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Thank You Everyone!
All Conference Presenters
Information on all the presenters and interview subjects who have generously shared their wisdom, their experience and their talents with the wider AT community.
2021 Presenters
Richard Brennan
Richard Brennan
Richard Brennan
Richard Brennan has studied the Alexander Technique since 1983 and has been teaching the technique full time for over 30 years he travels extensively internationally giving workshops, talks and interviews about the Technique.
Richard has been featured in numerous newspapers and magazines including The Irish Times, The Sunday Tribune, The Irish Examiner, Cosmopolitan, Hello and Home and Country; he has appeared on television in the UK, Ireland, Croatia and Montenegro he has also been featured on BBC Radios 4 & 5 as well as many local Radio in Europe. He has written eight books on the Alexander Technique, posture and health which have been translated into 22 languages including French Italian, Spanish, Russian, Korean and Hebrew and are on sale world-wide They haves sold over 250,000 and include How to Breathe, Change your Posture – Change your Life and The Alexander Workbook
Richard lives in Galway, Ireland where he is the director of the Alexander Teacher Training College, Ireland (STAT approved). He is also the past president and co-founder of the Irish Society of Alexander Technique Teachers. (ISSAT)
INTERVIEW
Why the School Chair is Harmful
Richard talks to Sue Merry about the current situation in schools regarding the design of chairs. Richard has been actively campaigning in the UK and Ireland for the removal of backward sloping furniture in schools since 1992 because he has personally discovered that they are often a major cause of poor posture and subsequent back, neck and breathing problems.
Tel: +353 85 1624 300
Email info@alexander.ie
Website: www.alexander.ie
Malcolm Balk
Richard Brennan
Richard Brennan
Malcolm Balk is an Alexander Technique teacher, cellist and Level 4 running coach from Montreal, Canada. He specialises in working with musicians and athletes and has developed a unique approach to helping runners improve their performance, increase enjoyment and reduce the risk of injury using the Alexander Technique. He is also the author of two books, 'Master the Art of Running' and 'Master the Art of Working Out', and teaches his 'Art of Running' workshops all over the world.
INTERVIEW
FM's Knees Forward and Away Revisited
Malcolm talks to Andy Smith about how his understanding of joint mechanics has caused him to re-evaluate Alexander's classic direction of knees forward and away. He also shares some simple activities that help promote balance and natural movement during the gait cycle.
Joan Murray
Richard Brennan
Joan Murray
Joan and Alex Murray met Professor Raymond Dart in 1967. He cooperated in and inspired Joan and Alex’s ongoing investigation into human developmental movement as it relates to the Alexander Technique. They developed the Dart Procedures, an innovative process that influences Alexander Technique teaching throughout the world.
The Murray’s experience of the Alexander Technique began in 1955 with Charles Neil, and continued after his death in 1958, with Walter Carrington.
Joan spent nine years working with Walter Carrington, who was F.M. Alexander’s principal assistant at the time of Alexander’s death in 1955. She worked with many first-generation teachers, including: Majorie Barstow, Dilys
Carrington, Frank and Helen Jones, Patrick Macdonald, Charles Neil, John Skinner, Peter Scott, Tony Spawforth, Richard and Elizabeth Walker, Lulie Westfelt, Kitty Wielopolska, and Peggy Williams.
The Murray’s have taught extensively in London, the United States and Europe, in universities and conservatories.
During their early years in London, Joan was a well-known dancer in many major musical
productions, including My Fair Lady and The King and I. Joan taught the Technique at Michigan State University, 1967 – 1974 then spent the next three years teaching extensively in Holland and London before she returned, with Alex, to the United States in 1977 to teach at the University of Illinois and run a teacher training course.
In September 2018, Joan and Alex were given the Illinois Arts Legacy Award.
INTERVIEW
The Development of the Dart Procedures
This interview by Judith Kleinman with the highly respected Joan Murray, reveals how Joan and Alex first encountered Professor Raymond Dart and went on to develop his work and integrate it into their teaching.
VIDEO LINK
Alex Murray
Lori Schiff M.AmSAT
Joan Murray
Joan and Alex Murray met Professor Raymond Dart in 1967. He cooperated in and inspired Joan and Alex’s ongoing investigation into human developmental movement as it relates to the Alexander Technique. They developed the Dart Procedures, an innovative process that influences Alexander Technique teaching throughout the world.
