Books on Drama and the Feldenkrais Method

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Theatre Games: A New Approach to Drama Training. Methuen Drama, Bloomsbury Publishing Pic, 2010.

While  Clive Barker is not a Feldenkrais teacher  his acting method  was influenced by Moshé Feldenkrais. 

The Empty Space. 1968. Reprint, London Penguin Books, 2008.

A timeless classic on the art of theatre from the most influential stage director of the twentieth century. Important read for any performer. Moshé Feldenkrais developed lessons for Peter Brook’s company.  (see below)

Through the Body: A Practical Guide to Physical Theatre. Routledge, 2015. 

This book includes the Feldenkrais Method.

Eight Lessons in Awareness Through Movement, taught in 1978 at the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Paris, editied by François Combeau and Sabine Pfeffer, transcribed by Ben Parsons. International Feldenkrais Federation, 2019.

Feldenkrais Method in Performer Training: Encouraging Curiosity and Experimentation. Centre for Innovative Performance Practice and Research (CiPPR), 2010.

Lacey, Mark. “Curing the Acting Habit: The Feldenkrais Method, Actors, Compulsion and the Performing Arts Industry.” In The Feldenkrais Method in Creative Practice: Dance, Music, and Theater, edited by Robert Sholl. Methuen Drama, Bloomsbury Publishing Pic, 2022.

McCaw, Dick. "Learning Through Feeling: The Somatic Pedagogy of Moshe Feldenkrais and Nikolai Bernstein." In The Feldenkrais Method in Creative Practice: Dance, Music, and Theater, edited by Robert Sholl. Methuen Drama, Bloomsbury Publishing Pic, 2022.

McCaw, Dick. Rethinking the Actor’s Body; Dialogs with Neuroscience. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.

This is part of series of books on performance and the sciences.  It includes various views of how we understand movement and the body in dance and acting, including Feldenkrais Method. Includes historical development of somatic learning and performing arts.

Training the Actor’s Body. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018.

This is part of series of books on performance and the sciences.  It includes various views of how we understand movement and the body in dance and acting, including Feldenkrais Method. Includes historical development of somatic learning and performing arts.

Potter, Nicole, Mary Fleischer, and Barbara Adrian. Movement for Actors. Allworth, 2016.

This book is a collection of approaches to studying movement in relation to acting.

Questel, Alan S.  "The Feldenkrais Method." In Movement for Actors. Allworth, 2016.

Stanton,  Luz. "Actor Agency and Resilience: a study of learner autonomy for  undergraduate actors using the Feldenkrais Method.” Masters Thesis,  Central Queensland University, 2024. https://doi.org/10.25946/25622031

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Worsley, Victoria. Feldenkrais for Actors – How to Do Less and Discover More. Illustrated by James Humphries. Nick Hern Books, 2016.

Excellent explanation on practical application if the Feldenkrais Method and acting. This book easily transfers to musicians. 

Worsley, Victoria. “A Sense of Safety: Polyvagal Theory, the Feldenkrais Method and the Acting Process.” In The Feldenkrais Method in Creative Practice: Dance, Music, and Theater, edited by Robert Sholl. Methuen Drama, Bloomsbury Publishing Pic, 2022.