Movement Observation & Pattern Recognition Flashcards
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In Bartenieff Fundamentals, which concept describes the movement connection between breath and active body movement?
Answer: Breath Support
Breath Support in Bartenieff Fundamentals links respiratory patterns to the initiation and quality of whole-body movement.
A CMA observes a pattern where the mover's movement consistently emphasizes the Door Plane (vertical plane). Which activities most typically organize around this plane?
Answer: Rising and sinking, side-to-side gestures
The Door (Vertical) Plane organizes up-down and side-to-side movement, like a door swinging in place.
Which Effort Motion Factor is most associated with a mover's relationship to TIME?
Answer: Time Effort (Sustained vs. Sudden)
The Time Effort Motion Factor reflects the mover's inner attitude toward urgency or deliberateness, manifesting as Sudden or Sustained quality.
In LMA Shape observation, 'Spoke-like' directional movements are best characterized by which description?
Answer: Movement that projects outward along a straight line from the body center
Spoke-like (Arc-like being the contrasting form) directional movement goes straight out from the center like a spoke of a wheel.
When a CMA documents 'Effort Affinities,' what is being identified?
Answer: Effort qualities that naturally support or resonate with each other
Effort Affinities are pairs or clusters of Effort qualities that Laban identified as naturally harmonizing, such as Sustained-Indirect or Sudden-Direct.
A CMA notes that a subject consistently initiates movement from the distal extremities (fingers, toes) rather than from proximal body centers. Which initiation pattern is being observed?
Answer: Distal initiation
Distal initiation means movement begins at the extremities and sequences inward, contrasting with proximal (center-out) initiation patterns.
In observing Shape Flow, which quality pair describes the self-referential growing and shrinking of the body shape?
Answer: Growing and Shrinking
Shape Flow Growing and Shrinking describes the body's self-referential volumetric change, related to breath and comfort-discomfort.