Skinner Releasing Technique
and state of being

Movement practice incorporating principles of the Skinner Releasing technique as well as other related experiential movement strategies, scores, and systems.

The Skinner Releasing Technique (SRT) is a dynamic approach to the cultivation of an articulate, flexible, and integrated physicality and state of being. Although it began as a dance practice, it’s process and aims are relevant to anyone engaged in activities that require articulation, strength, spontaneity, sensitivity, fluidity, stamina, and concentration. SRT is based on principles of economy of movement, multi-directional/multi-dimensional balance, with no assumption of a single fixed center of gravity. With an emphasis on releasing excess tension and tapping into one’s innate strength rather than force, the class includes the use of guided poetic imagery, and tactile and movement studies alone and with a partner. This workshop comprises the first week in the SRT Foundational training.

Interview with DD Dorvillier
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DD Dorvillier
DD Dorvillier is a dancer, choreographer, and teacher. Since 1989 she has created and produced her works in New York City, and more recently on the international circuit. Recent projects: "CPAU", Get Ready!" with Zeena Parkins (2009), "Pièce Sans Paroles" (2010) with Anne Juren and Annie Dorsen, "The Blanket Dance" (2011) with Frédéric Gies and Jefta van Dinther, and "RMW(A) & RMW" with long-time collaborator, dancer/choreographer Jennifer Monson. She recently presented a reprise of her acclaimed "No Change or “freedom is a psycho-kinetic skill”" (2005), and performed in "Parades & Changes, replays" a re-enactment of Anna Halprin’s 1965 work by Anne Collod. Dorvillier has maintained on-going adventures with dancer/choreographers Jennifer Monson, Elizabeth Ward, and Heather Kravas, composer Zeena Parkins, and lighting designer Thomas Dunn. She has worked with: Sarah Michelson, Jennifer Lacey, and Yvonne Meier among many other inspiring artists. She has been a NYFA Choreography Fellow, a Movement Research Artist in Residence, received a New York Dance and Performance Award (Bessie) for "Dressed for Floating" (2002) and as a perfromer in "Parades & Changes, replays" (2010), the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Fellowship (2007), and a Guggenheim Fellowship (2011). In 2008, along with Trajal Harrell, she was artistic mentor of the DanceWeb Europe scholarship programme, hosted by Vienna's ImPulsTanz.