Philip Johnston
Movement for Actors and Dancers
The workshop will concentrate on the development of movement for dancers and actors through the DART procedures and the Alexander Technique.
My lecture will discuss the importance of the Alexander Technique in the training of fledgling dancers and actors and the programs for study I have been developing at the University of Illinois.
Philip Johnston trained with Helen Lewis in Belfast and has performed extensively throughout the world in modern dance festivals and appeared on film for the London Dance Umbrella, Channel 4, BBC Television and NRK-Norway. He was the Artistic Director for The Norwegian Modern Dance Company. The Charles and Harriet Luckman Undergraduate Distinguished Teaching Award was awarded to Philip in 1997 for his teaching in the Department of Dance at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Philip received undergraduate degrees from the University of Ulster and The London School of Contemporary Dance. At the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign he received his Master of Fine Arts in Dance and a Ph. D. in Theatre History. Philip is a certified teacher of the Alexander Technique. He holds a joint appointment in Dance and Theatre at the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign.
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