Irmgard Bartenieff

Irmgard Bartenieff was a dance theorist, dancer, choreographer, physical therapist, and a leading pioneer of dance therapy. A student of Rudolf Laban, she pursued cross-cultural dance analysis, and generated a new vision of possibilities for human movement and movement training. From her experiences applying Laban’s concepts of dynamism, three-dimensional movement and mobilization to the rehabilitation of people affected by polio in the 1940s, she went on to develop her own set of movement methods and exercises, known as Bartenieff Fundamentals.

24 February 1900

Born on the same birth day (24 February): Cherubino Alberti • Corey Graves • Gillian Flynn • Phil Knight • Renata Scotto • Vladimir Bartol

Born in the same month (February 1900): Adlai Stevenson II • Barbara von Annenkoff • Ellen Broe • Fritz Wiessner • Halina Konopacka • Hans-Georg Gadamer • Jacques Prévert • Jeanne Aubert • Jessica Dragonette • Jōsei Toda • Luis Buñuel • Mabel Mercer • Roger J. Traynor • Ruth Clifford • Willie Kamm