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What are Bartenieff Fundamentals?

  • Bartenieff Fundamentals are a set of exercises and principles developed by Irmgard Bartenieff
  • The purpose is for corrective body movements and patterns
  • The methods and concept are designed by kinesiological functioning
  • The principles are based on Rudolf Laban’s movement theories of physiological functions of the human body

Irmgard Bartenieff

Bartenieff Concepts

Bartenieff Fundamentals

There are many varieties and versions of Bartenieff Fundamentals.

  • Inmgard Bartenieff is a physical therapist, choreographer, dance theorist, and dance therapist
  • Bartenieff developed her method in 1940
  • She studied with Rudolph Laban in Germany in 1925

Some examples include:

  • Dynamic Alignment
  • Breath Support
  • Core Support
  • Rotary Factor
  • Initiation and Sequencing
  • Spatial Intent
  • Center of Weight/Weight Transference
  • Effort Intent
  • Developmental Patterning

Another example of a Bartenieff Fundamental is the Knee Drop

Created By Mary Vo

Basic 6

Another Bartenieff body connectivity concept are the Basic 6.

  • Breath Preparation
  • Rocking Preparation
  • Thigh Lift (Hip Flexion)
  • Pelvic Forward Shift
  • Pelvic Lateral Shift
  • Body Half
  • Diagonal Knee Reach (‘Knee Drop’)
  • Arm Circles & Diagonal Sit - Up

The Basic 6 is a group of movement sequences.

Breath Preparation

Pelvic Lateral Shift

Purpose: Breath to find your core

Purpose

  • “Movement rides on the flow of the breath”. Be aware of “subtle inner shape changes in the cavities (mouth, chest, abdomen) . . . and fine gradations . . . that occur in different configurations of limbs . . . [and] subtleties in phrasing.” - (Bartenieff & Lewis, 1980, p. 232)
  • Finding a breathing pattern to recuperate
  • To find an internal state, proprioceptive self, and internal core

To transfer of weight laterally using the pelvic floor and hamstrings without any moving the hip

Action

  • Inhaling & Concaving Lungs - inflating muscle pressure
  • Exhaling & Convexing Lungs - deflating muscle pressure

Action

Sounds

  • Vowels
  • Base of Skull: "iiih" sound
  • Cervical & Thoracic Regions: "eeh" sound
  • Thoracic Vertebrae: "aah" sound
  • Lumbar Vertebrae: "oh" sound
  • Sacrum & Coccyx Region: "ooooo" sound

Body Half

Rocking Preparation

Purpose:

To develop an awareness of the vertical mid-line of the body

Purpose

"To bring awareness and encouragement to movement relationships amongst heels, pelvis, spine, and head"

Initiation areas in relationship to the core

Action

The action is a gentle and light rocking motion

The legs can be bent or straight with the heels on floor

The movement can be initiated from the heels connected to the pelvic floor & sit bones, or the core

Initiation

An example of the Rocking Preparation is

displayed at 0:45

Diagonal Knee Reach

Thigh Lift (Hip Flexion)

Purpose

To find an awareness of the pelvic floor connection to the limbs as the lower-body is twisting against upper-body

Purpose: To moblize the hips efficiently by utlizing the iliopsoas, hip flexors. It is to also create a awareness of a pelvic tilt and a folding during hip flexion

Action

This action is intiated by utlitizing the core, breath, and iliopsoas

Initiation:

Pelvic Forward Shift

Arm Circles & Diagonal Sit Up

Purpose

Purpose:

  • To find a connection between the heels and the sit bones
  • To find a forward and backward transfer of body weight

Action:

To develop an 3- dimensional awareness of the shoulder joint rotation in relationship to the head, eyes, and sternum. To create a relationship between the "arm-shoulder-scapula-latissimus" connection to lower body

An example of the Arm Circles movement

is displayed at 9:41

An example of the Pelvic Forward Shift is

displayed at 3:28

Whole Body

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