About Dr. Larry Hensel

Training

Certified Teacher of the Alexander Technique, Alexander Contemporary School, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Certified Teacher Member, Alexander Technique International (2007 to current date).

D.M.A. and M.M., Vocal Performance, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York

B.A. in Music, Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota

Graduate, Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen Michigan

About Me

Dr. Larry Hensel is a creative tour de force and wildly inventive storyteller who blends the arts of singing, directing, writing, puppetry, and movement, into theatrical and musical works of intrigue and humor.

As an educator, Hensel draws upon his Eastman pedigree, twenty-five years of teaching experience and his skills as a Certified Teacher of the Alexander Technique to equip developing singers, actors, dancers, and puppeteers to thrive in the complex arts of singing, acting and movement, and the imaginative world of storytelling.

As a Director, his pedagogical fervor for training young artists in collaborative decision-making and strategies for a heightened sense of physical and mental awareness has led to mainstage operatic productions that span the history of the genre and have been met with critical acclaim. Hensel shares his enthusiasm and expertise for Alexander Technique in workshops and clinics throughout the US.

Photo by Brian Degenfelder

Larry in his Puppet Workshop
Photo by Brian Degenfelder

“I am happy to add my endorsement Dr. Larry Hensel’s Alexander Technique classes and instruction. I have studied Alexander at various times during my career with a number of instructors, and I enthusiastically rank Dr. Hensel among the best. I have taken his course at the University of Wyoming and had numerous individual sessions with him. Both were of the greatest benefit for me. As a fellow musician, he completely ‘gets’ what it is we do and what we need!”

James Przygocki
Professor of Viola
Director, UW String Project
University of Wyoming