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Alexander Vustin – Music

Vustin has composed since 1963: however, he regards only those works written since 1972 as valid. His musical language is distinctive by the remarkable organization of its musical texture. Vustin uses the twelve-tone technique, but in his own original way. His first notable compositions were written in the midst of the 70s: the eight-minute long [...]

Trinití – History

According to record label PR, Eve O’Donnell, Laura Cunningham and Sharon Moran met in Dublin. They were all blonde and were all in their early twenties. The three girls sang barefoot practising the “Alexander Technique” while singing. Produced by Ross Cullum, the sound of their debut album was similar to his earlier productions for Clannad [...]

Abby Whiteside – Ideas

The catalyst for the development of Whiteside’s philosophy was the realisation that, as she wrote, “…the pupils in my studio played or didn’t play, and that was that. The talented ones progressed, the others didn’t–and I could do nothing about it.” Whiteside praised the natural ability of the child prodigy and the jazz pianist, and [...]

My Machine – Introduction

My Machine is Princess Superstar’s fifth LP. It is produced by herself as well as well-known producers such as house music pioneer Todd Terry, DJ Mighty Mi from the High and Mighty, Jacques Lu Cont, Junior Sanchez, and pioneering hip hop/electro producer Arthur Baker. Other producers include Armand van Helden, Loose Cannons & Jon Plateau [...]

Squatting position – Partial squat

A partial squat is an intermediate stage between standing and full squatting, that is, standing but with the knees bent. (In contrast, stooping involves bending at the waist rather than just the hips and knees). This may be used in a variety of contexts often as a “ready for action” posture: * the batsman’s posture [...]

Ann Redgrave – Introduction

Dr Ann Redgrave, Lady Redgrave MB BS DO is the wife of British rower Sir Steve Redgrave CBE and is a qualified British doctor and osteopath. She qualified as a doctor from Charing Cross Hospital Medical School, London in 1984 and entered a career in orthopaedic surgery, with an interest in sports medicine. However, due [...]

Anthony Ludovici – Early life

Ludovici was born in London, England, January 8, 1882 to Albert Ludovici, an artist, and Marie Cals. He married Elsie Finnimore Buckley on March 20, 1920. He was educated privately, in England and abroad. He spent several years in Germany where he studied Nietzsche’s writings in the original German. He was fluent in several languages. [...]

Triple Sensation – First Season

Auditions and Competition First auditions were held across the country in late 2006, from which selected participants were invited to audition for the Marquee Panel of judges at one of three sessions, held in Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal. From each of these auditions, only four contestants (two male and two female) were invited to the [...]

Richard Shusterman – Key ideas

Shusterman’s place in the Contemporary Pragmatism It is widely agreed that contemporary pragmatism divides into at least two currents: the neo-classical and the neo-analytical. The latter, best exemplified by Richard Rorty, can be roughly described as an amalgam of the elements of classical pragmatism and analytic philosophy, which is sometimes supplemented, especially in Rorty’s case, [...]

F. Matthias Alexander – Libel case

It was this libel case, a drama drawn out over a period of some seven years, which dominated the last decade of Alexander’s life. Background In 1935, Irene Tasker, one of Alexander’s first students, arrived in Johannesburg, deciding to teach the technique in South Africa. Her address to the annual conference of the Transvaal Teachers [...]

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