The Alexander Technique Centre

Suite 110-809 W. 41st Ave Vancouver BC

Phone: 604 737 2818, Fax: 604 879 3744

AlexanderTechniqueCentre@gmail.com

Curriculum Vitae

Education

1985-1988The Alexander Technique Training Course: Haifa, Israel. Instructors: Rivka Cohen and Nilly Bassan.

1988Master classes with Patrick Macdonald (London, England)

1988Master classes with Peter and Eleanor Ribeaux (London, England)

1988Master classes with Marjory Barlow (London, England)

1988Master classes with Misha Magidov (London, England)

1990Master classes with Jeremy Chance (Vancouver, Canada)

1995Master classes with Marjory Barlow and Elizabeth Walker (San Francisco, USA)

2003Master classes with Pedro de Alcantara (Portland, USA)

1988 - presentOn-going workshops with Nilly Bassan (twice a year at various locations)

2004Participant in 8th International Congress for Alexander Teachers (Oxford, UK)

2008Presenter and participant in 9th International Congress for Alexander Teachers (Lugano, Switzerland)

Professional Employment Record

1988 - 1989Taught private lessons (Haifa, Israel)

1987 - 1989Taught the Alexander Technique in an alternative / experimental elementary school (Haifa, Israel)

1990 - present Partner, The Alexander Technique Centre (Vancouver, Canada)

2002 - present Co-director, The Vancouver School of the Alexander Technique (Vancouver, Canada)

Workshops and Presentations about the Alexander Technique

1989Workshop with Nilly Bassan in the Orthopedic Department, Bnai Zion Hospital (Haifa, Israel)

1989Workshop with Nilly Bassan in the facility for rehabilitation for orthopedic patients, Beit Halohem (Haifa, Israel)

1990Three-day workshop with Pat Daniels (Kelowna, Canada)

1990 - 2004Weekly open workshops at the Alexander Technique Centre (Vancouver, Canada)

1991Workshop about the Alexander Technique at the West End Community Centre (Vancouver, Canada)

1991 - presentWorskhops twice a year at the Alexander Technique Training Course (Haifa Israel)

1993Workshop about the Alexander Technique and Horseback Riding at North Shore Stables (Vancouver, Canada)

1994Workshop about the Alexander Technique for a support group for people diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Vancouver, Canada)

1994 - presentInvited for regular annual visits as guest teacher to the Haifa School of the Alexander Technique (Haifa, Israel)

1996Workshop with Sandra Head in the Alexander Technique and Singing for student teachers in the Teacher Education program at UBC as a part of the Choral Methods Course taught by Alex Mcleod (Vancouver, Canada)

1997Two-day workshop with Sandra Head in the Alexander Technique and Singing at the Sunshine Coast Music Festival, Davies Bay (Vancouver, Canada)

1991Workshop in the Alexander Technique for piano teachers (Vancouver, BC)

2000Three session Workshop in the Alexander Technique and Riding at Cambridge Riding School (Vancouver, Canada)

2000Workshop in the Alexander Technique and Singing for choir participants, Wilson Heights (Vancouver, Canada)

2001Workshop in the Alexander Technique and Riding, Ponder Park Stables (Langley, Canada)

2001Workshop with Bertha Gunson about the Alexander Technique and Singing (Surrey, Canada)

2001Panel participant for "SHAPE: Musicians' Health Issues: Playing through the pain" in the New Music West Festival (Vancouver, Canada)

2002Voice, pedagogy and teachers' lives - a graduate course at the Centre for the Study of Curriculum and Instruction, UBC (Vancouver, Canada)

2003Booth "The Alexander Technique: An Introduction" at B.C. Registered Music Teachers Association, Vancouver Branch Education Fair (Vancouver, Canada)

2004Workshop introducing the Alexander Technique for teachers of string instruments and piano at Amati String Studio (Vancouver, Canada)

2004Invited as guest teacher to the Toronto School of the Alexander Technique (Toronto, Canada)

2006Two session workshop for musicians at Capillano College Jazz department (Vancouver, Canada)

2006Invited as guest teacher to the Cincinnati School of the Alexander Technique

2007Invited workshop in the Alexander Technique for the Judaism, Feminism and Psychology Network (Vancouver, Canada)

2007Three week Master class at the Theatre department, Capillano College (Vancouver, Canada)

2007Three week workshop for musicians, Capillano College Jazz department (Vancouver, Canada)

2008Two session workshop introducing the Alexander Technique for engineers at Associated Engineering (B.C.) LTD (Burnaby, Canada)

2008Three week mini-course for acting students, team taught with Carole Davis, at the William Davis Centre for Actor's Study at Vanarts (Vancouver, BC)

2009Presentation with actor Caroline Cave to theatre and music theatre students at Capillano University (Vancouver, Canada)

2009Presentation with Carole Davis to the choir at Magee Secondary school (Vancouver, Canada)

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