The Murray’s experience of the Alexander Technique began in 1955 with Charles Neil, and continued after his death in 1958, with Walter Carrington. They spent nine years working with Walter Carrington, who was F.M. Alexander’s principal assistant at the time of his death in 1955. They worked with and were friends of many first generation teachers, including: Majorie Barstow, Dilys Carrington, Frank and Helen Jones, Patrick Macdonald, Charles Neil, John Skinner, Peter Scott, Tony Spawforth, Richard and Elizabeth Walker, Lulie Westfelt, Kitty Wielopolska, and Peggy Williams.
The Murray’s have taught extensively in London, the United States and Europe, in universities and conservatories.
Alex was principal flute in major orchestras, including the Royal Opera and the London Symphony Orchestra. Alex became Professor of Flute at Michigan State University, 1967 - 1974. Alex spent three years at the Royal Dutch Conservatory in the Hague. In 1977 Alex was appointed Professor of Flute at the University of Illinois, a position he held until his retirement in 2002. Since then he has devoted himself full-time to the Alexander Technique. In 2015 he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award of the National Flute Association.
INTERVIEW
Raymond Dart and the Art of Learning
Alex Murray talks to Peter Buckoke about his early experiences of the Technique, his flute playing, his contact with Raymond Dart and Frank Pierce Jones, childhood development and the art of learning.
VIDEO LINK
Lori Schiff M.AmSAT
Lori Schiff M.AmSAT
Lori Schiff M.AmSAT
Lori Schiff is currently in her thirtieth year as a full time faculty member of The Juilliard School. Ms. Schiff teaches the Alexander Technique in the Music Division of the School and has additionally been teaching classes for staff members, alumni events, and “in house” master classes for various studios, The Vocal Arts Department and more.
She is an Associate Director and Senior Teacher for The Riverside Initiative for The Alexander Technique teacher training course.
Ms. Schiff has presented classes for A.T. teachers at AmSAT meetings, and International Congresses .
She has been introducing and teaching the work at performing arts organizations and festivals and corporate and leisure settings since qualifying at ACAT in New York in 1987.
INTERVIEW
Alexander at The Juilliard School
Lori Schiff in Conversation with Judith Kleinman. This interview shines light on how Lori came to Alexander work and how she went on to build and develop the thriving Alexander department at The Juilliard School in new York
For more information please see: www.lorischiff.com
email: LSchiff@juilliard.edu
Lori on YouTube
Ruth Rootberg M.AmSAT
Alice Olsher, MSTAT, MAmSAT
Ruth Rootberg M.AmSAT
Ruth Rootberg was certified by AmSAT in 2003 and teaches in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. She came to training having been a professional singer and actress, a Laban Movement Analyst, and a Designated Linklater voice teacher. Ruth has published several articles in AmSAT Journal and has written two books of interviews with senior teachers - Living the Alexander Technique, Interviews with Nine Senior Teachers, and Living the Alexander Technique Volume II: Aging with Poise.
PRESENTATION
The Alexander Foundation School: An Experiment in Education
Ruth summarizes the history of the Alexander Foundation School that ran approximately from 1947 to the late 1960s in Media, Pennsylvania. She also relates first-hand accounts from three people who attended the school.
Angelique Swallow
Alice Olsher, MSTAT, MAmSAT
Ruth Rootberg M.AmSAT
Angelique Swallow is an Alexander Technique teacher who feels passionately about sharing the knowledge and understanding of FM Alexander’s scientific discoveries.
Through her talks in the UK and abroad, she promotes better awareness of the many benefits the Alexander Technique can provide, not only to the individual but also to society.
She has also over the years developed a curriculum to be implemented in Alexander Technique Further Education courses and strongly believes that FM Alexander’s discoveries and work can provide a way forward for human development.
INTERVIEW
Creating Courses for Groups of all Ages
Angelique explains her approach to creating opportunities to give public talks, how to create a curriculum and present in an age-appropriate style to different age groups. Her suggestions will help Alexander teachers to feel more confident to teach groups soon after leaving their Alexander training course. First suggestion - buy a projector!
VIDEO LINK
Alice Olsher, MSTAT, MAmSAT
Alice Olsher, MSTAT, MAmSAT
Alice Olsher, MSTAT, MAmSAT
Alice studied acting and singing in California and then went to London where she continued her studies at The Drama Studio. At Drama School Alice was introduced to The Alexander Technique.
