I came to the Alexander Technique because I wasn’t comfortable with my body onstage. I had just lost a great deal of weight and felt like my body wasn’t connected to my emotions as an actor. My teacher, Larry Moss, suggested that I contact Kristof Konrad and Jean-Louis Rodrigue. In Alexander Technique class, I started working on my body through singing songs. I started out as a professional singer and Kristof encouraged me to connect to my body through my music. It was an intensely freeing experience. Every time I get cast in a role, I come to Kristof. I enter the lesson with a strong idea of how my character should move and Kristof and I experiment with creating my character’s physical life, many times using animals. For my role in Electricidad, my character was trying to change from being a tough girl to finding her inner peace. She’s very misunderstood because of the way she looks and carries herself. Kristof and I built her physical life to be that of a dog, specifically a Boxer. Kristof Konrad is a kind, brilliant artist. I won’t enter the theatre without him!
Every time I get cast in a role, I go to Kristof Konrad. I enter the lesson with a strong idea of how my character should move and Kristof and I experiment with creating my character’s physical life, many times using animals. Kristof is a kind, brilliant artist. I won’t enter the theatre without him!
