Alexander-Technik-Schule Berlin-Kreuzberg Jörg Aßhoff
Welcome to the Alexander-Technik-Schule Berlin!
This is a summarized version of the German presentation of the school.
The Alexander-Technik-Schule Berlin is in the center of the city in a large, sunny space in an old ware house by the river Spree.
The school is acknowledged by both the national Alexander Technique association (ATVD) and the Affiliated Societies (ATAS, the international association of national societies), as well as by the city government.
The officially required 1600 hours of training are spread over 3 1/2 years.
We work 13 hours a week on four days, Monday to Thursday mornings. School time is divided evenly throughout the year and holidays follow the holiday plan of Berlin public schools. This ensures an ongoing, continuous engagement with the technique and yet leaves the students enough time to fulfill their other obligations and commitments.
The Alexander-Technik-Schule Berlin is directed by Jörg Aßhoff, but understands itself as a team of teachers.
Members are:
Matthias Graefen, assistant: completed the teacher training course in 2005. Since then he has been teaching individuals and groups regularly in Berlin and Thessaloniki.
Ralf Hiemisch, assistant: completed the teacher training course in 2005. Since then, he has been working as an Alexander teacher with individuals and groups in Berlin and Frankfurt. He has also been working freelance as a photographer and graphic designer since 1993.
Petra von Ondarza, assistant: studied contemporary dance and contact improvisation in Vienna and Paris (1983-87). Completed the Alexander teacher training course in 1991, since then has been teaching mainly in private practice. Studied Body-Mind-Centering/Integrative Movement Therapy with Linda Hartley (1992-1996).
Ulrich Bitter, assistant: has been working as an Alexander teacher since 1992. From 1993-99 he worked with dancers at a studio for contemporary dance in Braunschweig. From 1999-2000 he assisted at the Alexander technique school in Hannover.
All assistants have been teachers at the school since its beginning.
Jörg Aßhoff, director of the training course: since 1993 he has been teaching regularly at various institutions such as Volkshochschule (an institution for adult education), at a school for speech therapy, in workshops as well as in private practice. He teaches the Alexander technique at the Universität der Künste (college for performing arts). In 1999 he helped to found an Alexander training course and assisted there until 2003. In January 2004 he founded the Alexander-Technik-Schule Berlin.
Regular exchanges take place with three Alexander training courses, with the schools of:
- Aranka Fortwängler, Freiburg
- Ulli Pawlas, Hamburg
- Agnès de Brunhoff, Paris.
internationally known and acknowledged teachers are regularly invited to teach in the class. So far, the following teachers have taught at the school: Wilfried Hanefeld (Freiburg), Bob Britton (San Francisco), Giora Pinkas (San Francisco), Shaike and Linda Hermelin (Tel Aviv), Agnès de Brunhoff (Paris), Aranka Fortwängler (Freiburg) and Yael Tam (Jerusalem).
In this way, beyond the continuous influence of the teachers at the school, a wide range of possibilities of exchange and of encountering different styles and perspectives in the Alexander technique is available to the students.
We value highly communication and free and open exchange as important opportunities for learning.
Classes take place in German, but we can speak English should translation be necessary.
80% of the training is of a practical nature. Daily "theory" sessions ensure that students in time become acquainted with the Alexander concepts and terminology, and are able to use and apply them actively.
Step by step, the ability to convey the Alexander technique is developed, which encompasses the ability to apply the principles of the work
- first of all on oneself
- in dealing with fellow students, both beginners and advanced
- with guests
- with a minimum of 5 pupils, under supervision, during the last year of the training.
Some trainees may see the training as a means of supporting or furthering their personal development and may not wish to practice the Alexander technique as a profession. This is a legitimate option.
address:
Alexander-Technik-Schule Berlin
Pfuelstr. 5 (stairway III, 3rd floor)
10997 Berlin - Kreuzberg
Tel.: 0049 30 614 24 18
mail@alexander-technik-schule-berlin.de
www.alexander-technik-schule-berlin.de
times:
Monday-Thursday 9:00 - 12:00/12:30
cost:
Payment by monthly installments of € 375
General options:
- join the class for a morning
- participate in one of our weekend workshops
- take the weekly evening group class (all levels)
- become a student of a third year trainee under supervision
...last but not least:
- take private lessons!
For further information please contact us. We will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and look forward to meeting you here in the near future.
kind regards,
Jörg Aßhoff and colleagues