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‘14 Years Ago’: Anne Landa, Alexander Technique graduate, April 2001by Rob Howard |
The Accordions Worldwide news for the week ending May 4th 2001 included an article about accordionist Anne Landa graduating as a teacher of the Alexander Technique. Those of you who play the accordion will surely realise the need for physical fitness in handling an instrument, especially those of you who perform in public. The Alexander Technique has much to offer accordionists in techniques of well-being. Accordionist Graduates – Netherlands On April 6th accordionist Anne Landa graduated at the Alexander Technique Centre of Amsterdam as Professor of Alexander Technique. Anne works with accordionists to overcome the numerous problems they face, including stage fright, problems of nervousness, tensions, tendinitis, etc. As a professional accordionist and professor of the Alexander Technique, Anne studies the design of the accordion and how the accordionist utilises his/her own body in relation to the instrument. The aim is to save energy and work with the appropriate muscles to develop a conscious control over the psychological and physical mechanisms controlled by the accordionist. Anne Landa will work mainly in Spain as a professor of the Alexander Technique, giving courses and private classes. For further information email: allend@teleline.es |