Barbara Mahler in "ARRivEd" (2018), photo by Christopher Lucas
Barbara Mahler
As a teacher of Klein Technique and a bodyworker (Zero Balancing), Barbara has been a guest artist at Iceland's National School of the Arts, The National School for Modern Dance in Copenhagen, Denmark almost annually for 20 years. She has also been a guest teacher at Danse Alliensen, both in Stockholm and Gothenburg, and at the School for Circus Arts in Stockholm. She has been a frequent Teacher in Berlin since 2005- Labor Gras, Schwelle, and Tanzfabrik; in Vienna at TQW; London, England at Chisenahle and IDA; Limerick, Ireland with funding support from the University and Mary Nunan; Israel with the company of Yasmeen Godder; and 2016-2022 (2020-2022 online) with HORSE DANCE THEATER in Taipei, Taiwan; and she is part of a series of somatic dance and movement with Marcela Ortiz de Zarate, of Chile, annually since 2016 (2020-2022 via Zoom.) She received her BA from Hunter College under the tutelage of Dorothy Vislocky, and in 2008 she received her MFA from University Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Barbara is a Zero Balancing Senior Faculty (1989) and certified practitioner (1986). Special thanks to her teachers and long-time supporters - Susan Klein, Dr. Fritz Smith, Professor Dorothy Vislocky, Simone Ferro, Valerie Green, Karen Bernard, Jana Feinman, and dear Movement Research. www.barbaramahler.net for online and in-person classes and updates, history, and performances.