Workshops, Intensives, and Master Classes
December 13 and 14, Saturday and Sunday
10:00am-3:00pm — 45 minute lunch break
Cost: $100
Registration required.
Workshop limited to 20 participants.
Barbara Mahler, a choreographer, performer, movement educator, and body worker, is a master teacher of and major contributor to Klein Technique™.
Klein Technique™ is a living and growing body of work initially developed by Susan Klein in the mid 70’s, originally a response to the formal dance training available at that time. It has continued to develop, becoming a source of information and empowerment for dancers of all styles. Its ultimate goal being increased coordination, facility and the lessening or prevention of injury. Klein Technique is a body of work, concise and yet continually evolving. The main thrust of the work is for dancers to find their own essence, identity and integrity and take that into movement. In order to do that, we work at the level of the bone, not the traditional level of the muscles. Klein Technique is not a release technique, in that our goal is not to release, but to move. In order to move most efficiently, it is necessary to release or let go of the muscles that hold us back from moving, and fix the body and the mind into set and locked configurations. When the bones are aligned we become connected, we become powerful and strong. The body becomes efficient and alive, and injuries often heal.
Studio 240 is wheelchair accessible.
ASL can be provided with a 14-day advance notice.