Klein Technique™
Stretch and Placement Classes
at Siobhan Davies Studios – Autumn 2021

Free Taster Class, 7 September
+
14-week course, 14 September-14 December

From 1 September 2021, there will be changes to the precautions put in place by Siobhan Davies Studios in order to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Participants will still be required to book in advance for the classes and Siobhan Davies Studios will be maintaining a studio users tracking system as per government guidance; name and contact details will be kept for 21 days.

On the other hand, the limit of attendees per class during this term will be increased to a maximum capacity of 11. The class will be based on slow and self-contained exercises which don’t move excessively through space. The class will be delivered mainly verbally. However, tactile cueing and feedback may be offered. Explicit consent will be sought at the beginning of each class and individual preferences will be respected. Attendees should bring their own mats and pillows/padding (if you have any questions about this email A de la Fe: adelafe@kleintechnique.com)

We will continue to remind people not to attend class if feeling unwell or experiencing any symptoms of Covid-19. Check your symptoms with NHS 111 Online.

To read Siobhan Davies Studios updated measures to continue to control the spread of Covid-19 go to https://www.siobhandavies.com/news/covid/ or download the studios' full risk assessment by clicking here.

TIME

Every Tuesday Evening, 6:30-8:15 pm (studio available from 6:15 pm).

PRICE

Taster class on Tuesday 7 September:
Free
This class will be a free trial class and part of Siobhan Davies Studios' September Housewarming. The class is open to all levels. You can book this first session via Siobhan Davies Studios' booking system.

Full course (14 weeks), 14 September-14 December:
£170 / £140 concessions 
Tickets are on sale.

Half courses (7 weeks), either 14 September-26 October or 2 November-14 December:
£96 / £82 concessions 
Tickets are on sale.

Single classes, from 14 September:
£15 / 13 concessions.
Tickets will be on sale from Wednesday 8 September 2021.

ALL LEVELS WELCOME 

For questions about Klein Technique™ and about these classes, please email adelafe@kleintechnique.com

CLASS DESCRIPTION

Klein Technique™ is a process-based system of work through which the body is analysed and understood in order to improve and to further movement potential, decrease and heal injuries. The technique was developed by Susan Klein in the early ’80s and has been studied and used by an entire generation of dancers and choreographers, including Trisha Brown, Sasha Waltz and members of their companies. Susan Klein, along with the certified teachers and those working to become certified, is always looking at the body in stillness and in motion to create new ways to explore it and to amplify its capacity to create greater efficiency and therefore to greater ease of movement and expanded movement choices. In the Stretch and Placement classes, we will work slowly, thoughtfully and deliberately; we will work in order to find and improve the body’s connections on the level of the bone; and we will learn to use the deep muscles of postural support (the psoas, the hamstrings, the external hip rotators and the pelvic floor) to integrate our bodies and improve our dynamic posture thus finding more effective ways of moving, dancing and choreographing. “The purpose of Klein Technique™ is education, not on the superficial level of mimicking form, but on a profoundly deep level of understanding the full use of the body as an integral whole to maximize full function of each individual’s unique movement potential. Working from the bones allows one to work from their unique identity, to dance and choreograph from their unique essential self.” (Susan Klein, 2018) The best way to understand what is Klein Technique™ is to experience it first hand. If you’d like to read more about it you can check what Susan Klein says about the technique at the Klein Technique™ website.

TEACHER: A DE LA FE 

A is a London-based choreographer and performer with a background in physiotherapy and Pilates. They took their first Klein Technique™ workshop with Susan Klein in 2010 and since then they have studied regularly with her. A joined the fourth Klein Technique™ Teacher Certification Program in March 2016, taking place between New York and Europe, and in June 2019 they became certified as a Klein Technique™ teacher. A has been influenced by this work since their first encounter with it. They have applied the concepts and principles of Klein Technique™ to their own practice and to teaching dance. Since the summer of 2018, A has been teaching regularly Stretch and Placement classes in London.