Barbara Mahler

Barbara
Mahler

workshop and performance

laboratory

Montag,12. Juli bis Freitag, 16. Juli 2010,
Monday - Friday, July, 12 - 16, 2010

morning class: 11:30am-2pm (break 2-3:30pm) afternoon class 3:30pm-6pm

RE-EDUCATION OF THE BODY –
Klein Technique as taught by Barbara Mahler

In the morning portion of this workshop we will focus on a movement
technique that works with the premise that the requirements of
movement in daily life and dance are essentially the same, and will
provide the underpinnings to support all styles of movement/technique
and improvisation. The purpose of the “stretch and placement” class
is to re-educate one's body with an interweaving of theory and
practice on a physical, intellectual, and organic level. The result
is a clarity and sureness of movement, and a new level of
understanding the innate intelligence of the body. It has its roots in
30 plus years of investigating and teaching the essentials for
efficient body use. We work at the level of the bone, not the
traditional level of the muscles. In order to move most efficiently it
is necessary to let go of the muscles that hold us back from moving
and fix the body into a set and locked configuration. When the bones
are aligned we become connected, powerful and strong. The body
becomes efficient and alive.

In the afternoon class we will focus on the practice of the principles
explored in the morning, working with improvisation and movement
exploration, leading us towards the formulation of an informal
performance/showing. The movement will be created by the participants
of the workshop. One of the ideas we will work with are various
initiations in the body to better facilitate movement sequencing,
becoming both grounded and free. As the work also focuses on helping
each individual student work with their own body structure we will
enjoy both a consistency and surprise in the our movement.

The workshop will culminate in a
Performance / Showing on Friday,16 at 20:30
with the Solo Dance of Scatterings, performed by Barbara
and a group piece with the students.

BARBARA MAHLER
has taught daily classes for 27 years plus, educating
and teaching (with, and inspired by, Susan Klein) a generation of
dancers. She has traveled extensively around the globe, teaching/
performing/choreographing, widely respected and. active in the
development contemporary dance technique. Essentially self-taught, she
brings to her classes the perspective, understanding and experience of
working on her own movement re-education. Barbara was a Movement
Research artist in residence for the 2000-01 and 2006-08 season, is a
movement consultant at Hunter College, NYC, and is on the artist
advisory board of BAX. She is a recent graduate from the MFA program
at the University Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She also maintains a private
practice in Zero Balancing and other healing modalities.

“Mahler, a noted teacher, views dance training as a voyage of self-
discovery. Barbara Mahler roots her choreography in distillation, as
if she aims to extract the essence of her ideas, making them calmer
and purer. The image is that of a seesaw in perfect, unwavering
equilibrium, a woman at ease in control.”(Village Voice 2007)

All pictures by Jule Lemberger ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

www.barbaramahler.net
Fee: 150 EUR
schwelle7 members: 100 EUR

registration:
xs4jan (at) gmx.de

SLEEPING: We can host workshop participants in our Guestrooms or in special sleeping cocoons in the studio. Prices start at 10 EUR a night per person.
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