Making Connections: Total Body Integration Through Bartenieff Fundamentals

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Making Connections Total Body Integration Through Bartenieff Fundamentals by Peggy Hackey (2020)
	Book Cover
	Half-Title
	Title
	Copyright
	Contents
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	CHAPTER 1 Personal Memories of Irmgard Bartenieff
		Notes
	CHAPTER 2 What Is Fundamental?
		Patterning Body Connections
		Relationship
		Change
		What Is Fundamental?
		Notes
	CHAPTER 3 Why Return to Fundamental Patterns?
		Returning To Early Patterns To Address Weak Or Underdeveloped Foundations For Movement
		The Process Of Change—Some Possible Steps
		Steps In The Change Process
		Returning To Fundamental Patterns To Facilitate Skill Development For Technical Virtuosity
		Returning To Fundamental Patterns To Facilitate Personal Creativity And Artistry
		Notes
	CHAPTER 4 What Is Bartenieff Fundamentals? What Is Its Goal? What Is Core to Approaching This Study?
		What Is Bartenieff Fundamentals?
			“…an approach to basic body training….”
			“…patterning the body according to principles of efficient movement functioning”
			“…within a context that encourages personal expression and full psychophysical involvement”
		What Is Our Goal?
		What is Core in Approaching the Study of Fundamentals?
		Notes
	CHAPTER 5 What Are Principles of Bartenieff Fundamentals?
		Principles Of Bartenieff Fundamentals
			A shortened list of reminders for the 12 Principles of Fundamentals
		Notes
	CHAPTER 6 Breath
		Tuning-In To Your Breathing
			Some Situations When You Might Want To Take Time To Tune-In To Your Breath:
		Approach To Movement Exploration
			Movement Exploration
			Movement Explorations With A Partner
			Empathy
			Group Movement Exploration
		Approach To Medical/Scientific Information
			Cellular Breathing Within The Lungs:
			Cellular Breathing Throughout The Body:
			Upper-Lower Connectivity In Relation To Lung Respiration:
			Movement Exploration—A Spatial Approach To Breath
		Notes
	CHAPTER 7 Core-Distal Connectivity
		Connectedness: Finding Core to Distal Relationships
			Movement Exploration
			Partner Work with Core-Distal
		Core Support
		Nourishing Your Core
			Activating Your Internal Muscular Core
		Movement Experience
			Locating Spatial Support
			Finding Core Purpose
		Implications Of Core-Distal Connectivity
		Notes
	CHAPTER 8 Head-Tail Connectivity
		Head-Tail Relationship
			Movement Exploration With A Partner
			Head-Tail Movement Exploration
			Using Head-Tail Connectivity To Address Life Issues
			Full Spinal Mobility versus Holding Tension
		Yield & Push Patterns And Reach & Pull Patterns
			Movement Exploration
			Head-Tail Yield & Push Patterns
			Head-Tail Reach & Pull Patterns
			Dynamic Alignment
			Head Is Different From Neck
			Imagery Exploration—Dynamic Alignment
			Still Evolving To Vertical?
			A Bit More Information On The Spine
		Implications Of Head-Tail Connectivity
		Notes
	CHAPTER 9 Upper-Lower Connectivity
		Homologous Movement
			Yield & Push Patterns and Reach & Pull Patterns
			Movement Exploration: Yield & Push Patterns
			Movement Exploration: Reach & Pull Patterns
			Effective Patterning: Phrasing YIELD & PUSH to REACH & PULL
			Ineffective Patterning
			Using These Patterns in Your Life
		Your Lower Body
			Movement Exploration
			Femoral Flexion and Extension
			Flexion: Importance of Iliopsoas
			Role of the Abdominals and Back Extensors
			Effective/Ineffective Flexion
			The Issue of Hip-Hiking
			Use of the lliopsoas in Walking (Weight Shift)
			Movement Exploration
			Extension: Importance of the Hamstrings
			“Centered” Standing
			Movement Exploration
			Importance of the Adductors in Centering
		Sagittal Weight Shift
			Movement Exploration
		Lateral Weight Shift
			Movement Exploration
			The Rotary Component
			Movement Exploration: Rotation
		Your Upper Body
			Upper Body Areas which May Need Enlivening
			Activating the Upper Body
			Upper Body Mobility-Stability Is Facilitated By:
			Movement Exploration
			Movement Exploration
			Movement Exploration
			Movement Exploration
			Inner Characters—Upper-Lower
			Movement Exploration
		Implications Of Upper-Lower Connectivity
		Notes
	CHAPTER 10 Body-Half Connectivity
		Body-Half Using Color
			Movement Exploration
		Kinetic Chains
		Inner Characters—Body-Half
		Movement And Drawing—Body-Half
		Polarities
			Movement Exploration
		Implications Of Body-Half Connectivity
		Notes
	CHAPTER 11 Cross-Lateral Connectivity
		Notes
	CHAPTER 12 Integration
		Integration—Parts Functioning Cooperatively to Create an Interrelated Whole
		Integration—Remembering What Matters and Asking Again, “What Matters?”
		Polarities
		Integration—Moving Beyond Polarities to Embrace the Whole
		Polarities in the Realm of Movement
		Inner-Outer
		More Polarities
		Active Exploration: Moving Beyond Polarity
		Mobile-Stable
		Function-Expression
		Examples of Non-Integral Approaches
		Integration—Parts-Whole and Phrasing
		Integration in Body Patterning
		Fundamentals—An Integral Approach
		Notes
	APPENDIX A: A Brief Overview of the Framework of Laban Movement Analysis
		Body
			Sequencing of Movement through the Body
		Effort
		Shape
		Basic Forms/Shapes
		Shape Flow Support
		Modes of Shape Change
		Shape Qualities
		Space
		Phrasing
		Relationships
		Notes
	APPENDIX B: Concepts Used in Fundamentals
		Here Are A Few Concepts
		Notes
	REFERENCES and RELATED MATERIALS
	Index