After 15 years Alice decided to train to teach Alexander Technique in London with Walter and Dilys Carrington. She stayed on to teach on the staff with the Carringtons for 15 years until she returned to California to be near her family. Alice remains a Guest teacher both at CTC and at The Alexander Studio in London.
After adopting two children herself, Alice was very interested in working with children to help continue healthy development. Alice incorporated many modalities into her teaching, including: Positive Discipline/ Adlerian philosophy, trauma informed parent education, Creative Dramatics, 12-step programs, inner child work, and Eutokia child-birth training. She taught a ten week program in an elementary school in California and has worked with many parents and children as well as actors , singers and musicians. She is a Training Course Director herself now and teaches Post-Grad work to teachers
PRESENTATION
Positive Discipline - The Three Lists
This video gives a brief presentation of the “Three Lists,” a method to begin the conversation to incorporate Positive Discipline into a classroom.
2020 Presenters
Dr. Ted Dimon
Gabriella Minnes Brandes, Ph.D., CANSTAT, STAT, AmSAT, ATI
Angela Bradshaw MSTAT DMU DCR(R)
Ted Dimon, Ed.D., is Founder and Director of The Dimon Institute, where he is researching, developing and training teachers in the field of Psychophysical Education; and he is an Adjunct Professor of Psychology and Education at Columbia University, Teachers College, where he has launched the first-ever doctoral program in education based on Alexander’s work. An internationally renowned teacher of the Alexander Technique, he completed his training at the Constructive Teaching Centre with Walter Carrington in 1983, co-founded the American Society for the Alexander Technique (AmSAT) in 1987, and has been training teachers since 1996. A graduate of Tufts University, he received both his masters and doctoral degrees in education from Harvard University.
He has written ten books, including Anatomy of the Moving Body; The Body in Motion; Anatomy of the Voice; Your Body, Your Voice; The Elements of Skill; The Undivided Self; A New Model of Man’s Conscious Development; Neurodynamics; Breathing and The Voice; and The Use of the Hands in Teaching. He is the co-editor of Frank Pierce Jones’ Collected Writings on the Alexander Technique.
PRESENTATION TITLE
The Child in Action
The Alexander Technique is more than a method for identifying and addressing harmful habits in adults and children. It is based on important discoveries that—if they are to become integrated in schools—must be clearly understood and articulated. In this talk, Dr. Ted Dimon describes a few of the essential elements in Alexander’s theory that make it more than a remedial method but a fundamental aspect of child development.
Angela Bradshaw MSTAT DMU DCR(R)
Gabriella Minnes Brandes, Ph.D., CANSTAT, STAT, AmSAT, ATI
Angela Bradshaw MSTAT DMU DCR(R)
Angela Bradshaw, trained with Ron Colyer at the Alexander Re-Education Center. Currently she teaches Music Scholars at Wellington College, Charterhouse School and to UK Medical Imaging professionals.
Prior to teaching Alexander’s Technique, she was a sonographer and radiographer in the NHS. She grew up in Dubai, enjoys yoga and plays piano. She lives in Woking with her family.
INTERVIEW TITLE
Alexander’s Technique Online!
Hands Off And Around The Globe
Angela gives a recorded interview with Judith Kleinman addressing questions such as:
- How can AT be taught online?
- How is it different?
- How do the pupils find it?
- How does it compare to 1:1 lessons?
- What are the benefits?
- What are the drawbacks?
Gabriella Minnes Brandes, Ph.D., CANSTAT, STAT, AmSAT, ATI
Gabriella Minnes Brandes, Ph.D., CANSTAT, STAT, AmSAT, ATI
Gabriella Minnes Brandes, Ph.D., CANSTAT, STAT, AmSAT, ATI
Gabriella Minnes Brandes has been working extensively with performers for over 30 years. Much of Gaby's current work and research focuses on exploring the connections between Alexander Technique and creativity for performers. Gaby collaborates closely with musicians, voice and movement coaches, and acting instructors. Informed by her Ph.D. and research in education, she is also exploring the connections between learning, teacher training and pedagogy in relation to the application of Alexander principles. Gaby has been teaching in the Theatre department at Capilano University, and in her own private practice. Gaby was the founder and co-director of the Vancouver Teacher Training course that ran for 18 years. Gaby has shared her work in many conferences nationally and internationally.
