Alexander Technique Workshops with Ann Rodiger 

30 August - 8 September

​

Ann Rodiger, a renowned Alexander Technique teacher and trainer, is based in midtown Manhattan at her school Balance Arts Center. She will be joining the  10th KK Music Festival during this period for special classes, consultations and will offer support to the musicians performing.

​

She will be available for private lessons and consultations, and will lead these multi-day courses listed below.

​

Choose one of these 5, 3 or 2-day workshops . 1-day drop ins will be accepted depending on capacity.

​

5 day workshop Aug 30th - Sept 3rd

3 day workshop Aug 30th - Sept 1st

2 day workshop Sept 2nd-3rd

​

Principles of Alexander Technique

​

5-day workshop  August 30th- September 3rd (5 hours per day group lessons, plus participants have the choice to join or audit the daily 90 minute sessions for performing artists)

​

Expand your mind/body awareness through the Alexander Technique with Ann Rodiger. Each day will be devoted to a different AT Principle designed to help you to explore your thought and movement habits, overall balance, and sensory awareness. These varius explorations will help you establish a new "normal" for your interactions with yourself, the environment, and your art form. Students will receive individualized verbal and hands-on instruction during this intensive workshop, in order to help embody your learning.

​

​

Special workshops: AT for Instrumentalists, Speakers/Singers and Dancers

​

3-day workshop August 30th- September 1st (5 hours per day, participants will be joining the Principles of Alexander Technique classes. This workshop will also include 90 minutes per day of sessions focused on specific AT techniques to help performing artists Amateur and professionals are accepted- please write us about your interests on the application form.

​

2-day workshop September 2nd-3rd (5 hours per day, participants will be free to join the Principles of Alexander Technique classes.  This workshop will also include 90 minutes per day of sessions focused on specific AT techniques to help performing artists.  Amateur and professionals are accepted- please write us about your interests on the application form

​

For Instrumentalists: Bring your instruments to these workshops and we will look at how you support and interact with them during practice and performance. We will look at your own body as part of the instrument and how you expand your awareness to include yourself, your instrument, and the music. Students will receive individualized verbal and hands-on instruction during the workshop

​

For Speakers/Singers: Vocal production will be our focus for these workshops. We will follow Alexander's own vocal process of understanding the voice in this workshop so you too can learn to attend to your vocal habits and discover more resonance and ease in speaking and singing. Students will receive individualized verbal and hands-on instruction during the workshop.

​

For Dancers: Explore the small and large movements of the dancer in these workshops. We will look at how to initiate your movements and how to follow through with direction and flow. Bring your technical questions about your head, neck, back, legs, and arm and how to integrate them into the whole. Students will receive individualized verbal and hands-on instruction during the workshop.

​

Ann Rodiger is the Founder and director of the Balance Arts Center in New York City. She has nearly 40 years of experience teaching the Alexander Technique. Her teaching draws from her knowledge from teaching the BAC Teacher Training Course and private lessons in the US and abroad as well as her knowledge of Labanotation, Laban Movement Analysis, Bartenieff Fundamentals, yoga, meditation and various dance techniques. She has developed the BAC Alexander Technique Teacher Training Program and substantial programming for performing artists.

How to apply:

Please read the terms and conditions, fill in the form and pay the registration fee.

​

Please tell us about your interests in the box on the application form.