SKINNER RELEASING TECHNIQUE & OPEN SOURCE FORMS
Time: Tuesday 17.30-19.30
Date: October 6-December 8
Location: Alma Söderberg Studio, Bergsgatan 29, Malmö
Teacher: Tuva Hildebrand
In this class series you will experience playful poetic imagery and touch to bring you into presence and dynamic movement. The class atmosphere is gentle, interweaving guided imagery and a few hands-on partner exercises with a variety of musical environments that support and propel us into movement in a comfortable, safe atmosphere. The practice offered is inspired by the somatic dance techniques Skinner Releasing Technique and Open Source Forms.
Through the use of poetic imagery, guided touch, specific movement pathways and movement improvisation we practice letting go of unnecessary tension, discovering new possibilities to express oneself, effortless strength and an unlimited world of creativity.
Besides body-work based touch and poetic images that one embodies through movement, the class includes learning a few specific forms of movement patterns to practice ease, strength and coordination. During a session there is also time for improvisation where one explores and integrates the kinesthetic and verbal information through your own rhythm, pace and physical expression. In the end of a session you process your experience through drawing and writing.
Registration:
You can join a single class but please note that it is a series of classes with a specific progression from first class 6-10 and then class 11-15 that will be offered this fall. It is recommended to go through the progression from beginning until end even though you can also drop-in to class when available.
Cost:
Single class: 250kr
Class 6-10 (Oct 6-Nov 3): 800kr
Class 11-15 (Nov 10-Dec 8): 800kr
All ten classes: 1400kr
You can also pay with a clip card that can be used to any classes hosted by Plattform för Improvisation & Somatik in Malmö.
10 class clip card: 1500kr
5 class clip card: 2000kr
Emslie, M.A., who wrote the book “Skinner Releasing Technique: a movement and dance practice”, describes SRT as “a somatic movement, dance and creative practice with a core underlying principle of releasing blocked energy, held tension, and habitual patterns of body mind.” Open Source Forms is an expansion of SRT by one of J. Skinners apprentices, Stephanie Skura.
“The Skinner Releasing Technique™ (SRT) lets us practice letting go: letting go of stress, letting go of unnecessary holding in our body, letting go of preconceptions about what is supposed to happen, letting go of fear of awkwardness, letting go of the belief that we don’t have the right body for dancing. We let go of habitual holding patterns and habitual ways of thinking in order to let something new happen. Eventually, we find energy and power. We rediscover our natural alignment, improve strength and flexibility, and awaken creativity and spontaneity.”
– More info on the Skinner Releasing Website.
