{"id":39803,"date":"2012-01-16T08:27:17","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T16:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=39803"},"modified":"2012-01-16T08:27:59","modified_gmt":"2012-01-16T16:27:59","slug":"can-you-teach-alexander-technique-via-skype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=39803","title":{"rendered":"Can You Teach Alexander Technique Via Skype?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I did a radio interview<\/a> last week with Debi Dali in Dallas. She asked if I taught Alexander Technique via Skype. So far, I do not, but many leading Alexander teachers do, including Robert Rickover, Mark Josefberg and Sharon Jakubecy.<\/p>\n

This is opposed by some of the older teachers who fear that teaching via Skype dilutes and distorts the Technique.<\/p>\n

The New York Times reports on music teaching via Skype<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Skype and other videochat programs have transformed the simple phone call, but the technology is venturing into a new frontier: it is upending and democratizing the world of music lessons.<\/p>\n

Students who used to limit the pool of potential teachers to those within a 20-mile radius from their homes now take lessons from teachers \u2014 some with world-class credentials \u2014 on other coasts or continents. The list of benefits is long: Players of niche instruments now have more access to teachers. Parents can simply send their child down the hall for lessons rather than driving them. And teachers now have a new way to build their business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I did a radio interview last week with Debi Dali in Dallas. She asked if I taught Alexander Technique via Skype. So far, I do not, but many leading Alexander teachers do, including Robert Rickover, Mark Josefberg and Sharon Jakubecy. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10268],"tags":[19786,31647,28711,18861,19784,3135],"class_list":["post-39803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alexander-technique","tag-alexander-teachers","tag-alexander-technique","tag-mile-radius","tag-new-frontier","tag-robert-rickover","tag-york-times-reports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t