We are delighted to announce that John Nicholls will be back in London from Thursday September 9th to Tuesday September 14th, 2010. He will be teaching at the West London Centre for the Alexander Technique during his stay, and will teach private lessons and small groups all day on Thursday and Tuesday. There will be a four morning refresher course from Friday 10th to Monday 13th September, with private lessons in the afternoon.
If you are interested in attending the refresher course, or would like to book either a private or group lesson, then please let me know as soon as possible with the dates and times that you want. The costs and timetables are listed below.
Lessons may be taken privately or in pairs.
We are also offering small group sessions for up to 4 people for an hour and a half – these sessions are a good way to have an intensive hands-on session if you are unable to attend the refresher course.
Since it is anticipated that demand will be high, I am asking that once you have had confirmation that your booking has been made, you send full payment as soon as possible. Your reservation will not be confirmed until payment has been made.
If you subsequently find that you need to change or cancel your place then you will be refunded for the refresher course place as long as a replacement is found for you. There is likely to be a waiting list for places and in the past it has been found that late cancellations cause difficulties and disappointment, so please give as much notice as possible. Lessons can be re-arranged or cancelled up to 48 hours beforehand, or they will also incur a full cancellation fee.
The refresher course will run from 9.30am until 1pm over four mornings from Friday 10th to Monday 13th September, and will cost £200 – this course is limited to 10 participants, and bookings can only be made for the full course. The theme of the refresher course will be: “Foundations of Good Use” – please download and print the chart from the link: http://www.atnyc.us/sites/default/files/assets/Foundationchart.pdf
Private/shared lessons last 45 minutes and are £45 each.
Small group lessons last 90 minutes and are £90
They are available as follows:
On Thursday and Tuesday:
9.00am, 9.45am, 10.30am; 11.30am, 12.15pm.
2.30pm, 3.15pm, 4.00pm; 5.00pm, 5.45pm, 6.30pm.
On Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday at 2.30pm, 3.15pm, 4pm, 5pm, 5.45pm and 6.30pm
Please email me: sarasolnick@gmail.com, with your booking preferences and I will get back to you as soon as possible. Please note that in the first instance bookings will be taken either for the refresher course or private lessons. If you would like to do both, then please say which you would like to book first. If there is availability nearer the time then this may be possible – we are trying to accommodate as many people as possible.
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About John Nicholls:
John Nicholls graduated from Oxford University, UK, in 1966, and then worked for some years in the computer industry. An interest in psycho-physical growth disciplines led him to train as an Alexander teacher (1973 to 1976). He trained in London with Walter and Dilys Carrington, at the oldest established Alexander training centre, and remained at the centre for eleven years, building up a large private practice and assisting daily on the Carrington’s teacher training course.
In 1980 John became an elected member of the Council of the Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique (STAT) and was Chairman of STAT in 1985 and 1986, during which time he initiated the devolution of STAT into affiliated national societies. In 1986 he gave the annual STAT Alexander Memorial Lecture, which was published under the title: The Alexander Technique in a Larger Context.
He then spent three years in Australia, directing the Melbourne Alexander Teacher Training School and again building up a large private practice. After this period in Australia, he returned to the UK as Director of a teacher training course in Brighton, East Sussex. His highly praised book, The Alexander Technique: In Conversation with John Nicholls and Sean Carey, was published in a first edition in 1985, with a Danish translation, and a greatly expanded and revised second edition in 1991 (English version only). He also edited STATNEWS from 1990 to 1992.
Between 1990 and 2002 John directed the Brighton Alexander teacher training course, gave private lessons in Brighton and London, and ran seminars for the public and regular post-graduate classes for teachers in Britain, Denmark, Germany, Holland, Italy, Australia and the USA (New York and Boston). He was one of the featured second-generation heads of training courses at the third International Congress in Switzerland (1991).
In 2003 John moved to New York City where he offers private lessons, “hands-on” supervision groups for teachers and trainees, a teacher certification program, and structured postgraduate courses for teachers. He and Nanette Walsh are currently Directors AT·NYC’s Teacher Certification Program and full time faculty members. He is also on the faculty of the Annual Summer East Coast Residential Course in Sweet Briar, Virginia. Since moving to the USA John has been a featured guest teacher at several AmSAT Conferences, gave the AmSAT Alexander Memorial Lecture (titled Where are we going?) in 2005, and was featured at both the 2004 and 2008 International Alexander Congresses at Oxford University, UK and Lugano, Switzerland.