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A collection of 21 essays introducing Skinner Releasing Techniue and its application in dance and many other fields of practice.

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Performance art

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Publié par	Triarchy Press
Date de parution	27 septembre 2021
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781913743307
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	3 Mo

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Published in this first edition in 2021 by:
Triarchy Press
Axminster, UK
www.triarchypress.net
This collection Copyright © Triarchy Press Limited, 2021
Individual chapters Copyright © the named author, 2021
All rights reserved.
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including photocopying, electronic, mechanical, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBNs:
Print: 978-1-913743-29-1
ePub: 978-1-913743-30-7
pdf: 978-1-913743-31-4
Cover design and photography: Jonathan William Green
Printed by TJ International, Padstow, Cornwall
This book is dedicated to Joan Skinner
(1924 - 2021)
“Awareness is a Shimmering Presence”
Joan Skinner
In Memory of Robert (Bob) Davidson
(1946 - 2016)
“You feel it. I see it.”
Bob Davidson
Joan Skinner, circa 1950
Editor’s Note
• Throughout the book, Joan Skinner is affectionately referred to as Joan. News of Joan’s death reached us as this book was being prepared to go to press. Although we will now be unable to place a copy of the book in her hands, it seems fitting to leave all references to her throughout the book in the present tense, as she remains for all who knew her a shimmering presence.
• Skinner Releasing Technique is abbreviated to SRT.
• When authors reference the process and practice and its practitioners, the terms are written Releasing and Releasers with a capital R and italicised .
• Words of Joan Skinner appear in italic font, including quotations, components of SRT Introductory and Ongoing Level classes, SRT underlying principles and material from teacher training handouts.
• Because italic font is reserved for Joan’s words, other emphasis in the text is supplied by underlining .
• The components and underlying principles of SRT are described in the glossary.
• Each author’s preference for British or American English with respect to grammar, spelling and punctuation has been respected.
Acknowledgments
First, I would like to thank DRH who wishes not to be named. Your constant support, staggering generosity, endless help and belief in the book are deeply appreciated. Thank you so, so much! To beloved friends: Jonathan William Green (Jonny) loyal friend, collaborator and who very kindly designed the cover of this book; Sally Dean, who when the book was just a thought, enthusiastically nudged me towards making it a reality. You have been a constant source of love and support. Thanks to other dear friends: David Waring, Fran Leaver, Sarah Spies, Bernadine Murray, Prashrabdhi and Stephanie Skura (who was always lightning quick to respond to questions and who so generously shared an abundance of resources, materials and memories of Joan) – kind, generous and precious friends whose messages and presence have kept me going, especially when conditions were not conducive to editing and writing. Your love and good humour are appreciated!
A special thanks to the following people who consistently showed up when I needed them: Sally Metcalf who gave insightful suggestions for the introductory sections of the book. Words cannot express how grateful I am for you sharing with me your depth of knowledge and experience of SRT and the wonderful times you spent with Joan and the Releasing community in Seattle. You were always so generous, positive and encouraging. Jodi Blackburn-Roehl who shared with me details about the SRT Children’s Pedagogy. Theresa Moriarty who assisted me with the glossary and who provided a fluid channel of loving communication between me, Joan and James Knapp. Barry Briggs, who very kindly shared his memories of SRT and details of how the Skinner Releasing Institute came into being. Mary-Clare McKenna who raised pertinent questions that prompted further research. Gaby Agis who introduced SRT to the UK and who some 24 years ago was my first SRT teacher and who encouraged me to go to Seattle to experience an SRT summer intensive that then led me to the Teaching Certification Program. Thanks also for the phone calls, Gaby, and for sharing with me your knowledge and depth of SRT.
An extended thank you must be given to the many people who, from the 1960s onwards, beginning in Illinois, have contributed to the worldwide development of SRT. Huge gratitude to the legion of SRT Veterans who from the 1970s to the mid-1980s were actively involved in Joan’s ongoing development of the pedagogies of SRT.
An enormous thank you to James Knapp for reading the book with Joan and for giving it your blessings. I am especially grateful for your kind words of support and appreciation.
A huge thanks to my father, Bruce Emslie.
