Presentation by Gemma Bodinetz, the Director and CEO of The Lir, National Academy of Dramatic Arts at Trinity College Dublin and Sue Mythen, the Head of Movement at The Lir.

The Six Principles Of The Performance Event.The key here is that the Performance Event wishes to be.In my field, how is it that Music comes into our world?The noumenal to the phenomenal, from Silence into sound…Introduction by Erin Wigger

Learning to optimize their instruments  – sound, breath, movement and imaginative processes – is just one of the many ways Alexander’s discoveries serve performing artists. Using this process only happens in the “now”, hence it lends an immediacy to fuel stage presence. The accumulation of benefits facilitates the connection between what...

THE TIME IS NOW! There is a narrow window for change exists now to refresh the Alexander Technique. We are going to have a discussion groups on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday evenings at 5.30pm followed by the Plenary Session Panel about the Future of AT on the Saturday morning....

Alexander Technique and Traumatic Responses As Alexander Technique teachers, we don’t tend to ask students about their history of trauma. But for most people there is one in some form……  We know that taking somebody to a more easeful comfortable place as the technique often does, can be very helpful....

Stephen Porges, PhD, is a neuroscientist and professor of psychiatry known for revolutionising our understanding of the autonomic nervous system through his Polyvagal Theory. First proposed in 1994, this groundbreaking framework explains how our nervous system evolved to support social connection, safety, and survival. We are both really excited to...

THE TIME IS NOW! There is a narrow window for change exists now to refresh the Alexander Technique. We are going to have a discussion groups on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday evenings at 5.30pm followed by the Plenary Session Panel about the Future of AT on the Saturday morning....

Historically we have developed a somewhat antagonistic relationship with the body – and so too with its innate intelligence. This is a cultural phenomenon that stretches back millennia. In this presentation, Philip Shepherd will bring to life not just the history of our estrangement from our bodies – he will...

The dialogue Continues Conscious Inhibition creates the space between stimulus and response, a living pause in which something new can emerge. When we return to the classic Alexander Directions…“Neck to be free, head to go forward and up, the whole body to lengthen and widen”, we awaken a deeper physical intelligence....

Overview of Science Day for Dublin Alexander Technique Congress  Introduction  Since the turn of the new Millennium, we have witnessed a revolution in how the scientific and clinical communities view pain. A defining feature of this revolution is a shift from a biomedical model, which viewed pain as a simple...