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About BarbaraMahler-Klein Technique/Choreography

Barbara Mahler is a long-standing and active member of the New York City dance community as a choreographer, performer and educator - a master teacher of and contributor to the out reach of Klein Technique™ ( first certified teacher, teaching at the school 1982-2004). She is a Zero Balancing Teacher and Practitioner, and through these mediums of touch, movement, and performance, is involved in the extraordinary and intricate world of the poetry, expressiveness and intricacies of the person and the body- always learning. As a choreographer, she draws upon the intricate and infinite possibilities of the textures of time, space and the (her) body, creating dances that are spare, articulate, emotional," and elegant" (NY Times). Her choreography is consistent with her teaching vision and bodywork: exploring the endless possibilities that the heart can reveal. Barbara has been an on-going faculty member with Movement Research (NYC) since 2004 and was an ongoing guest faculty at the State Theater School in Copenhagen, Denmark 1994-2015. She has traveled extensively through out Europe, and is now approaching her 10th teaching anniversary with HORSE Dance in Taiwan. She has taught at many other studios, colleges, and dance festivals in the greater NY area as well as across the US. She travels abroad and across the United States, Canada and Europe creating, performing and teaching. Barbara is a senior teacher and practitioner of Zero Balancing, a hands on healing modality, maintaining a private practice in movement therapy, and body work.

Thoughts on Klein Technique tm Stretch and Placement

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Teaching, Studying, Being, Learning – Finding center.

Excerpts – “When she Stumbles” – Judson Church as part of Movement Research Presenting Series w Jamie Graham, Alissa Horowitz, Barbara Mahler I teach almost daily, for more years than I would like to say, !  I move daily. I … Continue reading

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BERLIN- ah!

September once again brings me  me back to in Berlin with a large and wonderfully diverse group of movers and shakers!    It will be a fourth time with Felix Rukert and Schwelle 7, and my sixth time teaching in … Continue reading

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Iceland!-September 2012

An amazingly beautiful country,- Iceland. I  found myself there in September teaching at the Arts Academy to a new generation of dancers and choreographers.  I also had the pleasure of working with the modern dance company, and the organization “Danse … Continue reading

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from SOLO w Nany Allison, choreography Barbara Mahler

from SOLO w Nany Allison, choreography Barbara Mahler

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To continue with Daisy Levy’s interview with Barbara………

B:  But, um, I came to Hunter College because they had a particular program for teaching in the inner city, in the inner city schools, ‘cause I grew up in the housing projects [poor audio quality] interested in teaching, in … Continue reading

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Notes from an interview….. collected for a dissertation by Daisy Levy

HERE ARE SOME SCATTERED THOUGHTS TAKEN FROM AN INTERVIEW-WITH DAISY LEVY SUMMER 2011…ENJOY B: And so I started dancing at 21. D: And I started dancing at 19. D: And I was pretty untalented. B: I was very untalented. {Smiling] … Continue reading

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Santiago, Chile

Beautiful work happening in the workshop in Santiago! Deep concentration and a profound respect for the both the teaching and the work, Klein Technique.   A wonderful time for me=warm and generous people. The Andes separate Chile and Argentina, and  … Continue reading

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In Valparaiso, Chile.

Twenty three wonderful students in a workshop held in an old theater.  “..we can never really know what direction life will take, or what changes small movements/actions might cause….We have to surrender to uncertainty, while appreciating its intricate beauty”.  Deepok … Continue reading

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Dance Photos of Past and Present

Photos with  Jamie Chandler, Donna Costello, Cara Heerdt, Laurie Hockman, Alissa Horowitz, Amy Kail, Barbara Mahler, Rebecca Pearl,  Julianna Tilbury and Jessica Winograd Top left photo by M.Mathews, all others Julie Lemberger  

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