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Previous UK workshops |
1.Isle of Man Introductory Weekend workshops:
Friday November 25th 2005: St Thomas's Church, Douglas
2.30pm - 4.30pm
Saturday November 26th 2005: Ballakilpheric
10.00am - 12.30am
2.30pm - 4.30pm
"You are not here to do exercises, or to learn to do something right, but to get able to meet the stimulus that always puts you wrong and learn to deal with it." F M Alexander
The workshops will cover the following aspects of the Alexander Technique.
· History of F M Alexander - the man and his discovery
· How our USE affects our FUNCTIONING
· Habitual Reactions to a Stimulus
· Psycho-physical Unity - the Mind /Body Link
· Balance and the pendulum of reaction
· Faulty Sensory Perception
· Force of Habit - Our Way of Doing Things
· Habits of thinking - Fixing, Mind-wandering, End-gaining
· Awareness
· Inhibition
The workshops will be suitable for anyone with an interest in learning about habitual reactions and the application of Alexander Technique to daily situations. It is intended that participants will attend only one of the workshops. Individual lessons with Cat Jary are available on the Friday and Saturday after the workshops for those wishing to further explore the Alexander Technique.
Please contact us for further information, to reserve a place at one of the workshops or to book an individual lesson.
2. TENSION IN PERFORMANCE - A WORKSHOP FOR ALL PERFORMERS
With Cat Jary, AMS director
Studio 3, Danceworks, Balderton Street, W1
(Near Bond St. tube)
Sunday June 12th
11.00 - 13.30
· Discussion of pressures and tensions in performance
· Practical interactive group session
· Masterclass with 2 pre-selected performers
This workshop is for musicians, dancers, actors, and anyone interested in the subject of tension in performance.
Cat Jary is a trained Alexander Technique teacher and professional cellist who teaches on the Performing Arts module at The Alexander Teacher Training School, London W1, as well as individual sessions at the Alexander Studio, Balderton Street, London W1. In addition, she is frequently invited to teach and present workshops throughout the U.K. and Europe.
There is a limited availability, so please book well in advance. To book a place contact The Alexander Studio at 020 7629 1808 or contact us.
Cost: £18; Students and unemployed: £12
3. PIANO/ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE MASTERCLASS
With Cat Jary and Liz Cook
Fulwood, Sheffield
Sunday June 19th
14.30 - 17.00
There is a limited availability, so please book well in advance. To book a place contact us.
Participants £10; observers £5
4.ISM workshop for the Sheffield Branch:
"Keeping your Nerve"
A Workshop on Alexander Technique and Performance Nerves
given by Cat Jary
Sunday 20th March, 2005, 2.30 - 5.30pm
University Music Department, Taptonville Road, Broomhill, Sheffield
This workshop is suitable for teachers, students and performers. Cat will start the workshop with a general open discussion about nerves in performance and stage fright. She will demonstrate how, through the application of the principles of the Alexander Technique, performers with these difficulties can be greatly helped.
After a break for refreshments, she will work with the pupils of some ISM members in a masterclass (let us know if you would like to 'volunteer' a pupil), with the emphasis on combating nerves and stage fright, rather than on a discussion of the performance itself. Performers and audience members do not need to have had any previous experience of the Alexander Technique.
Contact ISM Centre Chairman, Liz Cook, on 0114 2303488 for more information
5. February 14th-March 25th:Private Alexander lessons in the UK
Cat Jary has a part-time Alexander teaching practice at The Alexander Studio, Balderton Street, London, W1, and a private practice in Sheffield. Her practice offers Alexander Technique lessons for those wishing to improve general use and health in daily life, and for musicians and performers wishing to apply it to the creative arts:
. Sample a trial lesson
. Refresher lesson
. Musicians wishing to increase ease in playing
. Performers wanting to gain confidence and overcome performance anxiety
. Musicians and performers with serious performance related injury and tension
For people wishing to undertake a more comprehensive series of lessons or a course, the AMS programme in Spain offers a range of holiday courses and personal study programmes.
For details of all of the following please contact us.
6. February/March:ATTS
In February and March 2006 Cat Jary will be teaching the Performing Arts Module at The Alexander Teacher Training School (ATTS), London W1.
(see www.alexanderteacher.co.uk)
7. March 22: 2 Part Inventions
Piano and Alexander Technique Masterclass, Sheffield University Music Department
Piano Tutor: Yolande Gregor-Smith
Alexander Technique Tutor: Cat Jary
The Masterclass will take place in the morning between 10 and 12
Masterclass candidates £25
Observers £5, (limited places)
A maximum of 3 pianists will be accepted to play in the class. For more details about this masterclass, please click here.
8. March 24-26: 4 Strings, 88 Keys
Chamber Music Workshops for pianists and string players.
Strings Tutor: Bernard Gregor-Smith, cellist with the Lindsays
Piano Tutor: Yolande Wrigley
Alexander Technique Tutor: Cat Jary
(see www.sheffield-cello.org for details)
9. March 2006:Exhibition and Art Classes in Sheffield
Antonio Alvarez Rojo, artist in residence at The Alexander Music School is planning a series of events at 12 Peveril Road, The Studio, Endcliffe, Sheffield.
1. Mediterranean Still Life
Exhibition Opening Saturday March 4
5-8pm
(Alternative viewings by arrangement)
2. Workshop Series
Antonio will be conducting a series of day-long workshops. The first two day-long classes will be suitable for inexperienced artists, or those wishing to learn more about basic compositional techniques such as basic drawing skills, perspective, light and shadow, variations of tone and colours. The third session, Painting with oils, will be a day devoted entirely to working with oil paint. This day would also be suitable for more experienced artists wishing to develop their skills painting with oils. Due to the progressive nature of the course content, it is recommended to take part in all three days. It is possible to attend individual days.
Basic Drawing Techniques: Sunday March 5
11-5pm
Minimum requirement:
No previous experience necessary
Understanding colour: Saturday March 11
11-5pm
Minimum requirement:
No previous experience necessary
Painting with oils: Saturday March 18
11-5pm
Minimum requirement:
A basic understanding of drawing techniques and colour is necessary.
In order to devote sufficient attention to each student, a maximum of 6
people will be accepted on to each day course. Please contact Cat Jary
to reserve a place contact us.
Art Classes
Individual lessons and small group classes can be arranged for artists
of all levels wishing to develop their techniques and styles in
drawing, oils, pastels, acrylics, watercolours and charcoal.
Art and the Alexander Technique
Alexander lessons applying the Technique to art are available with
Alexander teacher Cat Jary. These would benefit people suffering from
physical aches and pains, repetitive strain injury, creative blocks,
and help build confidence and ease when drawing and painting. |
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