Linda K Johnson - CAS Faculty / Dance

Love Wall Installation: Larry Yes

Linda K Johnson has been immersed in all aspects of the fields of dance and somatics for almost four decades. A highly regarded artist and educator, her work as a maker, performer, and teacher/mentor is imbued with her lively sense of curiosity, as well as by her deep awe and studied knowledge of the natural world, including the body/all bodies. Trained as an artist and scientist, she is - by both nature and nurture, a synthesizer and integrator. She likes patterns, layers, analogies, metaphors and similes, all the while interested in presence, beauty, and the sublime. She loves teaching the Contemporary Alexander Technique as part of her life’s work because it allows her to be and be with all of these things all at the same time. She is grateful to have studied this profound work with Robyn Avalon, Bruce Fertman and the other amazing members of the Alexander Alliance International, with additional deep dives into Body-Mind Centering, the Feldenkrais Method, and Ideokinesis.

She currently lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband and teenage daughter, and teaches the Contemporary Alexander Technique out of her home studio. She considers herself to be a citizen botanist and is currently studying Ikebana (The Art of Japanese Flower Arranging), as well as Spanish. She hopes one day to be able to teach Alexander lessons in Spanish. For more about her AT studio practice, please go here: https://www.lindakjohnson.net/contemporary-alexander-technique