For more information seehttp://alexandertechniquecentre.ca
PRESENTATION TITLE
The Duet of Piano Pedagogy and Alexander Technique: Researching our Practice
In this talk I will share findings from a case study, which was designed to explore ways of applying principles of the Alexander Technique to increase whole-body awareness in young piano students.
Tara Fenamore MA
Elizabeth Steinthal B.Ed, M.A. Professional Development
Gabriella Minnes Brandes, Ph.D., CANSTAT, STAT, AmSAT, ATI
Tara Fenamore is a doctoral candidate in the Interdisciplinary Studies in Education Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her area of interest is psychomotor development and learning in early childhood education. Tara graduated from The Dimon Institute in 2018, earning her certification in Psychophysical Education and The Alexander Technique. Her dissertation, "The Dynamic Self: A Holistic Model of Human Development," assimilates the theories & practices of F.M. Alexander and Dr. Theodore Dimon into existing models of human development and motor learning. Her dissertation advocates for the inclusion of Psychophysical Education within standard early childhood curricula. To this end, she is developing a functional anatomy and "body thinking" curriculum for preschool children based upon Dr. Ted Dimon's book, The Body in Motion. Tara currently works as an assistant teacher to three and four-year-olds at Hollingworth Preschool, an internationally recognized early childhood center at Teachers College. At Hollingworth, Tara works to integrate the principles of Psychophysical Education into her teaching practice.
PRESENTATION TITLE
Adaptive Motor Learning & The Preschool Child
In this presentation, I will describe postural deviations that I commonly observe in the preschool classroom and the environmental demands that may influence their occurrence in preschool children. I will argue that the children’s capacity to respond adaptively to the demands of the learning environment is stymied because of critical gaps in motor learning processes.
Elizabeth Steinthal B.Ed, M.A. Professional Development
Elizabeth Steinthal B.Ed, M.A. Professional Development
Elizabeth Steinthal B.Ed, M.A. Professional Development
Elizabeth Steinthal is the Head Teacher, founder and owner of Educare Small School in Kingston upon Thames. In the early nineties she was the Deputy Head Teacher at a local state school where she met Sue Merry and worked with her on a project to improve the quality of handwriting in the school through the use of the Alexander Technique.
Her 40+ years of teaching experience led her to two central beliefs; firstly that school should be a happy, enjoyable and useful time and, secondly, that most causes of children's failures at school lie within the inflexibility of school systems, teachers and parents and not within the child.
In 1997 she joined with Sue Merry again to make the Alexander Technique a key part of the curriculum at Educare Small School. Today the Alexander Technique runs seamlessly integrated into every school day through the days and weeks of the school year. Both Sue Merry and Ellie Rouse work in the school and it hosts many Alexander Technique visitors.
INTERVIEW TITLE
Educare Small School and Alexander Work
Sue Merry interviews Liz about the genesis of Educare, how Alexander work came to be a part of the school day and what impact this work has on the whole school, staff and pupils.
Noriko Sakura MSTAT
Elizabeth Steinthal B.Ed, M.A. Professional Development
Elizabeth Steinthal B.Ed, M.A. Professional Development
Noriko trained as an actress in Japan and after working professionally for 10 years, she took the RADA workshop for Japanese professional actors in London where she first encountered Alexander Technique. She continued this experience with further RADA workshops in London and Tokyo. After receiving a Japanese Government Scholarship for Artists she undertook post-graduate training at LAMDA. She then worked as an actress in UK for 15 years before training full time as an Alexander teacher. She now has her own practice in her own studio in Essex and at The Therapy Room Cambridge. She works with actors in training in Japan, in China, at the Shanghai Theatre Academy, and in Cambridge for the University Marlowe Society, as well as with more experienced actors in workshops and private lessons, in UK and Japan
PRESENTATION TITLE
Teaching Alexander Technique to Actors
A talk about working with actors
Drawing on more than 30 years experience of professional acting, Noriko is discussing her work as an Alexander Technique teacher with performers and how to relate it to their training as actors.
