A tight throat‎;‎ held breath‎;‎ stiff muscles‎;‎ stage fright‎:‎ impediments to performance come in many guises‎,‎ but they all spring from the same source‎-tension‎.‎ In Physical Expression on Stage and Screen Bill Connington‎,‎ a renowned teacher of the Alexander Technique‎,‎ shows you how to recognize and release the tension that keeps you from performing at your best‎.‎ If you‎'‎re ever not certain of what to do with your hands or how to make a meaningful gesture‎,‎ or if your movement feels fine in daily life but then you suddenly become self‎-conscious when onstage or in front of a camera‎,‎ this book is here to help‎.‎ More than one hundred clear‎,‎ accessible exercises‎-including many filmed tutorials available online‎-will enable you to * Move more naturally and easily * Breathe more freely * Speak more clearly * Free your creative impulses * Play a character with an unfamiliar physicality