Free Resources
Alexandra Beller/Dances is committed to working toward greater access to studying with us, for those who find our offerings supportive. We aim to be a soft landing place for creators and movers to support their artistic growth, emotional and physical well-being, and offer a space where everyone is welcome to make, be, observe, invest, dismantle, interrogate, and share in artistic communion. Below you will find a sampling of free resources that represent a range of our offerings. Please feel free to reach out to matthewabdances@gmail.com about scholarships or payment plans as well.
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FREE Live Events
FREE Laban/Bartenieff Roundtable Discussion
A one-hour open discussion group to bring LBMA into focus. This is a public forum for anyone interested in discussing Laban and Bartenieff.
COMING SOON: Anatomy of Art Book Clubs
A FREE community-building adventure, using Alexandra’s book as a map. For more about the book, check out the book’s site below.
FREE Digital Downloads
Somatics:
Video: Head-Tail Connectivity
Explore the developmental pattern of head-tail connectivity. Build stability, mobility, and curiosity in your movement
FREE Bartenieff
Fundamentals Class
A 50-minute floor-based movement class to do at home or in the studio.
2 Free 10-minute audio meditations
Gentle, floor-based guided meditation to bring you back to body.
pedagogy:
Classes, tutorials, essays, and more to get a feel for our practices.
2 FREE
Laban Tutorials
Exploring Awake State
Learning the Diagonal Scale
creative process:
Inspiration, an essay
An excerpt from "The Anatomy of Art” about how inspiration bridges the conscious and unconscious and is something we are in relationship with, not waiting for.
5 prompts challenge spontaneous problem solving and unfettered creation.
performance and expression:
FREE Video: Exploring Kinesphere
Near, Middle, and Far Reach Kinesphere. Sharpen attention and dynamics in dance and theater
2 FREE Movement Improvisation Prompts
Two videos to guide you through a very short exploratory improvisation