Follow along with real, unscripted improvisations filmed during a Bartenieff Fundamentals class. It may reveal what your body naturally wants to do when you're not in your head planning every move.

Body Part Initiation and Waiting are designed as generative constraints—limitations that actually spark creativity. Feel how working within boundaries opens up new possibilities.

You may start noticing patterns and choices you habitually make. This reflective process builds your improvisational intuition and creative confidence.

What's inside your download

You'll receive two short videos—each about three minutes—featuring real-time guidance from Alexandra as she dances through Body Part Initiation and Waiting. These aren't polished performances or staged demonstrations. They're authentic explorations filmed in a genuine Bartenieff Fundamentals class setting. Simply clear a little space, press play, and move with what you see. The beauty of these prompts is in their simplicity: constraint becomes your creative partner, helping you discover movements and ideas you wouldn't have accessed through traditional thinking. Perfect for artists, creators, and performers looking for a fresh entry point into improvisation.

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.

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