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The Congress Papers
Exploring the Principles

49 papers from the 7th International Congress of the F. M. Alexander Technique

More than 700 people from over 20 countries participated in the 7th International Congress of the FM Alexander Technique. The Congress papers discuss both practical and theorectical concerns of teaching and practising the Technique. They contain a wide variety of traditional and new ideas and views, representing a great amount of experience and knowledge from all over the world. This volume brings together 49 papers from the Congress. The first 80 orders will come with a free Congress Programme.

ISBN 0-9519304-9-4
424 pages
over 50 illustrations
paperback Price £19.95 plus p&p (UK £3.00 for one copy, £1.50 per additional copy, Europe £4.00 per copy, Outside Europe £6.00 per copy) payment in British Pounds Sterling
publication date July 2005

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Contents

  • Introduction by Peter Ribeaux
  • Group Teaching by Meade Andrews
  • Comparative Listening by Beret Arcaya
  • Graviception by Glenna Batson
  • Themes and Variations by Anne Battye
  • F M Alexander: The Unwritten Biography by Michael Bloch
  • Detached Observation by John Brown
  • Speaking Shakespeare’s Sonnets by Lawrence Bruce
  • Back in the Beginning by Walter Carrington
  • We can Believe our Eyes by Brigitte Cavadias
  • A Tale of Two Paradigms by Jeremy Chance
  • Basic Directions Revisited by Jean Clark
  • A Lesson in the Alexander Technique by Rivka Cohen
  • Living Without Proprioception and Touch by Jonathan Cole
  • ‘Talking’ Hands by Diana Devitt-Dawson
  • What did Miss Goldie Understand? by Penelope Easten
  • Alexander and Voice Work by Janet Madelle Feindel
  • The Future of Alexander Technique Teacher Education by Terry Fitzgerald
  • Decoding Dancerspeak by Robin Gilmore
  • The Three ‘Ups’ by Judi Granit
  • Integrating Eyes, Brain and Body by Peter Grunwald
  • Where It All Began by Jane R Heirich
  • Golfing With the Alexander Technique by Martyn Jones
  • The Generous Voice by Kate Kelly-Tanguay
  • Designing a Life-Changing Course of Alexander Lessons that Addresses a Pupil’s Needs - a
  • workshop with Frank Kennedy
  • The Uncommitted Hand by Barbara Kent and Joan Frost
  • Teaching Without Touching by Catherine Kettrick
  • The Support System by Nadia Kevan
  • A History of Educational Alexander Projects after the Little School by Judith Kleinman
  • The Ambush of Fear by Elizabeth Langford
  • Personality Adaptations and the Alexander Technique by Jamie McDowell
  • The Alexander Technique in Pregnancy and Childbirth by Ilana Machover,
  • Working with Musicians in Performance by Vivien Mackie
  • Variations of a Teacher’s Art by Cathy Madden
  • Our own Newton by David M Mills
  • The ‘Whispered Ah’ and the Expression of Emotion by Robin Möckli
  • A New Way of Thinking by Shmuel Nelken
  • From Reflective Practice to Effective Practice by Carolyn Nicholls
  • What is Presence on Stage? by Penny O’Connor
  • Thought-Shepherding in Singing by Patricia O’Neill
  • Working with the Chakras Emotions and the Alexander Technique by Glen Park
  • Video Presentation of Work with a Pupil with Parkinson’s Disease by Ellie Ribeaux
  • Alexander Teachers and Pain by Peter Ribeaux
  • Feet The Final Frontier by Jane Staggs
  • Teaching the Alexander Technique to People with Parkinson’s by Chloe Stallibrass
  • Neuroscience Panel Presentation by Judith C Stern
  • An Open and Shut Case by Alun Thomas
  • Playful Procedures by Ken Thompson
  • The Diamond-Dart Meridian Sequence by Judith Youett Muir
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