About Me
Jessica Wolf, AmSAT, is an internationally-recognized teacher of the Alexander Technique and Professor Emerita in the Practice of Acting at David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, where she established its first Alexander Training curriculum in 1998. Jessica’s teaching career spans more than 45 years.
Jessica is the creator of Jessica Wolf’s Art of Breathing, a technique that integrates principles and procedures developed from her work in respiratory science and education. She established a postgraduate certification training program offered to qualified Alexander Technique teachers.
Jessica published Art of Breathing: Collected Articles and created the first three‐dimensional animated film of the respiratory system, which has since been translated into Spanish, Chinese, and German. She is distinguished as a Designated Practitioner by the Carl Stough Institute of Breathing Coordination, a certified Laban Movement Analyst, and the founder and former Chair of the Judith Leibowitz Scholarship Fund.
Jessica coaches performing artists who appear on‐ and off‐Broadway, and in films and television. She maintains a private teaching practice in New York City and frequently teaches at The Actors Center. She travels worldwide giving workshops to performers, teachers, and healthcare providers.
Additional faculty appointments include the Aspen Music Festival, The Juilliard School, SUNY Purchase, Circle in the Square Theater School, Hunter College, Sarah Lawrence College and the Verbier Music Festival.ge and the Verbier Music Festival.