Alice MacDonald is an Alexander Technique Teacher (AmSAT) based in Brooklyn, NY and Maine. She is passionate about helping people connect more deeply with their bodies and their movement so they can experience healing, support, sustainability, and joy in their movement. After years of managing injuries and chronic pain while dancing and performing, Alice began studying the Alexander Technique which allowed her to embody supportive, mindful ways of moving and being. Alice teaches Alexander Technique in Maine, NYC, and online. She is currently on faculty at the Balance Arts Center (NYC) and Movement Research (NYC). She has presented and taught at Bates Dance Festival (ME), the American Academy of Dramatic Arts (NYC), Hunter College Dance Dept. (NYC), Peridance (NYC), SUNY Purchase College (NY), The New School (NYC), and others. Alice’s teaching is influenced by experiential study mental health, somatic therapy, meditation, dance and improvisation, anatomy and kinesiology, developmental movement, and many other process-oriented modalities.

Alice is seated in a chair smiling while teaching in a group class setting, her arms are in a gesture. Photo courtesy of the artist
ID: Alice is seated in a chair smiling while teaching in a group class setting, her arms are in a gesture. Photo courtesy of the artist

Past classes and workshops