The unexamined life is not worth
living (Socrates)
After 27 happy years in Vienna I now live as an Alexander Technique teacher, voice and presentation skills coach in Brighton & Hove in south England. www.alexandertechniquehove.org.uk
I visit Vienna regularly and can therefore offer bespoke workshops, intensive individual coaching and refresher lessons there. I am happy to work with anyone who would like to work with me.
I qualified as a fully-fledged Teacher of the Alexander
Technique in 1999 after attending a full-time training course
for three years (1600 hours) and reaching a standard recognised
by the International Affiliated Societies of Teachers of
the Alexander Technique.
I am committed to professional development and since qualifying
I have become increasingly interested in applying the Technique
to voicework. For many years I took regular singing lessons in Vienna with Mag. Friederike Chudoba (www.gesangsstudiohilarion.at) from which I profited immensely and gained many valuable insights. I am most grateful to her.
In Vienna in addition to my private teaching practice in the Alexander
Technique, I was from 1985 to 2011 a Lecturer at the English
and American Studies Department of the University of Vienna.
There I taught a wide range of courses, including Presentation
Skills; I also gave a formal lecture series. Because I have
a background in university teaching and public speaking,
I am particularly interested in the teaching performance
and letting teachers benefit from the Technique. (www.healthyteacher.co.uk read
more)
I started my professional life as a researcher, teacher
and writer in Austrian Studies. I was born in London and
after studying German and Philosophy at the universities
of Cambridge, Freiburg i.Br. and London, I moved to Vienna
to continue my researches into Viennese women’s literature
and history. This culminated in a doctorate, a major publication
by Yale University Press and my Habilitation (post-doctoral
qualification) at the German Department of the University
of Vienna.
Although I am no longer active in academic Austrian Studies
I continue to write and publish essays and articles about
whatever happens to interest me.
In all areas of my life I find that the Alexander Technique
is both an immensely practical tool and a source of inspiration.
It represents wholeness in a world of increasing specialisation;
it speaks to all that makes us fully human. |