Henry Fagg MSc MSTAT
Henry Fagg MSc MSTAT
Henry Fagg MSc MSTAT
Henry teaches the Alexander Technique in Bristol and at Junior Trinity Laban in Greenwich, London. He has a particular expertise working with musicians, and has also published on aspects of Alexander Technique science. More
PRESENTATION TITLE
The Power of Images for Teaching Alexander Technique to Young People
In this presentation I’ll cover the important copyright rules of using images in your teaching, and then explain how I’ve found that a ‘picture is worth a thousand words’ in teaching the Alexander Technique, with the help of a few fun examples.
Sue Merry MSTAT
Henry Fagg MSc MSTAT
Henry Fagg MSc MSTAT
Sue has been working with Primary School Children since 1994. Sue is generally recognised as a pioneer and world expert on teaching the Alexander Technique to children aged 3-11 in a school environment. More
PRESENTATION TITLE
Introducing the Work to Classroom Teachers - The Ready List
A short presentation suggesting a clear and simple way to introduce the work to classroom teachers.
- Simplify & Clarify
- Features & Benefits
- The Ready List & Transitions
Based on the teaching in the Developing Self Education Training Course and a part of the proposed Alexander in Education Primary Schools Curriculum.
Penny O’Connor MSTAT
Henry Fagg MSc MSTAT
Penny O’Connor MSTAT
Penny worked for 18 years at ArtsEd teaching Alexander Technique to theatre students in secondary school, foundation, graduate and post graduate levels in School of Acting, and Musical Theatre departments. Presently freelancing at other London Drama and Performing Arts schools, and teaching privately in London, Sevenoaks and Alonnisos, Greece. Book ‘Alexander for Actors’ Nick Hern pub., due out later this year.
PRESENTATION TITLE
Educating Actors in Alexander
Presentation of my experience in teaching drama students within a HE setting, designing relevant curriculum that speaks to their needs as performers, essential collaboration with colleagues, assessing the work and organising a mentoring scheme for Alexander teachers.
Alessandro Fattorini
Alessandro Fattorini
Penny O’Connor MSTAT
Born centuries after Galileo’s experiments with gravity from the leaning tower in the small Tuscany’s town of Pisa. He qualified in Amsterdam. Between an Alexander, Yoga, Somatic Movement class and playing the low notes of his double bass, he’s busy in writing
PRESENTATION TITLE
A Talk Over Words Within Words, Sound and Principles.
Stepping into the unknown before you knew it.
Peter Buckoke
Alessandro Fattorini
Stephen Williams
Peter oversees the Alexander department at the RCM, where the technique is embedded in the undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. Peter is also professor of double bass at the RCM and plays both modern and baroque bass with various chamber groups in London.
PRESENTATION TITLE
Alexander in the Education of Musicians at University Level
Peter Buckoke talks about the evolution of the Alexander provision at the Royal College of Music.
Stephen Williams
Alessandro Fattorini
Stephen Williams
Stephen is currently Director of Music at Bryanston School, was previously Director of Music at Uppingham School and is about to become Director of Music at Shrewsbury School. He was a chorister at Carlisle Cathedral and studied music at Leeds University. That was followed by twenty years as a freelance conductor and singer before moving to Uppingham in 2003. He spends his spare time outside running up hills, walking and taking photographs of the British countryside.
INTERVIEW TITLE
The Future of Alexander in Education
A conversation with Andy Smith
Ron Colyer
Roxani-Eleni Garefalaki MSTAT
Judith Kleinman AGSM, MSTAT
Ron qualified 39 years ago with Walter and Dilys Carrington, and is head of training at Alexander Re-education Centre in Berkshire.
A musician by original trade, he continues to indulge his love of playing the violin and teaching it to children and teenagers, alongside his Alexander practice.
INTERVIEW TITLE
The Primitive Reflexes
Ron Colyer talks to Sue Merry about how our development as infants might throw light on our ongoing Development of the Self .
He shares valuable information about
four primitive (survival) reflexes that might make an Alexander pupil challenging to teach.
Judith Kleinman AGSM, MSTAT
Roxani-Eleni Garefalaki MSTAT
Judith Kleinman AGSM, MSTAT
Judith trained as a musician at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama going on to play with the LSO, English National Opera and CLS. Judith went on to train to be an Alexander teacher with Mr Macdonald and Shoshanna Kaminitz qualifying in 1989.
