Amanda Cole, an Australian academic researcher, writer and performer, is the author of "Marjorie Barstow and the Alexander Technique - Critical Thinking in Performing Arts Pedagogy." She is also a long time student of both the classic and Barstow-inspired versions of the Technique. She draws on multiple sources, including a significant collection of written correspondence between F. M. Alexander, Marjorie Barstow, Frank Pierce Jones and Professor John Dewey that provides a new, and very different, perspective on the history of the Alexander Technique.  This is the third in a series of her conversations with with Robert Rickover, an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska. This episode is primarily about the gap between Alexander's stated hopes for the future of the Technique, and his actual behavior. More information about Amanda: https://amandacolemezzo.com/ More information about Robert: https://alexandertechniquenebraska.com More information about F M Alexander: https://alexandertechnique.com/fma More information about Professor John Dewey: https://alexandertechnique.com/dewey More information about Marjorie Barstow: https://marjoriebarstow.com More information about the Alexander Technique: https://alexandertechnique.com Information about ordering Amanda's book from Amazon: https://marjoriebarstow.com/book Part 1: https://youtu.be/KpKE7U0uBHk  Part 2: https://youtu.be/0KZMpPAcCug Part 3:  https://youtu.be/p2IIh8r9FKw  Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3fRz6W0cfs  Part 5: https://youtu.be/AyxvQv1ofak  Part 6: https://youtu.be/aEtwPff7qj8