Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Notes From a Course in Correctives

Submitted by Mei-Chen Lu -- April 6, 2021.



Five lectures and accompanying movement exercises which constitute an introductory course in correctives given by Irmgard Bartenieff at the Dance Notation Bureau.

The five sessions include:

1. Corrective: Its History and Terminology,

2. The Lower Unit: Initiation from Center of Weight - Locomotion - Change of Level,

3. The Rotary Element in Movement,

4. The Upper Unit: Counterbalance - Exploration - Orientation - Manipulation - Communication, and

5. Breathing.

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