Bartanieff Fundamentals

Peggy Hackney 4-28-2012

After a great response to her pre-convention workshop last year, we are welcoming Peggy Hackney back on Saturday to take us deeper into the somatic practice of Bartanieff Fundamentals. Bartanieff Fundamentals is an approach to basic body training that deals with principles of anatomical body function within a context that encourages personal expression and full psychophysical functioning as an integral part of total body mobilization.

Similar to the cat stretch in Hanna Somatic Education, Peggy will teach and lead attendees actively through basic neurological patterns that are at the core of Bartanieff Fundamentals. The workshop will emphasize weight shift and joint activation throughout all planes of movement. This will be an excellent enhancement to your home practice and work with clients.

Peggy Hackney holds a B.A. in Psychology from Duke University, an M.F.A. in Dance from Sarah Lawrence College, and is a Certified Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst, a Registered Somatic Movement Therapist (ISMETA), and has a Certificate in Creative Systems Theory and Integral Leadership from The Institute for Creative Development in Seattle, WA. Peggy studied with and assisted Irmgard Bartenieff for 15 years, and has been in the Laban work for 48 years. Currently, Peggy teaches “Somatics for Performers” and approaches to choreography for UC Berkeley. She teaches the Laban/Bartenieff work in Rome, NYC, Sydney, and Rotterdam with dancers/actors, Yoga/Pilates teachers, and Dance Movement Therapists.

Peggy’s book, Making Connections: Total Body Integration through Bartenieff Fundamentals, is in its third printing, published by Routledge, 2003 (ISBN# 90-5699-7064—to order, call 800-634-7064 or order from Amazon.com.)