Open Study of the Books of F. M. Alexander
In order to facilitate in-depth understanding of the work of F. M. Alexander, during 2015, Wednesday nights of week-long training events, 7-9pm, beginning Wednesday, March 4th, will focus on study of his four books.
Wednesday nights March 4th, May 6th, June 10, will focus on the study of Alexander’s 2nd book, “Constructive Conscious Control of the Individual” (1923).
The remainder of the year, Sept 14 and Nov 9, will take up Alexander’s first and last books: Man’s Supreme Inheritance (1910) and “The Universal Constant in Living” (1941).
In “Freedom to Change” (p. 44), Frank Pierce Jones states: “Alexander always considered CCC his most important book.” Carrington states in his book “Explaining the Alexander Technique” (at the beginning of the chapter concerning this work), that FM “thought that CCC was the book”!
In the March 4 class we will take up Part Two of CCC, which includes the all-important chapter entitled ‘Illustration’ providing a description of ‘hands on the back of a chair’ ; about which Walter Carrington states in his introductory comments:
“Teachers of the Technique do need to learn a special way of using their hands and [Alexander] would explain to us that by following this procedure, we could gain all the experience necessary for the purpose.”
These classes are open to all Alexander Technique trainees, graduates and teachers without charge.
Classes are led by Studio teacher, rj fleck. rj has been an Alexander practitioner for over a decade and certified as a teacher in 2007. He has been leading study and discussions of primary and secondary Alexander Technique source materials for the Sinclair Studio training program for the past several years.
Martha Hansen Fertman Graduate Training Workshop, Jan 7, 2015
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Martha Hansen Fertman
Wednesday, January 7, 2-5pm
Sinclair Studio, 151 Markham Street, Toronto
As part of her January visit to the Sinclair Studio Alexander Technique Teacher Training Program, Senior Alexander teacher in the Barstow Lineage, Martha Hansen Fertman will be leading an afternoon workshop for graduates and trainees.
Workshop Fee: $60 (HST Included)
Teachers, trainees and graduates interested in attending can register online or by contacting Director of Training, Susan Sinclair, 416 603 2650.
Open Book Study Classes 2015
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In order to facilitate in-depth understanding of the work of F. M. Alexander, during 2015, Wednesday nights of week-long training events, 7-9pm, beginning Wednesday, March 4th, will focus on study of his four books.
Wednesday nights March 4th, May 6th, June 10, will focus on the study of Alexander’s 2nd book, “Constructive Conscious Control of the Individual” (1923).
The remainder of the year, Sept 14 and Nov 9, will take up Alexander’s first and last books: Man’s Supreme Inheritance (1910) and “The Universal Constant in Living” (1941).
In “Freedom to Change” (p. 44), Frank Pierce Jones states: “Alexander always considered CCC his most important book.” Carrington states in his book “Explaining the Alexander Technique” (at the beginning of the chapter concerning this work), that FM “thought that CCC was the book”!
In the March 4 class we will take up Part Two of CCC, which includes the all-important chapter entitled ‘Illustration’ providing a description of ‘hands on the back of a chair’ ; about which Walter Carrington states in his introductory comments:
“Teachers of the Technique do need to learn a special way of using their hands and [Alexander] would explain to us that by following this procedure, we could gain all the experience necessary for the purpose.”
These classes are open to all Alexander Technique trainees, graduates and teachers without charge.
Classes are led by Studio teacher, rj fleck. rj has been an Alexander practitioner for over a decade and certified as a teacher in 2007. He has been leading study and discussions of primary and secondary Alexander Technique source materials for the Sinclair Studio training program for the past several years.
