Alexander Technique - 31st Summer Residential Workshop at Sweet Briar College
Please note: all rates and details are for the 2009 workshop. Watch for 2010 details coming soon!
 

Sample Schedule

  
 

A sample schedule for the workshop is shown below.  The classes and groups are recreated each week, after the teachers meet to review and to freshly create the workshop so that it is lively, vital, and dynamic.

The day can begin before breakfast and end after evening activities, though early morning and late evening activities are optional.   These optional activities as well as the classes offer a full week of immersion into the Alexander Technique and its applications.

Each student participates in a morning homeroom for the whole week, where s/he works with the same teacher and classmates. In this way one feels a part of a smaller group within the larger conference.  The afternoons and evenings consist of classes and activities that are available to all and are selected by the student based on personal needs and preferences.  A very unique and personal opportunity is offered by way of the 3 private Alexander Technique lessons given to each student by the master teachers over the course of the week.

  
 
 
  Sweet Briar Alexander Course • Sample Schedule
 

Day

Time

Class

Students

Teachers

Location

Tue

12:00 - 7:00

Check In

    

Randolph
 

 5:30 - 7:00

Dinner

    

Prothro
 

 7:00 - 8:00

Welcome and Introduction

All

All

Benedict Aud
 

 8:00 - 9:00

A.T. Home Groups

See Roster

  

Benedict
           

Wed

 7:00-8:00

Wake Up with Awareness

  

Glenna

Lower WalesWales

To

 7:30 – 9:00

Breakfast

    

Conf CenterProthro

Sat

8:00 – 8:45

Principles of Profound Physicality

    

Lower Wales
 

 9:30 - 10:00

A.T. Walkabouts (Informal Work)

All

All

Benedict
 

10:00 - 11:25

A.T. Home Groups

All

All

Benedict

 

11:30 - 11:55

A.T. Announcements and Reflections

All

All

Benedict Aud
 

12:00 - 1:00

Individual Lessons

See Roster

    
 

11:30 - 1:30

Lunch

    

Prothro
 

2:15 – 3:15

Anatomy—How Do we Work?

  

Judy

Benedict Aud
 

                       The Alexander Technique and ...

      

Wedon

3:30 - 4:45______

§   Breath Coordination
§   Playing Freely
§   Performance
§   Group Teaching





Judy & Anne
Lucia
Lyn
Michael

316
Dance StudioUpper Dance
Chapel
209

Thu

3:30 - 4:45

 

§   Performance
§   Alexander Push Hands
§   ·  Constructive RestLengthening & Strengthening
§   ·   Playing with PrinciplesBack in the Saddle
§   Breath and Sounding



Michael & Lucia
John
Anne
Elisabeth
Barbara

Chapel
Lower Dance
Upper Dance
216
316

Fri

3:30 - 4:45

§   Everyday Activities
§   Whispered Ah
§   Seeing & Being Seen
§   Spine Reverberating

  

Lyn
John
Lucia
Glenna

209
316
Upper Dance
Lower Dance

Sat

3:30 - 4:45

§   Performance for Singers
§   Alexander Teaching Activities
§   Chair: What About Sitting and Standing?
§   The Widening Back



Barbara
Elisabeth
Lyn 
John

Chapel
209
216
316

W-S

5:00 - 6:00

Individual Lessons

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All

5:30 - 7:00

Dinner

    

Prothro
 

Evening Activities

      

Wed

7:30 - 8:45

Performance
Education on the Move

    

216
216
21

Thu

7:30 - 8:45

Contra Dance

All

Live Band

Wales Patio

Fri

7:30 - 8:45
7:30 - 8:45

Performance
Breath & Sounding

  

Michael
Barbara

216
316

Sat

8:00 - 9:30

Performance: Open Stage NightTaking

 

Chapel
           

Sun

 7:30 - 9:00

Breakfast

    

Prothro
 

 9:00 - 9:30

A.T. Walkabouts (Informal Work)

All

All

Benedict
 

 9:35 – 11:00

A.T. Home Groups

See Roster

 

Benedict
 

11:05 – 12:00

Q & A, Round-up and Closing Q & A, Round-up and Closing 

All

All

Benedict
 

12:00 - 2:00

Check Out and Lunch

      

 

Please feel free to contact us for more information:

 E-mail: 'info@alextech-sweetbriar.com'

 A.T. SWEET BRIAR
Ian Kleiman - Registrar
2041 14-Mile Rd NE
Sparta, MI 49345

toll free : 1.800.295.9296
1.616.784.5720

A printed brochure will be sent to you upon request

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