An interview with Nadia Kevan: a European perspective on the Alexander Technique

The History of Actor Training in the British Drama School.

In this special bonus episode, Alex Bingley, voice teacher, interviews Professor Nadia Kevan about her journey and approach to integrating the Alexander Technique in to the professional training of dancers, actors and singers.
Nadia Kevan is English dancer , dance teacher , choreographer and movement teacher . She lives in Nijmegen , the Netherlands , and has been teaching at the Folkwang University in Essen , now Folkwang University of the Arts , since 1993.
Kevan studied classical ballet , modern dance, dance pedagogy and voice training in England . From 1973 she was in Germany , where she danced for various theatres and worked as a freelance dancer and dance teacher in Hamburg . In the tradition of Mary Wigman and Gret Palucca , she gave her own solo dance evenings. In 1981 she came into contact with the Alexander Technique in London and then trained as a Teacher of the technique in Denmark with Karen Wentworth and Chris Stevens, which she completed in London through further training with Walter Carrington.

Alex Bingley has been a voice teacher since graduating from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in 2002, prior to this he had been an actor. Alex currently teaches at Rose Bruford, Arts Ed, Drama Centre London and The Italia Conti Academy of theatre arts. Prior to this Alex had taught at Lamda, The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and East 15. Alex has been a student of the Alexander technique since 2002 and he encountered the Psycho-Physical Support System through Ron Murdock in 2016 . Alex uses this approach extensively together with his voice teaching and continues to be mentored by Nadia Kevan and one of Dr Chris Stevens students Stephanie Smith.

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