AIM Alexander Technique Informed Movement
Saturday May 2, 2015
Sinclair Studio, 151 Markham Street, Toronto
AIM Part 1: Embodied Dancing, 10am-1pm
Begin to free patterns of tension to access your underlying support and awaken intimacy and surprise in yourself to uncover varied and unexpected material in your dance practices and/or in performance. Kinesthetic information is received through “hands-on work” and can then be integrated into your dancing. During guided improvisations you will have opportunities to witness each other to access more presence and aliveness in your dancing.
AIM Part 2: Contact Improv, 2-5pm
Learn to listen and respond in the moment to yourself, others, and the space around you to access more effortless and efficient partnering. Receiving “hands-on” work promotes whole-body integration and helps you free and expand as you come into contact with another. You will witness each other dancing in duets and trios to awaken your spatial perception and deepen your connection with yourself in relation to others.
$60/workshop cada/act/students before Apr 24
$70/workshop before Apr 24
$90/workshop regular
$110 both before Apr 24
SUSAN SINCLAIR is Director of Sinclair Studio teaching Alexander Technique and the Pilates Method for over 20 years, and has directed her Alexander Technique Teacher Training Program since 2003. Susan has taught in Alexander teacher trainings in the USA, Germany and Japan since 2000. Susan is on faculty at The Houston School and the Alexander Alliance, Tokyo.
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: Suzanne Liska, 416 704-8096, suzliska@yahoo.com; www.sinclairstudio.com
Meade Andrews, “The Art of Group Teaching”, April 2-3, 2016
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“The Art of Group Teaching”, April 2-3, 2016
Meade Andrews, Senior teacher of the Alexander Technique, will be teaching the Alexander Technique Teacher Training Program, April 2-3, 2016.
Teachers and trainees interested in attending the weekend are asked to contact the Director of Training, Susan Sinclair; by email at susan@sinclairstudio.com or at 416 603 2650. Fee for the weekend is $300. You may register online here.
Meade Andrews is an internationally recognized senior teacher of the Alexander Technique. She currently teaches as guest artist in theatre at Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, where she also maintains a private practice. In the Princeton area, she offers classes and workshops at Westminster Choir College. Former director of the Dance Program at American University, Meade continues to teach workshops at the Studio Theatre in Washington, DC, her professional base for 20 years. She has also served as an acting teacher, and acting coach for over 30 theatrical productions.
Meade has traveled extensively throughout the US and abroad (Japan, Germany, Australia, Spain), introducing the Alexander Technique to groups of students, teachers, and professionals in the performing arts. Simultaneously she has maintained a private teaching practice in the Alexander Technique, teaching people in all walks of life, including computer workers, teachers, and business professionals. Meade has been a lead presenter at Alexander Technique International Congresses in 2004, 2008, and 2015.
2015 Summer Workshop
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“Mindfulness in Action”
July 9 – July 12, 2015
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.
Registration can be done online; by email to susan@sinclairstudio.com; or by calling 416 603 2650.
Working in Activity, July 11, 2015
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Saturday, July 11, 7-9pm
Susan Sinclair and Sakiko Ishitsubo will co-lead this class, to teach students how to apply the Alexander Technique directly into the activities of their lives; either in relation to performance (i.e. with an instrument, dancing, singing) or in relation to any daily activity or task (i.e. cycling, running, gardening, computer work, household chores)
Working with Dance
Fee: $25; All are welcome.
Registration: susan@sinclairstudio.com; 416 603 2650
Location: Sinclair Studio, 151 Markham Street, Toronto
Join the Alexander Training
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Alexander Technique Teacher Training Program
Friday, June 12 & Sunday, July 5, 2015; 2-5pm – Sinclair Studio: 151 Markham Street, Toronto
Led by Studio director Susan Sinclair, those interested in Alexander Technique Teacher Training are invited to join the current training class for this Sunday afternoon three-hour session. Participation in regular program activities will be followed by a presentation and discussion regarding details and logistics of the training program.
Fee, $50; Pre-registration required: susan@sinclairstudio.com; 416 603 2650
Led by Studio director Susan Sinclair, those interested in Alexander Technique Teacher Training are invited to join the current training class for this Sunday afternoon three-hour session. Participation in regular program activities will be followed by a presentation and discussion regarding details and logistics of the training program.
Fee, $50; Pre-registration required: susan@sinclairstudio.com; 416 603 2650
Teacher Training Information Open House
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Open House and Information Session
Friday, April 3, 2015; 330-430pm – Sinclair Studio: 151 Markham Street, Toronto
Confirmation of attendance appreciated: susan@sinclairstudio.com; 416 603 2650
AIM May 2015
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Saturday May 2, 2015
Sinclair Studio, 151 Markham Street, Toronto
AIM Part 1: Embodied Dancing, 10am-1pm
Begin to free patterns of tension to access your underlying support and awaken intimacy and surprise in yourself to uncover varied and unexpected material in your dance practices and/or in performance. Kinesthetic information is received through “hands-on work” and can then be integrated into your dancing. During guided improvisations you will have opportunities to witness each other to access more presence and aliveness in your dancing.
AIM Part 2: Contact Improv, 2-5pm
Learn to listen and respond in the moment to yourself, others, and the space around you to access more effortless and efficient partnering. Receiving “hands-on” work promotes whole-body integration and helps you free and expand as you come into contact with another. You will witness each other dancing in duets and trios to awaken your spatial perception and deepen your connection with yourself in relation to others.
$70/workshop before Apr 24
$90/workshop regular
$110 both before Apr 24
SUSAN SINCLAIR is Director of Sinclair Studio teaching Alexander Technique and the Pilates Method for over 20 years, and has directed her Alexander Technique Teacher Training Program since 2003. Susan has taught in Alexander teacher trainings in the USA, Germany and Japan since 2000. Susan is on faculty at The Houston School and the Alexander Alliance, Tokyo.
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: Suzanne Liska, 416 704-8096, suzliska@yahoo.com; www.sinclairstudio.com