Judith is one of the Alexander team at the Royal College of Music and head of department at the Junior Royal Academy of Music. She is also an assistant head of training at LCATT (London Centre for Alexander Technique and Training).
Judith has collaborated with Sue Merry for the last twenty years on how to connect the world of Alexander with Education and create a thoughtful training for AT teachers interested in working in that world. More
PRESENTATION TITLE
Finding Quiet Strength - Transforming Anxiety in Secondary and Tertiary Education
Judith will bring ideas, games and discussions that can introduce Alexander to teenagers and young adults. The presentation will link the work to integrating emotional intelligence and embodied awareness focusing on ways to identify the signals of threat and anxiety and how to cue in safety and ease. This gives young people the skills of how to be calm, confident and coordinated when dealing with the pressurised world of secondary education.
Roxani-Eleni Garefalaki MSTAT
Roxani-Eleni Garefalaki MSTAT
Roxani-Eleni Garefalaki MSTAT
Roxani trained at the Alexander Technique Studio in London, where she runs her practice. She is a Tai Chi and QiGong instructor, director and performance artist from Athens, Greece.
Her desire to heal herself and understand the cause of her ailments brought her to the Alexander Technique. During her teacher training, she managed to heal from lupus (without any medication) and learn how to avoid triggering symptoms due to her EDS. Having a deep understanding of what being hypermobile means, she is using the Alexander Technique to help people become mindful through Movement and improve their quality of life. She works with children and young adults and has also taken part in medical research regarding improving movement in hyper mobile people with the AT.
INTERVIEW TITLE
Hypermobility in Children - An Alexander perspective
Roxani-Eleni Garefalaki talks to Andy Smith about the complications and dangers of hypermobility with young people and discusses the important role Alexander teachers can play when helping those with the condition
Ellie Rouse
Harriet Anderson Ph.D., MSTAT
Roxani-Eleni Garefalaki MSTAT
Ellie trained to be an actress at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama where she first encountered the Alexander Technique. She carried on exploring the Technique with Brita Forstrom at the City Lit. In 2013 she decided to train as an AT teacher. She began her training with Stephen Cooper at OATS. It was his work with children studying music that first sparked the idea of working with children, as well as Chie Cross. Ellie also studied with Ron Colyer, Frankie Skinner, Sue Merry and Judith Kleinman.
PRESENTATION TITLE
Working in Pre-Schools and Primary Schools
A talk on working in a nursery with groups of 4 year olds before moving onto primary school.
- Creating a curriculum using The Developing Self training.
- Workshops for children in Primary schools.
- Approaching schools and where AT can fit into the school curriculum.
Harriet Anderson Ph.D., MSTAT
Harriet Anderson Ph.D., MSTAT
Harriet Anderson Ph.D., MSTAT
Harriet Anderson teaches AT in Brighton and Vienna. For many years she was a Lecturer at the University of Vienna, where she co-developed and taught courses in spoken communication skills for non-native speakers of English. She also taught at the University of Education in Vienna. There she led CPD seminars for teachers of English which incorporated many elements of AT.
Her book The Thinking Teacher’s Body: A Practical Guide to Teacher Well-Being, Vocal Health, and Development appeared in 2015.
www.alexandertechniquehove.org.uk/
INTERVIEW TITLE
Learning Other Ways of Being:
Overlaps between AT and learning to speak a foreign language
Harriet in conversation with Peter Buckoke covering areas such as:
- The role of habit in speaking a foreign language – doing the familiar differently. Going back to neutral
- Habits of listening
- Exploring concepts of right and wrong
Daniela Sangiorgio MSTAT MBBA
Harriet Anderson Ph.D., MSTAT
Harriet Anderson Ph.D., MSTAT
Daniela is a Kodály teacher. Whilst working for Colourstrings she trained as an Alexander Technique teacher and attended the Developing Self Training course. Soon after graduating from LCATT in July 2018 she trained to be a Buteyko Breathing practitioner. Daniella now runs Mums and Babies classes. She is interested in promoting the Alexander work in the community. This has inspired her to run, with a local Alexander teacher, regular workshops called ‘Are you suffering from 21st Century Posture?’ She also gives collaborative workshops with a yoga teacher. As well as teaching adults and teenagers at her private practice, she gives regular talks and workshops for therapists at the HQ Therapy centre in London.
