Head of Training:
Richard Brennan comes from a medical family and began studying the Alexander Technique in 1983. In 1989 he qualified as a teacher of the Technique after completing a three-year teacher training course approved by the Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique, UK (STAT). He travels throughout Ireland, UK, Europe and USA giving talks and courses on the Technique. He has taught the Technique at many educational centres, including Galway University, Limerick University, Middlesex University, London, and Dartington College of Arts. Richard has been featured in several newspapers and magazines including The Irish Times, The Sunday Tribune, The Irish Examiner, Cosmopolitan, Hello and Home and Country. He has appeared on BBC 1 & RTE 1 and has been featured on BBC Radios 4 & 5 and on local radio around Ireland and the UK. Assistant Director:
Michaela has been Assistant Director at the Alexander Technique Teacher Training Centre, Ireland, since 2004. She is a co-founder and member of the Irish Society of Alexander Technique Teachers (ISATT). Regular Teachers:
Federico Betti is a fully qualified teacher of the Alexander Technique having completed a 3 year course at the Alexander Technique Teacher Training College in Galway. As well as giving regular Alexander sessions, at the college he also gives running workshops to the trainees both individually and in groups throughout the year. Originally from Milan, Italy Federico now lives in Galway where he teaches the Alexander Technique and plays and teaches traditional music from Ireland, France and Italy on the fiddle and guitar. He collaborates with several music institutions in Ireland and in Italy where he holds Alexander Technique workshops for musicians and singers. Visiting Teachers:AT the college, we try to have a wide variety of visiting teachers from different backgrounds and trainings. Teachers come from Australia, USA, and many different countries in Europe. This keeps the training alive and exciting. Giora Pinkas MAmSATCertified at 16 Ashley place by P.J. Macdonald in 1967, Giora went on to practice in England, Germany, Israel and the United States where, in 1974, he co-founded the first teacher-training course in America, of what are now the International Standards. In the mid-80's he also established training-couses in Frieburg and Heidelberg (Germany), respectively. Since then he continues to offer yearly refresher-courses for teachers throughout Europe. In recent years Giora has been serving AmSAT(USA) as head of Nominating Committee in addition to functioning as evaluator for GLAT (Germany) and a consultant to a number of training courses. Vivien Mackie MSTATVivien Mackie is a cellist who had the rare good fortune to study extensively with the great cellist and teacher-extraordinary Pablo Casals. The exciting parallels between his teaching and that of F.M. Alexander led her to train with Walter Carrington from 1970-73. Later on, singing lessons with Angela Caine, and collaboration with her in workshops, opened up a whole new field of discovery. She draws on her learning from these three remarkable teachers in her work today, In the 1990s she ran her own unique three year Alexander Training Course in Australia whose students were all musicians. Vivien also wrote the recent book ‘Just play naturally’
Rosa Luisa Rossi SVLATRosa Luisa's passion is to research the complexities of human development and well being. Since 1986, she has taught the Alexander Technique privately, in groups, in schools and companies, mainly in Zurich and in Rheinfelden where she lives, but also around the world. She is Co-Director of 'Think out of the box', a company specialising in Alexander Technique workshops for corporate clients. In addition, she regularly organizes workshops in Switzerland and abroad, which combine the findings of F.M. Alexander with activities such as horseback riding, tennis, tango, singing, music, painting and Japanese Tea-Ceremony, always co-coaching with experienced teachers in those disciplines. She is also offering private lessons, group teachings and workshops combining the Alexander Technique with Vision and good use of the eyes. She worked with a group of music teachers, studying with them how to apply the principles of the Alexander Technique to their own teaching practice. Her teaching expertise draws from continuing education workshops in Europe, the United States and from her numerous teaching trips to Japan. For 7 years, Rosa Luisa was working for the Swiss Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique (SVLAT) and was the President from 1994 to 1996. She also worked as a founding member for the International Affiliated Societies agreement. Rosa Luisa Rossi leads workshops in German, English and Italian. She co-leads workshops in French. She loves to come to Ireland to work with teachers here, specialising in how we work with our eyes and vision, in her playful expansive way. Glenna Batson Dsc, PT, MA, AmSat, ISATTOver the last 30 years, Glenna Batson has drawn from multiple forms of movement expression as catalysts for artistic growth and personal development. With a love of synthesis of art and science, she has integrated dance, movement science, and somatics as educator, practitioner, movement coach, and performer. The Training Course Moderator:
Trisha has been actively teaching the technique since the 70s after being trained by Walter Carrington. She travels throughout Europe and North America and is respected and loved wherever she goes. The training course is honoured to have her as the moderator and she regularly teaches on the course as well. |
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