Long-term Flexibility and Resilience
|
Monika Gross
has been a certified instructor of the Alexander Technique since 1985 and is a Teaching Member of Alexander Technique International (ATI). She trained in New York City with Lydia Yohay (ACAT) and has had master classes with such renowned teachers as Marjorie Barlow, Patrick MacDonald, Marjorie Barstow and Walter Carrington. Monika taught AT privately in New York for 25 years until her relocation to Asheville in September 2010. She has been a performance coach for the consulting firm McKinsey & Company since 2003. She was 2011-12 Adjunct Instructor in the Hayes School of Music at Appalachian State University, teaching the Alexander Technique courses there, which are required for all Voice Majors. She is an active member of ATMA, Alexander Teachers of the Mountain Area, which helps promote a broader awareness of the Alexander Technique in the Blue Ridge Mountain region and beyond. Monika is a professional theater director and performer and holds a BFA degree from the UNC School of the Arts. She is the Artistic Director of At-A-Site Theater, which produces theater in unusual spaces or in familiar spaces in unusual ways. She is also trained in and performs Butoh dance. Monika has been a distance runner for 15 years and has completed 11 marathons, including three NYC Marathons (with a PR of 3:21), two Boston Marathons, the Chicago Marathon, and three Empire State Building climbs (with a PR of 17:12). She was the only American, male or female, to have ever won first place in any age group in the Maratona d’Italia Memorial Enzo Ferrari (2007).
www.formfitnessfunction.com |