Dr. Gabriella Minnes Brandes.
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Gabriella Minnes Brandes, Ph.D., has been teaching the Alexander Technique for over 35 years. She maintains an active practice at the Alexander Technique Centre in Vancouver. She has run Alexander workshops for musicians, music educators, singers, horseback riders, and engineers (among others) as well as workshops for Alexander teachers. For over a decade she taught the Alexander Technique in the Theatre department at Capilano University. Gaby works extensively in collaboration with musicians, voice, movement and acting instructors.
Her research interests focus on connections between creativity, performance and the application of concepts of the Alexander Technique. Informed by her Ph.D. in education, Gaby is currently researching how people who practice both Alexander technique and Mindfulness-Based meditation approach stressful moments. She currently serves as the elected Co-Chair of the Board Directors of Alexander Technique International (ATI). She is also a member of the Canadian Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique, the Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique (UK), he American Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique and the Professional Association of Alexander Teachers (UK). |