Daniela assists Peter Buckoke weekly at the Royal College of music, takes part in exploring Alexander in Education for families with Sue Merry and does a postgraduate at LCATT.
PRESENTATION TITLE
Alexander Technique for Mums and Babies with Singing and Movement (Aged 0-9 months)
I have developed a 5 week course for mums and babies, during which mums explore how to take care of themselves when lifting, carrying and feeding their babies, as well as pushing their prams and playing with them. During the sessions mums also learn strategies to deal with their anxiety and daily challenges.
Elizabeth Castagna ATI
Polly Waterfield MSTAT ARCM
Elizabeth Castagna ATI
Elizabeth is the New York City representative for The Developing Self.
Elizabeth is an ATI Certified Alexander Technique teacher. She trained with Master Teacher Chloe Wing in New York. Elizabeth is also Certified in The Developing Self to teach The Alexander Technique to children and young adults. She studied with founders Sue Merry MSTAT and Judith Kleinman MSTAT AGSM. Currently, she teaches private lessons, group classes and workshops in New York City and the Hudson Valley.
PRESENTATION TITLE
What Are You Feeling?
Movement & awareness games for children exploring emotions and resilience
I will be sharing with you how I teach the Alexander Technique to children through my class called AT Lab. The unit I’m guiding us through is on how to support children to find language for what they are feeling and how they can move through their emotions. I’ll show you the games and tools that I use for building self-awareness along with how The Ready List and Body Awareness Journal supports agency and resilience. The presentation concludes with a brief section on how this unit can move to an online platform. I hope you can join us.
Andy Smith MSTAT
Polly Waterfield MSTAT ARCM
Elizabeth Castagna ATI
Andy is an Alexander Technique teacher, running coach and former sports journalist based in north London. He teaches AT in the music department at Uppingham School in Rutland and in his private practise, and he offers 1-to-1 running lessons, classes and workshops around the capital.
PRESENTATION TITLE
AT & School Sport:
Tapping Into The Potential
Andy will talk about his experience of working with sports students and discuss how AT can help those who are drawn into a typical
end-gaining culture of 'no pain, no gain'.
He will then open up a discussion about how the global Alexander community might grow our work in an area that has so much potential.
Polly Waterfield MSTAT ARCM
Polly Waterfield MSTAT ARCM
Fuensanta Zambrana-Ruiz MSTAT – BMUS – MMUS
Polly’s teaching has developed largely through working with teenagers. She established the Alexander department at Uppingham school 12 years ago and still teaches there. She also works with undergraduates from King’s College Choir, Cambridge.
PRESENTATION TITLE
Young People’s Panel- Education in a changing world
We will hear from young people themselves about how they see their lives, their education, and how Alexander work might help with the challenges facing young people today and in the future. A panel of teenagers from different backgrounds including Extinction Rebellion, in conversation with Judith Kleinman and Polly Waterfield.
Fuensanta Zambrana-Ruiz MSTAT – BMUS – MMUS
Fuensanta Zambrana-Ruiz MSTAT – BMUS – MMUS
Fuensanta Zambrana-Ruiz MSTAT – BMUS – MMUS
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Fuensanta is a violinist and Alexander Technique teacher specialised in training young musicians. She currently teaches violin at Junior Trinity Laban in London and Alexander Technique at The Menuhin School. She also provides guidance on set-up equipment for violin and viola players. www.playingnaturally.com
PRESENTATION TITLE
Adapting the Alexander Technique to a High Performance Environment
My approach to working with young musicians in specialist music schools. How to connect with their needs, get them interested in AT, keep them engaged and make them wanting more!
Lynnette Easterbrook
Fuensanta Zambrana-Ruiz MSTAT – BMUS – MMUS
Lynnette Easterbrook
Lynnette Easterbrook has worked in Student Support in higher education for over 25 years and now oversees the health and wellbeing of the students at the Royal College of Music as the Manager of Student Services.
The interview with Peter Buckoke covers some details of Lynnette’s role at the RCM and the way she sees the Alexander Technique fitting into the academic programme of the college degrees and how the classes and non-degree lessons help to support the health, wellbeing and musical development of the students.
INTERVIEW TITLE
Student Services at the Royal College of Music
Lynnette Easterbrook, manager of Student Services at the RCM London, in conversation with Peter Buckoke about how the Alexander Technique supports health and wellbeing and the learning process of university level music students.
