Susan Sinclair is a dancer, and has been a teacher of the Alexander Technique for 26 years and of the Pilates Method for 30 years. Susan has directed the Sinclair Studio Alexander Technique Training Program since 2003 and has trained Pilates teachers since 1994. Susan certified with Bruce and Martha Fertman of the Alexander Foundation in Philadelphia, and is a certified Teaching and Sponsoring Member of Alexander Technique International.
Susan graduated from the dance programs at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute and the School of the Toronto Dance Theatre. She apprenticed as a teacher of the Pilates Method with Moira Stott of Stott Studio, Toronto and with Karen Carlson in Philadelphia. Susan’s work has been influenced by her studies in improvisation, Contact Improvisation, Tai Chi, Aikido, Developmental Movement and the Feldenkrais Method.
Susan is on faculty at the Alexander Alliance, Tokyo and the Houston School for the Alexander Technique and has taught in training programs for the Alexander Alliance in Philadelphia, Kyoto and Krefeld, Germany. She has presented her work at the 8th and 9th International Congresses of the Alexander Technique in Lugano, Switzerland and at Conferences of Alexander Technique International around the world. Susan also teaches post-graduate workshops in the Alexander Technique and Pilates Method in Japan, Europe, Canada and the United States.
As well as directing her Teacher Training and maintaining a private practice in Toronto, Susan has taught the Alexander Technique at the University of Western Ontario and the University of Toronto, and Alexander Technique and movement to actors at Humber College, Equity Showcase Theatre and the Centre for Indigenous Theatre. She is currently a guest teacher in Alexander Technique at the Gestalt Institute of Toronto.