Winter Schedule 2015
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Summer Schedule 2014
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AIM June 2014
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Saturday June 21, 2014
Sinclair Studio, 151 Markham Street, Toronto
AIM Part 1: Embodied Dancing, 10am-1pm
Heighten your kinaesthetic awareness, coordination and desire, to guide you in your own ongoing movement explorations. We will work with the principles of the Alexander Technique to direct your attention to allow for more ongoing awareness of yourselves, and begin to free patterns of tension to access your underlying support. There will be opportunities to receive “hands-on work” from an Alexander Technique teacher and then integrate this new information into your dancing. Guided improvisations will allow for a range of movement possibilities for you to dance within a range that is satisfying and supportive for yourself. Experience embodied dancing and ignite your desire to move.
AIM Part 2: Contact Improv, 2-5pm
Meeting the point of contact with another dancer or the floor with ease, developing continuity in your kinesthetic awareness to allow for ongoing and fluid support. While dancing in contact with others, free and expand as you meet with new stimulus, by exploring underlying themes from the Alexander Technique. Enable whole body integration in movement and stillness and allow for greater flexibility in the choices you make while dancing with others. There will also be opportunities to receive “hands-on work” from an Alexander Technique teacher individually and while dancing in contact with others.
AIM Part 3: Facilitated Improv Jam 6:30-8pm
Join us as we integrate the material from the workshops in an improv jam. We will begin with a brief warm-up and there will be options to dance by yourself, with others and/or witness each other dancing.
$60 per workshop before May 24
$80 per workshop regular
$90 both workshops before May 24
SUSAN SINCLAIR is Director of Sinclair Studio where she has maintained a private practice teaching Alexander Technique and the Pilates Method for over 20 years, and has directed her Alexander Technique Teacher Training Program since 2003. After injury in dance training Susan was able to retrain herself using Alexander and Pilates and went on to explore contact inprovisation, aerial dance, Tai Chi Aikido, Feldenkrais and Developmental Movement. Susan has taught numerous classes and workshops in Toronto, and taught in Alexander teacher trainings in the USA, Germany and Japan since 2000. She has presented her work at the last two International Congress of the Alexander Technique in Lugano, Switzerland, as well as to her colleagues at Alexander Technique International, both in the US and Europe. Currently, Susan is on faculty at The Houston School of the Alexander Technique and the Alexander Alliance, Tokyo. www.sinclairstudio.com
SUZANNE LISKA is a dance artist, teacher, Co-Artistic Director of Flightworks, and Co-Founder of the aLOFT Project. As a company dancer for Kathleen Rea’s REAson d’etre Dance Productions, Suzanne danced in the three times Dora Award nominated “Long Live” and for “Vivid 4”. She has also danced for choreographers Karen Kaeja, Pam Johnson, and Sue Lee, and has performed at Dusk Dances, Dance Matters, Art Whispers, DARK, and Harbourfront Centre, as well as many other venues and festivals. Suzanne teaches professional dancers, actors, high school and elementary school students, and community dancers. Specializing in dance improvisation since 1998, she teaches Contact Improv Dance and Spontaneous Composition (Improv Ensemble dance). Suzanne is a faculty teacher at the Randolph Academy for Performing Arts.
Registration: 416 704-8096; suzliska@yahoo.com
*Improv Jam included in the cost of each workshop.
*Limited spots available. Pre-registration required.
2014 Summer Workshop
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“Mindfulness in Action”
July 10 – July 13, 2014
9-12 2-5, Thursday-Saturday; 9-12 Sunday
Susan Working with an Instrumentalist
We are designed for movement. Inherent in our design is an incredible capacity for ease, flexibility, power and expressiveness; whether we are dancing, hammering a nail, working at a computer, singing or simply walking. All too often we unknowingly interfere with this design; replacing energy, delight, and grace with effort, tension and fatigue.
This three and a half day workshop is designed for both new and experienced students of the Alexander Technique as well as those considering teacher training. We will study basic principles of Alexander’s work, applying the technique to the interests of the participants: work skills, daily activities, playing music or sports, voice or dance.
Join Studio Director, Susan Sinclair and Visiting Adjunct Teacher and Physiotherapist, Sakiko Ishitsubo for this intensive three and one-half day workshop.
Sakiko Ishitsubo
Fee: $350.00; All are welcome.