Presentations, Talks, and Conferences
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July 5-10, 2026
Bartenieff Fundamentals and Laban Movement Analysis Training
Alexandra offers a comprehensive somatic training program designed to support conductors' physical sustainability and expressive development. Daily Bartenieff Fundamentals classes focus on functional, efficient movement for injury prevention and rehabilitation, while Laban-based expressive exercises deepen dynamic range, relational clarity, and gestural specificity. Each conductor receives personalized coaching and a detailed movement assessment examining use of space, focus, stability, weight shift, biomechanics, and expressive dynamics—equipping them with embodied tools for long-term health and artistic growth.
July 30, 2026 2:45 pm
Embodied Meaning: Unlocking Expressive Performance Through Laban Dynamics
Participants will explore how Laban Movement Analysis—specifically expressive dynamics like speed, weight, focus, and spatial intention—generates performance meaning without requiring emotional excavation or personal disclosure. Through guided movement exploration, scene work, and devising tasks, actors and educators will leave with practical tools for expanding expressive range and creating rehearsal environments that are precise, inclusive, and ethically grounded.
August 13-17
Movement Observation + The Art of the Right Correction:
This session will offer a practical, somatically informed system—drawn from Bartenieff's Nine Principles—for quickly identifying why movement isn't landing and crafting corrections that are clear, kind, and effective.
Bartenieff Fundamentals: Embodied Tools for Teachers:
Participants will experience Bartenieff Fundamentals in their own bodies—exploring dynamic alignment, weight shift, initiation, sequencing, and efficient patterning—and learn simple ways to integrate these principles into warm-ups, across-the-floor work, and technique class.
September 25-27, 2026
Teaching on Purpose
Dance educators carry the weight of how they were taught—often without having chosen it. This 90-minute interactive session offers a structured framework for examining how teaching habits form, what they stabilize, and when they may no longer serve. Through guided writing, facilitated discussion, and practical reframing tools, participants will surface assumptions embedded in their pedagogy and develop strategies for making more intentional choices in the moment. Adaptable across K–12, higher education, studio, and community contexts, the session honors diverse bodies, forms, and expertise. Participants leave with concrete language and reflection tools for teaching that is both rigorous and genuinely their own.
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Presentations at LBMS 2025 National Conference
Session Title 1: Embodied Meaning, A Workshop in Expressive Performance Through Effort Theory
Saturday July 19, 2026
Participants explore Laban's Effort Theory through dynamic physical-vocal exercises that reveal how precise manipulation of weight, space, time, and flow transforms character work and enlivens performance, offering practical techniques actors can immediately apply to both stage work and everyday expression.
Session Title 2: Stability/Mobility in Pedagogy, Cultivating Inclusive Teaching through LBMA
Sunday July 20, 2026
Educators apply LBMA's Stability/Mobility framework to reimagine classroom design—exploring through spatial mapping and guided reflection which teaching elements provide grounding and which can flex to support diverse learners.
Presentation at New York State Dance Education Association
Session Title: Composing in Real Time
Saturday January 30, 2026
Participants explore improvisation structures, visual prompts, and compositional tools to create movement studies that are clear, layered, and surprising—functioning as both choreographer and performer in real time. Designed for mixed levels, this accessible session offers practical strategies for generating and refining work through experimentation with pacing, spatial design, and thematic cohesion.
Presentation at NDEO Virtual Dance and Disability Summit
Session Title: Teaching Through Human-Centered Language
Presentation: Saturday March 21, 2026
This movement-based session explores how shifting from outcome-driven language to task-based inquiry—grounded in Bartenieff Fundamentals—creates more inclusive dance pedagogy that honors diverse bodies, abilities, and experiences. Participants experience practical reframing strategies that center action and individual inquiry over idealized standards, supporting autonomous learning without sacrificing rigor.