Stillness & Space for Dancing - SRT as a doorway into Making Dances

Summer Intensive

Date:

Location: Bern

This 5-day intensive course combines the poetic and integrative method of Skinner Releasing Technique with the compositional work of Instant Composition. It is open to dancers, performers, dance teachers and movement lovers of all levels who have already (some) previous experience in SRT and wish to deepen and expand their technical, compositional and creative skills.


Mornings:
Each morning starts with a SRT class (6-10) of the Introductory series of 2,5 - 3 hours.

Afternoons:
The respective releasing principles will inform the compositional practice in the afternoon where we will create improvised solos, duets and dance pieces in smaller or larger groups.

The main focus will be stillness and space as two fundamental elements of our dancing that can open new layers in how we perceive our movement and read the composition that unfolds.

Becoming aware of our relationship with the ground and tuning into our breathing, we experience volume, weight and buoyancy of our body, and can connect to the ongoing flux of movement and stillness in our inner landscape and in surrounding space.

Stillness and space with their different layers allow us to notice what is already there and to be with it. They invite our imagination to guide our dancing and composing, and foster the performative potential of the intuitive, musical and poetic body in motion.


For whom:
As this week proposes later material of the SRT Introductory Level (from class 6 and onward), participants should have some experience in SRT (e.g. having taken part in the Introduction weekend and the Follow-up workshop in April  2025).
If you would like to participate but you are not sure about your experience or for any other questions, please send an email to info@bettinaneuhaus.com

Schedule: Monday 21 – Friday 25 July 2025, 9:30 – 15:00
Place: akar Studio, Maulbeerstrasse 8, 3011 Bern
Schedule: Mo 21 - Fri 25 July 2025 I 9:30 - 15:00 (including lunch break)
Teaching language: English
Normal price: CHF 450,-
Artists, people with low-income, students: CHF 360,-
Information: read more
Booking: Please send a binding registrations by July 7, 2025 at the latest to: kurse@akardance.ch

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