents several properties, explicit values and computation techniques of L2-Alexander torsions for compact 3-manifolds with empty or toroidal boundary, especially for knot exteriors and link exteriors. The L 2 -Alexande torsions are generalisations of the twisted Alexander polynomials, as the cellular chain complex of the universal covering of a manifold is twisted by an infinite-dimensional Hilbert representation of the fundamental group of the manifold. The L2-Alexander torsions of 3-manifolds were defined in 2014 by J. Dubois, S. Friedl and W. Lück, and generalize the L2 -Alexander invariant of a knot introduced by W. Li and W. Zhang in 2006. These torsions are topological invariants that are classes of maps on the positive real numbers. They only exist when certain technical conditions are satisfied, and they are hard to compute in general. Despite these difficulties, we are able to extract important information from thes invariants, like the simplicial volume of the manifold or the Thurston norm. In this thesis, we prove that the L2-Alexander invariant of knots detects the trivial knot. We also prove a Dehn surgery formula for the L2-Alexander torsions. Similarly, using various techniques, we compute explicitly the torsions of exteriors of torus links in die 3-sphere and in die solid torus, which leads us to prove general formulas for connected sums and cablings of links

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Kurz, Thorben Andreas [Verfasser], and Alexander [Akademischer Betreuer] Borst. "Development of techniques for single dendritic spine analysis : spinomics / Thorben Andreas Kurz. Betreuer: Alexander Borst." München : Universitätsbibliothek der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, 2012. http://d-nb.info/102706616X/34.

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Kutzer, Katja [Verfasser], Alexander [Akademischer Betreuer] Martin, and Alexander [Gutachter] Martin. "Using Piecewise Linear Approximation Techniques to Handle Bilinear Constraints with Application to Off-Grid Hybrid Energy Systems / Katja Kutzer ; Gutachter: Alexander Martin ; Betreuer: Alexander Martin." Erlangen : Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 2021. http://d-nb.info/1228627584/34.

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Vogel, Alexander L. [Verfasser]. "Complementary mass spectrometric techniques for the characterization of the organic fraction in atmospheric aerosols / Alexander L. Vogel." Mainz : Universitätsbibliothek Mainz, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1048498255/34.

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Ziegler, Alexander [Verfasser]. "Non-invasive imaging and 3D visualization techniques for the study of sea urchin internal anatomy / Alexander Ziegler." Berlin : Freie Universität Berlin, 2009. http://d-nb.info/1023375427/34.

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Prechtel, Alexander [Verfasser]. "Modelling and Efficient Numerical Solution of Hydrogeochemical Multicomponent Transport Problems by Process-Preserving Decoupling Techniques / Alexander Prechtel." Aachen : Shaker, 2005. http://d-nb.info/118657819X/34.

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Park, Hyeyeon, and Hyeyeon Park. "Alexander Rosenblatt's Piano Sonata No. 2 and Its Influences: The Blending of Classical Techniques and Jazz Elements." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/622995.

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Alexander Rosenblatt (b. 1956), a Russian composer, pianist and conductor, is an outstanding contemporary composer. He has composed more than forty works in diverse genres, with almost half of his output devoted to piano compositions, including piano solo, duets, concerti, and chamber music. In this study, I discuss Rosenblatt's background as a musician and composer and provide an analysis of his compositional styles as found in Piano Sonata No. 2 (1988). Rosenblatt's music integrates classical form with a variety of other influences creating a style that brings together diverse elements from those of precedent composers, such as Chopin, Rachmaninoff, and Prokofiev and their compositional techniques, to the stylistic trends of jazz, including quartal harmony, syncopation, suspended chords, swing, and improvisational style. With his fusion of classical and jazz compositional techniques, Rosenblatt occupies an important place in contemporary piano literature. My research sheds light on Rosenblatt's compositional techniques, contributing to the scholarship on contemporary piano literature in general and providing insight for performers and scholars with specific interest in Rosenblatt. It is my hope that my work will stimulate further research on Rosenblatt and his contemporaries, and that his compositions may assume a prominent place in the standard repertory.

