Klein Technique™ Stretch and Placement

with A de la Fe

Klein Technique™ is a process-based system of work through which the body is analysed and understood in order to further our movement potential, prevent injury, and support recovery. Developed by Susan Klein in the early 1980s, the technique has been studied and utilised by generations of dancer and choreographers, including Trisha Brown, Sasha Waltz and members of their respective companies. Susan Klein, along with certified teachers and those in training, continuously explore the body in stillness and motion to find new ways of expanding its capacity; the goal being greater efficiency, ease of movement, and expanded movement choices.

In the Stretch and Placement classes, we work slowly, thoughtfully, and deliberately. We focus on finding and improving the body’s connections on the level of the bone, learning to use the muscles of deep structural support – the psoas, hamstrings, external hip rotators, and pelvic floor – and integrating their intertwined functions with the rest of the body. This contributes to an enhanced dynamic posture, leading to more effective ways of moving, dancing, and choreographing.

“The purpose of Klein Technique™ is education, not on the superficial level of mimicking form, but on a profoundly deep level of understanding the full use of the body as an integral whole to maximize the function of each individual’s unique movement potential. Working from the bones allows one to work from their unique identity, to dance and choreograph from their unique essential self.” (Susan Klein, 2018)

The best way to understand what Klein Technique™ is is to experience it firsthand. If you’d like to read more about it, you can check what Susan Klein says about the technique on the Klein Technique™ website.

For more info please contact aydelafe@gmail.com.

autumn Timetable

Sunday Stretch and Placement Classes (single sessions)
11 Oct – 8 Nov
2 – 3:45pm

Sunday 27 September 2026
Double session: Klein Technique™ and Breathing
Session 1: 12:00-1:45 pm
Session 2: 2:15-4:00 pm

Sunday, 22 November 2026
Double session: Connecting Floor Exercises with Locomotion
Session 1: 1:30-3:15 pm
Session 2: 3:45-5:30 pm

Prices

Single Session Pre-booked Drop In

£17, general
£14.50, concessions

Double session (27 September or 22 November only)

£30, general
£25, concessions

Block booking

5 sessions block
£76.50, general
£60, concessions

All sessions block
£135, general
£100, concessions

Drop-In classes need to be booked in advance. Bookings for each class will be open up to 5 minutes before each class or session of the day starts.

Blocks are only available for the term you are booking them within. When booking a block of 5 classes, attendance during the term has to be confirmed in advance by contacting aydelafe@gmail.com.

Siobhan Davies Studios is mostly accessible to wheelchair users, with lifts to all floors. There are two accessible parking spaces available on site which can be booked in advance. Blue Badge parking is also available nearby on West Square and Garden Row (for a full map visit the Southwark Council website). Our main door is not power assisted.

Amenities include: 

• Changing facilities* 
• Communal showers* 
• Lockers
• Toilets / wheelchair accessible toilets 
• Kitchen: tea and coffee making, fridge, and microwave (not fully accessible) 

* Our changing facilities and showers are not fully accessible. Our closest publicly available and fully accessible changing facility is at The Castle Centre, a leisure centre 0.3 miles away from the studios. You can find full details of their features here.