Meet the ATCA Board
About Andreas Dirscherl
ATCA Board member since 2023
Andreas has been teaching the Alexander Technique continuously in his own studio in Munich since 2005. In 2009, he became Assistant Teacher with a training course in Munich, where he taught until 2015. In this time, Andreas repeatedly substituted for the Head of Training – at one point, he has been running the training course for a period of seven months.
For over 20 years, Andreas has also been a well-known radio presenter and newscaster with the Bayerischer Rundfunk (Bavarian public radio) where he regularly presents the news and can be heard in various radio features and radio plays.
He offers regular introductory AT workshops, is a visiting teacher in several German-speaking AT schools and gives Alexander Technique Workshops throughout Europe.
Combining his practical experiences in front of the microphone with AT principles, he developed a series of voice-oriented workshops. Other specialized workshop formats include Practical Everyday Anatomy, The Power of Doing it Wrong, and AT in the Digital Age.
Andreas is very interested in connecting teachers and exchanging experiences and ideas. He was a founding member of the Munich Alexander Cooperation and has been participating in the AT work exchange in the Munich Area whenever possible.
With a like-minded AT teacher he co-created an easy-to-follow toolset for AT beginners called the Alexander Basisplan – for which he created a website and a free smartphone app that features audio narration, a diary and a reminder function (an English version Alexander Technique Basic Steps is in the works).
Andreas was part of the Congress team for the 2011 AT Congress in Lugano, where he was in charge of designing and maintaining the website. He is also very involved with the German AT society (ATVD) where he, among other things, co-conducted the first extensive member survey form in 2018/19.
One of his personal highlights and accomplishments has been organising and running the 12th International Alexander Technique Congress, held 2022 in Berlin.
Subsequently, Andreas joined the ATCA Board in 2023.