Thanks to all authors who have been patient, supportive and responsive and who have worked so very, very hard.
Thank you to Andrew Carey of Triarchy whose huge heart, patience and generosity are astounding. Thank you for your ceaseless words of encouragement, support and for believing in this book. Thank you to all at Triarchy.
Heartfelt thanks are extended to the late Robert (Bob) Davidson (1946-2016) who assisted Joan and who was so active in the SRT community and teaching programmes. He was a wonderful teacher and is referred to throughout this book. In absence there is presence.
Above all, thank you Joan for sharing your practice with all of us.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction – Manny Emslie
How to Disappear Completely – Sally Metcalf
A Non-Linear Approach To Being Alive – Stephanie Skura
Movement, Metaphysics and Imagination – Alex Crowe
Becoming the Dancing – Bettina Neuhaus
Beyond Technique – Polly Hudson
Attending to Details of Difference – Julie Nathanielsz
Manifesting Dance – Lizzy Le Quesne
Principles in Practice – Wilhemeena Isabella Monroe
Small Steps and Occasional Leaps – Julie Ludwick
Half Century of Releasing – Jodi Blackburn-Roehl
Listening into Clarity – Lily Kiara
Dancing Inside Out – Gaby Agis
A Journey towards Poetic Materiality – Sally E. Dean
All These Strings in One Hand – Meaghen Buckley
From a Ripple Comes a Wave – Julia Sasso
Adapting SRT for adults with learning disabilities – Sophie Alder
Mastery and Insignificance – Ruth Gibson
Dancing the World with An Ethical Compass – Manny Emslie
Landscape, Process, Being – Mary-Clare McKenna
Greek Tragedy Meets Skinner Releasing Technique – Lionel Popkin
My Time with Joan – Theresa Moriarty
Glossary
References
Preface
Over the years of regularly teaching SRT to undergraduate and postgraduate students, the wider community and professional dancers and artists, I have been met with eager questions from participants who want to know more about Joan and how she created and developed SRT. Other questions relating to SRT teachers/practitioners in the field and to the ever-expanding dimensions of the practice also arise. Similarly, other SRT teachers report participants being curious and keen to learn as much as they can of the origin and ongoing developments of SRT.
SRT is taught worldwide and there is a steady flow of SRT teachers being certified and going on to share the practice. Given the burgeoning of SRT, it felt right to invite, gather and harness a constellation of voices to articulate and share ways in which SRT is influencing and informing practice(s) and of being in the world.
We are currently facing global issues of separateness, division, difference, displacement and terror. SRT is the antithesis of these issues and ways of being. Through the medium of movement and dancing it emphasises togetherness, integration, unity, wholeness, belonging, empathy and compassion. It seems more than ever that the time is ripe to share SRT with the wider world so that it can reach out to people beyond the realm of a studio.
Joan is now in her 90s. From the inception of this book it has been my intention that it should not only express love and respect for Joan, the person, but also the brilliance of the practice and the pedagogy she created and has generously shared with so many people over the years. Pedagogy is a term that is frequently used by SRT teachers when referring to the 15 structured and progressive SRT Introductory Level classes and the 12 Ongoing classes, both of which consist of core components/activities and underlying principles. The components and principles are described in the glossary of this book. The SRT pedagogy incrementally introduces participants to ever deeper kinaesthetic experiences. As classes progress participants develop greater skill and focus. The classes are designed to help individuals go deeper into practice, while also bringing them to a more centred, holistic alignment.
With gratitude and heartfelt thanks, Joan. From all the SRT teachers and practitioners around the world and those who are yet to discover and experience your practice.
Introduction
Manny Emslie (UK)
My Memories of Joan Skinner
I have very fond memories of being with Joan, firstly when attending Skinner Releasing Technique (SRT) Intensives in Seattle and later when under her tutelage as a trainee teacher of SRT. Petite and delicate in stature yet huge in presence, she always seemed to be dressed from shoulders to toes in a white blouse and ankle-length trousers. Her knee or ankle high opaque stockings were stretched taut between her middle and big toes as they gave way to toe separating flip flops: an idiosyncrasy that gave her an accompanying shush shush sound with a 2/4 rhythm. I often heard her arrival before seeing her. This memory brings a huge smile to my face and fills me with joy.
Her teaching aids often made me, and others, gently laugh and they are so memorable. As I write these words I can still feel the learning: a feather duster with which she would dust along the skin of the back of the neck, base of the skull and sweep vertically, diagonally and horizontally the length and