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Time Marches …..

In the late 1970’s ” release” classes began popping up south of Houston Street  to just below Chambers Street in small and not so small live/work loft spaces. There are sooo few, if any, left in Manhattan.  110 Chambers Street … 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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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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Somatic basis for choreography?

Rebecca Blair Hillerby, a dance graduate student attending Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona recently asked  me a question in regards to my choreographic process and how it is impacted by implementing somatic principles.   This “conversation” will explore several … Continue reading

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