About Feldenkrais Performers

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Feldenkrais Performers helps performing artists, performance teachers, and students learn how the Feldenkrais Method applies to drama, dance, and music performance. 

Somatically based learning methods, such as the Feldenkrais Method, begin with how the person learns and uses themselves rather than beginning with the specific performing art from. Consequently, a somatic approach applies to all the performing arts, viewed from a performer's perspective. 

The purpose of creating this website is promote an exchange of ideas about how the Feldenkrais Method applies to learning performance. The arts benefit from studying the Feldenkrais Method to refine and promote healthy performance while performing arts teachers offer a valuable perspective that benefits the work in general.

On this website, you will find a bibliography of books and articles and names of teachers and scholars in the performing arts certified to teach the Feldenkrais Method. Regardless of your background or expertise, I encourage you to explore articles of all performing arts disciplines. The bibliography includes links to each publication. While most articles are published in peer-reviewed journals. Non-peer-reviewed stories are included as well.

You will also find the names of teachers with a short description of their work that you can further explore online.

This resource is not definitive. I plan to continue to expand the information on this website to include more regions and publications.

I am grateful to those who supported my pursuit that eventually led to this website including; Elizabeth Reed, Stacey Pelinka, Prisca Winslow, Thomas Kampe, Dianne Hancock, Maxine Davis. Scott Fraser, and Stephen Paparo. 

This resource will grow and include additional regions and publications over time. Other useful bibliographies on the Feldenkrais Method and the performing arts can be found at https://www.feldenkraistorontowest.com/, https://moveintobalance.com/ and https://www.zotero.org/groups/4149568/iffrg/library.

—Steve Duke

Northern Illinois University Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus

Guild Certified Feldenkrais Teacher®