Learn how the parts of your body connect and how movement travels through you. Grounded in anatomy and developmental movement patterns, you'll move with integrity and discover why efficiency matters.

Start with gentle, floor-based movements that build mindfulness and anatomical awareness. Progress through sequential sections that build on each other, then close with standing improvisation to carry your discoveries into everyday life.

Whether you're seeking ease in your body, movement efficiency, or genuine recovery, this practice offers information moving through you at a different speed than you're used to. Alexandra returns to this practice herself when everything else feels like noise.

What's inside this 50-minute class

This is a complete Bartenieff Fundamentals class: organic, floor-based movements that honor how your body is built, paired with mindful awareness of how each part connects. The class builds sequentially, with each section setting up the next, so it lands differently when taken whole than in pieces. You'll close with a short standing improvisation to integrate what you've discovered and carry it into your everyday movement. No background in Laban or Bartenieff needed—just clear some floor space, give yourself the full 50 minutes in one sitting, and let your body learn something new.

About Alexandra

Alexandra Beller (MFA, CMA) is a choreographer, director, educator, and former member of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. As Artistic Director of Alexandra Beller/Dances, she has created over 40 dance theater works internationally. Her teaching spans Princeton University, Laban Institute, and numerous higher education programs. In theater, she’s worked Off-Broadway and regionally, with credits including Lincoln Center and A.R.T. Alexandra authored The Anatomy of Art: Unlocking the Creative Process for Theater and Dance.(Bloomsbury) and The Embodied Conductor: A Somatic Approach with Laban and Bartenieff (Oxford University Press, 2027). She currently teaches Bartenieff, Laban, creative process, and choreography at The Laban Institute, Gibney Dance, and through Alexandra Beller/Dances.

Ready to invite more authenticity and freedom to your movement?

Download your free 50-minute Bartenieff Fundamentals class today. Experience how movement travels through your whole body with ease and efficiency. All you need is 50 minutes, a little floor space, and a readiness to listen to yourself.

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