Introduction to Alexander Technique

The Alexander Technique teaches "self-use": how our movement choices affect the results we achieve. It has been recognized as a simple but powerful way of improving physical skills and "presence."

Principles explored in this workshop will be: The poise of the head in fluid relationship to the spine; developing sensory awareness and understanding the process of change; conscious use of energy and direction to support natural phrasing; body mapping to clarify how movement takes place most easily, and integration of the whole person in the action of making music.

Rachelle Palnick Tsachor is a certified Teacher of the Alexander Technique as well as a Certified Movement Analyst and a Registered Somatic Movement Therapist. Tsachor earned her B.F.A. in Dance at the Juilliard School and her Masters in Dance/Movement Research and Reconstruction at the City College of New York. She has been invited to give workshops and presentations in Berkeley, Chicago, Ottawa, New York City, San Antonio Israel and Belgium.

A Registered Somatic Movement Therapist since 2000, Tsachor works in the Iowa City area as a movement therapist and educator and has a studio practice in the Alexander Technique.

Venue: Music Centre Room B1 at European University Cyprus