CMA CMA Bartenieff Fundamentals & Developmental Movement 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Bartenieff Fundamentals (BF) were developed primarily to:
- Create a dance notation system
- Facilitate efficient, expressive, and healthy movement by integrating body connectivity (Correct answer)
- Prescribe exercises for athletic performance
- Standardize theatrical movement vocabulary
Correct answer: Facilitate efficient, expressive, and healthy movement by integrating body connectivity
Bartenieff Fundamentals are a set of movement principles and exercises developed by Irmgard Bartenieff to support healthy, integrated, and expressive movement.
Question 2: The principle of 'breath support' in Bartenieff Fundamentals refers to:
- Holding the breath during exertion
- The use of the breath cycle to initiate and support movement (Correct answer)
- Breathing only through the nose
- Counting breaths per minute
Correct answer: The use of the breath cycle to initiate and support movement
Breath support in BF uses the natural inhale-exhale cycle as the foundation for movement initiation, organization, and release.
Question 3: Which of the following is one of the six basic Bartenieff Fundamental exercises?
- Plié
- Thigh lift (Correct answer)
- Forward roll
- Arabesque
Correct answer: Thigh lift
The thigh lift is one of the six classic Bartenieff Fundamental exercises, targeting the hip socket and core-distal connectivity.
Question 4: 'Core-distal' connectivity in Bartenieff Fundamentals describes:
- The connection between feet and hands only
- Simultaneous activation linking the body's core to its extremities (Correct answer)
- The use of only the core muscles without limb involvement
- Isolating the distal limbs from the trunk
Correct answer: Simultaneous activation linking the body's core to its extremities
Core-distal connectivity is the simultaneous, integrated activation linking the body's center (core) with its extremities (distal), like a starfish pattern.
Question 5: In Bartenieff Fundamentals, 'inner-outer' connectivity relates to:
- The relationship between the body's deep intrinsic muscles and its outer surface or movement expression (Correct answer)
- The breathing cycle in and out
- Movement going from the kinesphere inward
- Effort flow from bound to free
Correct answer: The relationship between the body's deep intrinsic muscles and its outer surface or movement expression
Inner-outer connectivity addresses the integration of deep intrinsic muscles with the body's outer layers and external movement expression.
Question 6: Which developmental movement pattern involves the body folding and unfolding around a transverse axis?
- Homologous
- Spinal (Correct answer)
- Contralateral
- Homolateral
Correct answer: Spinal
Spinal patterning involves the body flexing and extending around its longitudinal or transverse axes, like a worm or snake undulating.
CMA CMA Bartenieff Fundamentals & Developmental Movement 1
Bartenieff Fundamentals (BF) were developed primarily to: