Join Mary Ann Brehm and the Mettler-based Dance Improvisation community for a weekend residential retreat at the Windhover Center for the Performing Arts in Rockport, Mass Sept 11-13!

Sponsored by Mettler Studios, the workshop is designed for anyone wanting an intensive experience of dance as a creative art experience.

Participants will explore individual and group dance improvisation studies based on principles of dance developed by somatic dance pioneer, Barbara Mettler.

Participants with all levels of experience are welcome.

About Barbara Mettler (1907-2002) and her approach to dance.

Barbara Mettler’s work explored the roots of movement expression to make dance available to everyone. She used improvisation to awaken creativity and engage the whole person.

Balancing freedom and artistic discipline, she brought her students to the level of craftsmanship necessary to create satisfying improvised individual and group dances.

One of Mettler’s greatest discoveries was an approach for having groups-even very large groups-improvise freely together.

Mettler’s teaching was known for its clarity. She used carefully selected progressions of creative problems to lead people ever deeper into dance experiences.

This is an affordable residential workshop with accommodations on-site at Windhover.

This fee includes both tuition and overnight accommodations and daytime use of Windhover.