Robin Gilmore

Robin Gilmore, MFA, ATI, is an internationally recognized Alexander Technique teacher and somatic specialist with 40+ years experience teaching in universities, conferences, organizations and private practice. As the director of AT teacher training programs in Greensboro, NC and Kyoto, Japan and as guest faculty in other programs, I have mentored several generations of Alexander teachers. I'm a Sponsor of Alexander Technique International responsible for assessing new teachers. I've been fortunate to study with pioneering Alexander teacher Marjorie Barstow for a number of years and had a long professional partnership with Marsha Paludan, a founder of release technique and Glenna Batson, dance/neuroscience/somatic arts maverick.

I've been dancing her entire life with solo and group performances around the world and received an award for solo choreography from the Maryland State Arts Council. Improvisation, developmental movement and the natural world inform my teaching and approach to life. My writing has appeared in numerous articles. My book "What Every Dancer Needs to Know About the Body" (GIA Press), is a required text in many university performing arts departments. www.chesapeakealexander.com