About
Jana S. Tift has taught movement for actors in academic and professional settings for over twenty years. Certified to teach the Alexander Technique, the Michael Chekhov Acting Technique, and Amrit Yoga, she has led workshops and coached actors and singers throughout the U.S. and abroad. Ms. Tift has taught at New World School of the Arts and in the Graduate Acting program at Florida Atlantic University. She has been a Hendrix-Murphy Foundation Artist-in-Residence at Hendrix College and an artist-in-residence at The Ragdale Foundation. An award-winning director, she is a teaching member of Alexander Technique International and a proud member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. Ms. Tift holds an MFA in Theatre from Florida State University. She is the coauthor of Your Body Knows: A Movement Guide for Actors (Routledge 2020)
Featured Work
Your Body Knows: A Movement Guide for Actors
Your Body Knows provides the foundation actors need to move with ease and power. It is a practical guide to movement starting at the very beginning: knowing your body and experiencing how it works. Through the work of F.M. Alexander, Rudolf Laban, and Michael Chekhov, this book offers basic training in movement fundamentals. Its step-by-step process supports the actor's work in any acting or movement training program and as a working professional. Your Body Knows: A Movement Guide for Actors is an excellent resource for acting students and their teachers, promoting a strong onstage presence and awakening unlimited potential for creative expression.
