Reddit reviews A New Approach to the Alexander Technique: Moving Toward a More Balanced Expression of the Whole Self
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Study/practice/take up as a hobby anything physical, from jogging to yoga to martial arts. Anything that interests you. Get your awareness into your body. Couple that with some sort of actor physicality system, like Laban or Viewpoints as mentioned or, as I'd recommend, Alexander technique, and you'll be on the right path. We did Alexander in my grad school and our textbook was https://www.amazon.com/New-Approach-Alexander-Technique-Expression/dp/0895949180.
First off thanks for asking this question, I am very similar to you in pretty much everything said - landing auditions but I'm also somewhat stiff during them and wanted to see how to help with that.
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Along with what others said about training and dancing, I looked up potential resources that may help with movement in acting and purchased these 2 books - I haven't read either yet but you may find interest in them.
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https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1559362413/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0895949180/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1