Alexander Principles into Dancing
clarity and subtlety

We will explore movement via the practice and principles of the Alexander Technique: movement that emphasizes clarity and subtlety. The principles of the Alexander Technique open the body and brain to new information.
Is it possible for “direction” to replace muscular holding as a form of support? What does it mean to leverage from the floor rather than from one's own body? How can we look beyond the “effect” of a given movement to discover it's physical properties that are at play? Questions such as these will be explored through hands-on work, dialogue and experimentation. We will examine common assumptions and their accompanying sensations of such dancerly concerns as strength, support, stability and power. Movement, from the simple to the complex, the composed to the improvised, provides the context for applying the Alexander principles and for refining the organization of the performance body and mind.



Shelley Senter
Shelley Senter has been involved with experimental and post-modern dance for more than 20 years, touring throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and Russia as a performer, choreographer, and teacher. She has been critically recognized for her distinct approach to movement, both as an independent artist, and as a collaborator with many distinguished artists in the New York, West Coast and International dance communities and was a principal dancer with the Trisha Brown Company, whose work she has staged worldwide. An internationally reknowned teacher of the Alexander Technique, she has been written about in various arts and A.T. publications.