Alexander Principles into Dancing
clarity and subtlety

The ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE is a means of identifying mental and physical habits that interfere with one's ability to attend to the moment and make choices. Through observation, dialogue and hands-on work, this workshop aims to introduce principles of the Technique and examine common assumptions and their accompanying sensations of such dancerly concerns as strength, support, stability and power. The aim is to open the body and brain to new information and refining the organisation of the performing body and mind.




Trisha Brown Repertory - Set and Reset/Reset

“Set and Reset” (1983), Trisha Brown’s ground-breaking dance is considered one of the most important works of the post-modern genre, and continues to be relevant today. In this workshop, participants will learn the original phrase material of the dance, then improvise with the rigorous choreographic principles that Brown employed when constructing it in1983, experiencing first-hand the inner workings of a masterpiece, testing the soundness of the choreography, and creating a unique version of a section of the piece SET AND RESET/RESET.
This class provides an excellent framework for applying principles of the Alexander Technique to movement, and for refining the organisation of the dancing body.




Trisha Brown Repertory - Glacial Decoy

A workshop for learning the movement aesthetic and choreography of Trisha Brown’s "Glacial Decoy" (1979), the first dance Brown choreographed for the proscenium stage, and one of her most gorgeous works. Emphasis is placed on moving with mindfulness, attention to detail, spatial clarity, performance quality, and dancing with others. This class provides an excellent framework for applying principles of the Alexander Technique to movement, and refining the organisation of the dancing body.



Shelley Senter
Shelley Senter has been involved with experimental and post-modern dance for more than 25years, touring throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and Russia as a performer, choreographer, and teacher. She has been critically recognised and awarded for her distinct approach to movement, both as an independent artist, and as a collaborator/performer with many distinguished artists in the international dance and visual art communities and is an official repetitor of the work of Trisha Brown and Yvonne Rainer. An internationally reknowned teacher of the Alexander Technique, she has been investigating the principles of this technique of the performing body and mind for the past two decades. Her work has been presented in Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Chile, France, Italy, England, Sweden, Greece, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Boulder, Portland, Seattle and Marfa.