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Eric Franklin (Author)
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May 20, 1996


Destined to become a classic text and reference, Dynamic Alignment Through Imagery shows you how to use imaging techniques to improve posture and alignment and release excess tension. The book's 195 illustrations will help you visualize the images and exercises and show you how to use them in a variety of contexts.

Part I of Dynamic Alignment Through Imagery discusses the origins and uses of imagery and includes 36 exercises that demonstrate dynamic alignment in practice. You'll explore the importance of posture and dynamic alignment and discover how to use imagery to affect body movement.

Part II explains the biomechanical and anatomical principles behind complex imagery and illustrates 52 exercises to bring these principles to life. You'll learn how to use basic physics to create a strong yet fluid balance in your muscles and joints.

Part III provides 250 anatomical imagery exercises to help you fine-tune alignments and increase body awareness. The exercises focus on different regions of the body--the pelvis, hips, knees, lower legs, spine, shoulders, arms, hands, head, and neck--as well as on breathing. You can select specific images to address individual needs or follow the sequence presented in the book.

And Part IV provides 23 holistic exercises to sculpt and improve alignment in various positions--standing, supine, and sitting. These exercises will help you establish a body image that facilitates dynamic alignment and releases excess tension.

By practicing the techniques described in Dynamic Alignment Through Imagery, you'll tap into the power of imagery and create better movement.


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"""The use of imagery to improve human alignment and movement has been practiced by relatively few adherents, most of them professionals. Now, with Eric Franklin's book Dynamic Alignment Through Imagery, the technique of using imagery is made clear for the general public as well for professionals. Franklin is to be commended for bringing this important work to a wider audience."""
Andre Bernard
Adjunct Assistant Professor Dance Education
New York University
"""This is a charming and humorous synthesis of ideas contained in the writings of Mabel Todd, Lulu Sweigard, Barbara Clark, and their students."""
Irene Dowd
Faculty, The Juilliard School
Guest Faculty, The National Ballet School of Canada
"""The main purpose of body alignment in dance is to create efficient control of movement. Eric Franklin's book Dynamic Alignment Through Imagery equips readers with the basic knowledge and exercises to achieve a clear and useful alignment."""
Zvi Gotheiner
Choreographer and Teacher, New York City
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"The use of imagery to improve human alignment and movement has been practiced by relatively few adherents, most of them professionals. Now, with Eric Franklin's book Dynamic Alignment Through Imagery, the technique of using imagery is made clear for the general public as well for professionals. Franklin is to be commended for bringing this important work to a wider audience."
Andre Bernard
Adjunct Assistant Professor Dance Education
New York University

"This is a charming and humorous synthesis of ideas contained in the writings of Mabel Todd, Lulu Sweigard, Barbara Clark, and their students."
Irene Dowd
Faculty, The Juilliard School
Guest Faculty, The National Ballet School of Canada

"The main purpose of body alignment in dance is to create efficient control of movement. Eric Franklin's book Dynamic Alignment Through Imagery equips readers with the basic knowledge and exercises to achieve a clear and useful alignment."
Zvi Gotheiner
Choreographer and Teacher, New York City


Product Details

  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Human Kinetics (May 20, 1996)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0873224752
  • ISBN-13: 978-0873224758
  • Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #39,723 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Eric Franklin is the director of the Franklin Method Institute in Uster, Switzerland, and travels worldwide conducting workshops. He is a member of the International Association of Dance Medicine and Science and has taught at the Institute for Psychomotor Therapy in Zurich. He is the author of Dance Imagery for Technique and Performance; Relax Your Neck, Liberate Your Shoulders; and Pelvic Power.

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars Live with gravity not against it., July 18, 2005
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I am a big fan of Eric Franklin's books. As a dance instructor, not a fitness instructor, he is well aware of the finer points of human performance that are often overlooked by a society so focused on speed and strength. I would recommend this book for two groups of people. One is those studying anatomy. By going through the exercises, the major muscles and bones of the body can be learned on deeper and more useful level than simply by studying them in a book. Experiential learning is best in this case. Second, those with a strong ability to visualize, which doesn't include everyone. Alignment through visualization can be adifficult skill to learn. Having taught in a field similar to Franklin's, I know that not everyone has the internal sense to grasp the concepts here.

A thorough, insightful and well-illustrated(!) book.
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94 of 105 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars How to Deal With Gravity, August 17, 2000
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Gravity is the most influencial force in our lives. Eric Franklin's Dynamic Alignment Through Imagery deals how to move in the gravity field.

I am not a professial dancer. But I am approaching walking the 4.0 minute mile using body images in Franklin's book as a guide for good alignment. This imagery that moves your body parts better keeps your interest. It is fun. Right now I am working on hip motions images.

How much do I like it? I bought five copies to give to my children so they could share good alignment with my grandchildren. So, they all will know how to deal with and make peace with gravity.

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Indispensable for any type of dancer, November 3, 2006
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I found this book to be eye opening, and immensely helpful with all the exercises that are discussed in the chapters. I improved my dancing within two weeks of reading and starting the exercises. It's concise with a nice touch of humor. I'm recommending this book to all my dancer friends both social and professional. I love this book and I have plans to purchase all of Eric Franklin's books.
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Inside This Book (learn more)
First Sentence:
Approximately 35,000 years ago, there appears to have been a sudden expansion in the creation of body ornamentation and the use of visual imagery. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sitz bones, imagine the pelvis, constructive rest position, transverse tarsal joint, condyle rotates, tensegrity model, dynamic alignment, condyle moves, postural models, closed kinematic chain, scapulohumeral rhythm, grand battement, pelvic alignment, femur heads, articular eminence, tibial plateau, hip socket, femoral condyles, ideal posture, pubic symphysis, pubic rami, ground reaction force, resistance arm, occipital condyles
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Andre Bernard, New York, Mabel Todd, Barbara Clark, International Herald Tribune, Lulu Sweigard, Larry Rhodes, Leonardo da Vinci, Skinner Releasing
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