Laban/Bartenieff Roundtable Discussion
free
Last MOnday of the Month
12PM EST
(JOIN Alexandra at 11 AM EST for Bartenieff Fundamentals)
Virtual
facilitated by Alexandra Beller
About :
This monthly discussion group is for anyone studying or using Laban and Bartenieff in their professional or creative life. Come with questions, debates, suggestions, revelations, and requests! Facilitated by Director/Choreographer/Teacher/Coach Alexandra Beller (MFA, CMA) as an interactive component of her comprehensive LBMA course, "The Anatomy of Choice," this discussion group is FREE and open to the public, regardless of your participation in the course. Applications to Theater, Dance, Therapeutics, Healing, pedagogy, Somatics, Creative Process, and Social Justice will be engaged. Based on the requests and needs of each month's attendees, there may be quick activities or exercises, and participants are welcome to request assignments, exercises, and study material to support their personal use and approach to LBMA. It is a meeting that will include Q and A, open discussion, possible creative activities, and more. There will not be pre-determined content or agendas, but rather, will be responsive to the group's immediate needs and requests.
About Alexandra:
Alexandra choreographed “Sense and Sensibility” (Sheen Center, Judson Gym, Folger Shakespeare Library, American Repertory Theater, Portland Center Stage), (Helen Hayes Award, Lortel Nomination, IRNE Best Choreography), the Off Broadway musical, “The Mad Ones” (59E59), Bedlam’s “Peter Pan” (Duke Theater), “Two Gentlemen of Verona” (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival), “As You Like It” (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Folger Shakespeare Library), “How to transcend a happy marriage” by Sarah Ruhl (Lincoln Center Theater), “Pride and Prejudice (Dorset Theater Festival, Actor’s Shakespeare Project), “Antonio’s Song” (CATF, Milwaukee Rep, Goodman), “Fandango for Butterflies (and Coyotes)” (La MaMa/La Jolla/touring), Directing/Choreographing “Make Thick My Blood,” a two-person adaptation of Macbeth (Theater Row), and A Midsummer NIght’s Dream (Folger Shakespeare Library at The National Building Museum, DC).
Her international performance career includes 7 years with the Bill. T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, projects with Martha Clarke, John Turturro, and others. Alexandra Beller/Dances formed in 2001 and she has created over 40 original Dance Theater works, for her own and other companies. Her choreography has been presented at theaters throughout the US and in Korea, Hong Kong, Oslo, Cyprus, St. Petersburg, and Poland.
Alexandra holds a BFA/Dance (University of MI), MFA/Dance (University of WI at Milwaukee), and CMA (Certified Movement Analyst) in Laban Movement Analysis/Bartenieff Fundamentals (LIMS). She is on faculty at Princeton University, Rutgers University, and The Laban/Bartenieff Institute for Movement Studies, and guest teaches nationally and internationally. Upcoming projects include “Let The Right One In” at Boston University with Actor’s Shakespeare Project, “Antonio’s Song” at The Goodman (Chicago), a workshop of “Perfect World” (Director: Karen Carpenter), and a devised adaptation of “Waiting for Godot” (Alexandra Beller/Dances). She lives in Brooklyn with her partner and two kids, is writing a book, studying guitar and is currently training in Intimacy Direction with TIE.