Jean-Louis Rodrigue’s awareness of how to apply the Alexander Technique principles to any of the performing arts is something that few teachers possess. At the opera training workshop at the Verbier Festival, I remember distinctly how he could help unleash a free and resplendent voice from the throat of a soprano who was doing everything to imprison it, and all this just by speaking to her and applying his hands at the right moment. Although the Alexander Technique principles are seemingly straightforward, it takes a special individual to not only master them, but to fully inhabit them as Jean-Louis does.
Jean-Louis Rodrigue’s awareness of how to apply the Alexander Technique principles to any of the performing arts is something that few teachers possess. At the opera training workshop at the Verbier Festival, I remember distinctly how he could help unleash a free and resplendent voice from the throat of a soprano who was doing everything to imprison it, and all this just by speaking to her and applying his hands at the right moment. Although the Alexander Technique principles are seemingly straightforward, it takes a special individual to not only master them, but to fully inhabit them as Jean-Louis does.
