Susan Klein & Ted Johnson

Teaches at Susan Klein School of Movement and Dance

Susan Klein has been developing and teaching Klein Technique™ since 1972, teaching in daily classes New York City at her studio The Susan Klein School of Movement and Dance. Since 1989 she has been traveling throughout the world teaching intensive workshops in Klein Technique™. Klein Technique™ is a result of a serious knee injury and developed out of Susan’s personal journey to get well. It serves as a way for people to work through their individual injuries, to understand and improve the workings of their bodies, to heal themselves and become better dancers. Susan has a private practice as a Movement Therapist, Certified Zero Balancer, Senior Zero Balancing Teacher, and Traditional 5 Element Worsley Style Acupuncturist, L.Ac., B.Ac.(UK), M.Ac.(USA), Dipl. Ac.(NCCAOM).

Ted Johnson began his performance career in New York dancing for Douglas Nielsen, Laurie DeVito, Sarah Pogostin and David Alan Harris. He became a member of Ralph Lemon Company, and then Bebe Miller Company. Joining the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange in 2001, he performed in numerous works over a span of 17 years, most recently in the critically acclaimed “Healing Wars.” He also performed in the Off-Broadway sensation, “Sleep No More,” by British theater company Punchdrunk, for over 2 years.

He has worked in collaborative improvisational performance with Kirstie Simson and Gabriel Forestieri, and taught Contact Improvisation at Movement Research and NYU.

Ted began his studies in Klein Technique™ in 1990 and it has had a profound influence on his body and approach to understanding and enjoying movement. He was Certified as a Klein Technique™ Teacher in 2018 and is now teaching on-going weekly classes at the Susan Klein School of Movement and Dance.