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** JOHN
NICHOLLS trained in London from 1973 to 1976 with Walter and Dilys Carrington, and stayed for eleven years, assisting the Carringtons daily on their teacher training course. He has subsequently directed Alexander teacher training programs in Melbourne, Australia, and Brighton, England. His book, The Alexander Technique: In Conversation with John Nicholls and Sean Carey, was published in 1991. During the last ten years, John has run post-graduate classes for teachers and has conducted seminars for the public in the USA, Europe, and Australia. In January 2003, he moved to the USA and is currently teaching in New York City. |
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LYN CHARLSEN is director for the Alexander Technique Institute, Los Angeles. She has been an Alexander Technique teacher for the University of Southern California School of Theatre, USC Music School/Opera Division, and also for California State University. An Alexander Technique teacher for 27 years, Lyn trains A.T. teachers and practices in Van Nuys and San Monica, CA. |
*FRANCES MARSDEN trained as an Alexander teacher at the Constructive Teaching Center in London with Walter and Dilys Carrington and has been teaching almost thirty years. She did two years post-graduate work at the Urbana Center for the Alexander Technique, directed by Joan and Alex Murray. Prior to her Alexander training, Frances studied acting at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow. She is a member of the faculty and Board of the Alexander Training Institute of Los Angeles. She teaches at USC, Occidental College, and California State University at Los Angeles. She also teaches for Shakespeare at the Huntington”and “Intimate Opera Company.” She maintains private practices in North Hollywood and Pasadena California. |
**JUDY STERNhas been a physical therapist for 40 years and an Alexander Technique teacher for 23 years. Judy specializes in chronic or acute pain conditions, combining her knowledge of physical therapy and anatomy with her knowledge and skill as an Alexander Technique teacher. A senior member of the ACAT faculty, Judy also maintains a private practice in Rye, New York. |
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BARBARA KENT (on sabbatical in 2010)is former director of teacher training at the American Center for the Alexander Technique (ACAT) in New York. Barbara began her carreer by studying singing at Julliard School of Music. She is a certified Rubenfield Synergy Method Practitioner and a student of Carl Stough, integrating his principles of breathing coordination into her work. Barbara has been training Alexander Technique teachers and working in private practice for over 30 years in NYC. |
*** FRANK SHELDON trained as an Alexander Teacher in London from 1975 to 1978. He is the former Director of The Virginia School for Alexander Technique, and guest teacher on other teacher training courses. Over the last 24 years, he has presented the Alexander Technique and performance classes for Guitar Craft in the US, Europe and South America. Frank is currently living and teaching in Seattle as well as directing ongoing classes for the Seattle Guitar Circle and Tuning The Air, a location-based performing team. |
* MEADE ANDREWS is a choreographer, dancer, actor, anatomist, and Alexander Technique teacher. Former Director for the dance program at American University in Washington DC, Meade currently teaches for the graduate acting program at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. She also teaches and gives workshops in Washington DC and NY. |
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CAROL BOGGS is a Movement Specialist, Dancer, Laban Analyst and Massage Therapist. She practices in Washington DC and teaches in the Vocal Studies department at George Mason University. She has been teaching the Alexander Technique for over 23 years. |
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*** CAROL P. PRENTICE trained in the mid-1980s as an Alexander Teacher with Frank Ottiwell in San Francisco. She subsequently furthered her training with first generation Alexander Teachers Marjorie Barstow, Walter & Dilys Carrington, and Marjory Barlow. She has been teaching this work for over 25 years. Carol is also a Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist and graduate of the California College of Ayurveda. She currently teaches at the California College of Ayurveda and has an Alexander Practice in Grass Valley California. Carol is enrolled in a three year Yoga teacher training in the tradition of Sri T. Krishnamacharya at the Healing Yoga Foundation-San Francisco. |
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