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Müller, Johannes Christian [Verfasser], Alexander [Akademischer Betreuer] Martin, and Vyve Mathieu [Akademischer Betreuer] Van. "Auctions in Exchange Trading Systems: Modeling Techniques and Algorithms / Johannes Christian Müller. Gutachter: Alexander Martin ; Mathieu Van Vyve." Erlangen : Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 2014. http://d-nb.info/1075833981/34.

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Lawrinenko, Alexander [Verfasser], Nils [Gutachter] Boysen, and Armin [Gutachter] Scholl. "Identical parallel machine scheduling problems : structural patterns, bounding techniques and solution procedures / Alexander Lawrinenko ; Gutachter: Nils Boysen, Armin Scholl." Jena : Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1177599937/34.

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Schmidt, Philip Morten Alexander Verfasser], Paolo [Akademischer Betreuer] [Gutachter] [Lugli, and Carlo Aldo [Gutachter] Di. "Alternative fabrication techniques for organic electronic devices / Philip Morten Alexander Schmidt ; Gutachter: Aldo Di Carlo, Paolo Lugli ; Betreuer: Paolo Lugli." München : Universitätsbibliothek der TU München, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1139843834/34.

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Loss, Julian [Verfasser], Eike [Gutachter] Kiltz, and Alexander [Gutachter] May. "New techniques for the modular analysis of digital signature schemes / Julian Loss ; Gutachter: Eike Kiltz, Alexander May ; Fakultät für Mathematik." Bochum : Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1195221541/34.

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Liehr, Sascha [Verfasser], Klaus [Gutachter] Petermann, Brian [Gutachter] Culshaw, and Christian-Alexander [Gutachter] Bunge. "Fibre Optic Sensing Techniques Based on Incoherent Optical Frequency Domain Reflectometry / Sascha Liehr ; Gutachter: Klaus Petermann, Brian Culshaw, Christian-Alexander Bunge." Berlin : Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), 2015. http://d-nb.info/1122648006/34.

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März, Alexander [Verfasser], Oliver [Akademischer Betreuer] [Gutachter] Mußhoff, Stephan von [Gutachter] Cramon-Taubadel, and Martin [Gutachter] Odening. "Applications of modern regression techniques in empirical economics / Alexander März. Betreuer: Oliver Mußhoff. Gutachter: Oliver Mußhoff ; Stephan Von Cramon-Taubadel ; Martin Odening." Göttingen : Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1109046529/34.

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Linz, Sarah [Verfasser], Alexander [Akademischer Betreuer] Kölpin, Peter [Gutachter] Knott, and Wolfgang [Gutachter] Heinrich. "Impairment analysis and their calibration techniques for Six-port based displacement sensors / Sarah Linz ; Gutachter: Peter Knott, Wolfgang Heinrich ; Betreuer: Alexander Kölpin." Erlangen : Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 2019. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:29-opus4-131427.

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März, Alexander Verfasser], Oliver [Akademischer Betreuer] [Gutachter] Mußhoff, Stephan von [Gutachter] [Cramon-Taubadel, and Martin [Gutachter] Odening. "Applications of modern regression techniques in empirical economics / Alexander März. Betreuer: Oliver Mußhoff. Gutachter: Oliver Mußhoff ; Stephan Von Cramon-Taubadel ; Martin Odening." Göttingen : Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen, 2016. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:7-11858/00-1735-0000-0028-87DE-4-2.

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Linz, Sarah Verfasser], Alexander [Akademischer Betreuer] [Kölpin, Peter [Gutachter] Knott, and Wolfgang [Gutachter] Heinrich. "Impairment analysis and their calibration techniques for Six-port based displacement sensors / Sarah Linz ; Gutachter: Peter Knott, Wolfgang Heinrich ; Betreuer: Alexander Kölpin." Erlangen : Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 2019. http://d-nb.info/1204257922/34.

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