The Power of Ease
Skinner Releasing Technique Introductory Weekend
22-24 May 2026, Berlin
A practice, inviting softness, attention, and transformation, allowing the movement to arise with ease, surprising us with its power and clarity.
This weekend workshop is a time and space to slow down, to listen, and to move from inner images — guided by touch, alignment principles, and imagination. The classes are open to both newcomers and experienced movers who wish to (re)discover the foundations of Skinner Releasing Technique or deepen their practice.
Skinner Releasing Technique is a poetic and experiential approach to creativity. It uses narrated imagery and tactile exercises to awaken the relationship between imagination and sensation in moving and dancing (or in stillness). Subtle layers of perception in the space between physicality (what is) and imagination (what yet to come) begin to form. The technique nurtures our awareness, sensitivity, and freedom in motion. As Joan puts it ‘awareness is the beginning of change’.
Please fill the form below to register (before May 15)
Dates : 22 - 24 May
Classes : 1-4
Place : PIP Studio / Flutgraben, Kreuzberg, Berlin
Price : Full price 180 € ; Early bird 150 € (before May 4)
Places are limited and confirmed upon availability
The workshop language is English
Schedule :
Friday : 18:00-21:00
Saturday : 10:30-13:30, 14:30-17:00
Sunday : 10:30-13:30
Skinner Releasing Technique (SRT) is a somatic practice and a pedagogical approach to movement developed in the late 1960s in the United States by dancer and educator Joan Skinner. At the crossroads of dance, improvisation, and guided imagery, SRT invites the release of unnecessary tension and the discovery of new ways of moving with ease, awareness, and creativity. It supports a shift from constrained voluntary control toward a state where movement arises almost on its own—often with more clarity, power, and subtlety.
FACILITATOR: AYŞE ORHON
My education and practice in dance is cultivated by a variety of dance techniques within Western dance tradition. Since 1997 I am informed by a wide range of somatic practices from Feldenkreis to Authentic Movement, from Body Mind Centering to Alexander to mention a few, including Pilates (fully certified from Merithew/Stott, 2008), Shiatsu (licenced practioner from ESI, 2022) and Skinner Releasing Technique (certified from Skinner Releasing Institute, 2024). I am glad that I’ve started teaching this powerful technique which allows me to grow as a teacher as it allows us to grow together, free, responsible and resilient.
ADDITIONAL INFOS
Come with your comfy clothes to move in and out of the floor
Wear layers and/or come with a small blanket to lie on
Bring your material to write and draw (different paper&colors) for the end of each session
The classes start on time, you are welcomed to be in the space before
Remember bringing your water bottle
There is no recording/photographing/witnessing of the SRT Classes, cultivating a space for free discovery.
Photos: ©Robin Beumier, ©Ayşe Orhon
David Zambrano and Joan Skinner’s candid conversation at ImpulzTanz Vienna, 2005
FOOD FOR THE CURIOUS articles/videos/links