Ways to Begin / Skinner Releasing Weekend Workshop September 5-7 & 19-21 Introductory Classes 1-6,

These workshops are a series of the full introductory cycle of this progressive pedagogy of Joan Skinner, founder of Skinner Releasing Technique.

I’m forming a small group of max 10 participants. The cycle will begin with two weekends in September. Please send an e-mail with a note about you and what brings you to this workshop. kneadedpractices@icloud.com

Skinner Releasing Technique (SRT) is a somatic practice and a pedagogical approach to movement developed in the late 1960s in the United States by dancer and educator Joan Skinner. At the crossroads of dance, improvisation, and guided imagery, SRT invites the release of unnecessary tension and the discovery of new ways of moving with ease, awareness, and creativity. It supports a shift from constrained voluntary control toward a state where movement arises almost on its own—often with more clarity, power, and subtlety.

PARTICIPANTS

For professional dancers, improvisers, and anyone curious about the relationship between movement and imagination, regardless of physical condition, age, or experience level. These series aims to build a regular practice spread over an arc time of 4 months, working with a core group to grow together through the rich and concise pedagogy of SRT.

PRACTICAL INFOS

SEPTEMBER CYCLE WEEKEND 1 (5-7 September)

• 2 weekends

• Dates

  5-7 & 19-21 September

• Each weekend 9 hours / 3 days

• Times

  Friday : 18h-21h
  Saturday : 10h-13h
  Sunday : 10h-13h

• ​Fee : 200 € for both weekends

• Attending only the first weekend: 110 €

• The first two weekends will take place at PIP Studio / Flutgraben

• ​Registration via e-mail kneadedpractices@icloud.com

FOLLOWING WEEKENDS COVERING FULL INTRODUCTORY CYCLE OF SRT

7-9 November (Classes 7, 8, 9)

28-30 November (Classes 10, 11, 12)

12-14 December (Classes 13, 14, 15)

FACILITATOR

AYŞE ORHON

A dancer and choreographer based in Berlin. She graduated from Artez (HKA) in 2001 and completed a Master’s degree in choreography in Amsterdam (AHK) in 2013. As a performer, she has danced with Aydın Teker, Emmanuelle Huynh, DD Dorvillier, Eszter Salamon, Deborah Hay, Hermann Heisig, Jule Flierl, among others. As a choreographer and dancer, she collaborates with choreographers in Berlin (including Litó Walkey, Christina Ciupke, and Begüm Erciyas). As a creator, Orhon has presented her work in various festivals across Europe. She is a certified Pilates teacher (Stott/Merrithew, 2004), Shiatsu practitioner (European Shiatsu Institute, Berlin, 2022), and certified in Skinner Releasing Technique™ (Skinner Releasing Institute, 2024). Her practice moves between the somatic and the artistic—in other words, between the kinesthetic and the aesthetic.

ADDITIONAL INFOS

• Come with your comfy clothes to move in and out of the floor

• Wear layers and/or come with a small blanket to lie on

• Bring your material to write and draw (different paper&colors) for the end of each session

• The classes start on time, you are welcomed to be in the space before

• Remember bringing your water bottle

• There is no recording/photographing/witnessing of the SRT Classes, creating a space for free discovery

*The workshop will be held in English, in its original language.

And check this out for a wonderful interview of Bettina Neuhaus with Joan Skinner