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Aside from the fact that I'm internally falling to pieces, I did make a great amount of progress today.
Dear Brenny,
Hope your birthday was splendid!
Today for the first time, in about two years, I feel like I made progress anywhere. I have been a recent recipient of a grant from the McKenna foundation, which grants money to New Paltz theatre department students, to train in the Alexander Technique.
The work was going fine and dandy, until I hit a brick wall with an exorbitant amount of tension in my quads. It just wouldn't go away, and if I was performing, my legs would tremble terribly. It was a horrible sensation.
Today, through diligence, my teacher and I attempted to release the tension. No luck. Then, in a last attempt, she did some fancy footwork and gripped onto my right quad, the one which I was having so much trouble with. Then she let go and commanded, "WALK!" Which I did. I couldn't stand up straight, I took five or six steps and fell flat on my face.
I write this to you, because when I was your student, I wish I had accepted the fact that it was okay to fall flat on your face.
By the way, I am reading William Esper's book on acting right now, and I find it extremely accessible, and recommend it for anyone studying the meisner technique.
ALL MY LOVE,
Miles
Dear Brenny,
Hope your birthday was splendid!
Today for the first time, in about two years, I feel like I made progress anywhere. I have been a recent recipient of a grant from the McKenna foundation, which grants money to New Paltz theatre department students, to train in the Alexander Technique.
The work was going fine and dandy, until I hit a brick wall with an exorbitant amount of tension in my quads. It just wouldn't go away, and if I was performing, my legs would tremble terribly. It was a horrible sensation.
Today, through diligence, my teacher and I attempted to release the tension. No luck. Then, in a last attempt, she did some fancy footwork and gripped onto my right quad, the one which I was having so much trouble with. Then she let go and commanded, "WALK!" Which I did. I couldn't stand up straight, I took five or six steps and fell flat on my face.
I write this to you, because when I was your student, I wish I had accepted the fact that it was okay to fall flat on your face.
By the way, I am reading William Esper's book on acting right now, and I find it extremely accessible, and recommend it for anyone studying the meisner technique.
ALL MY LOVE,
Miles