Kestenberg Movement Profile Strut

by Mary K. Armstrong

produced by KeeneOnline.com

Mary Armstrong The KMP Strut was created while I was a student in the Dance Movement Therapy and Counseling Program at Antioch University New England (AUNE), in Keene, NH. It was originally conceived as an idea for the program's annual dance concert at AUNE. I wanted to create some sort of performance art based on my course work. I thought the ideal subject would be the Kestenberg Movement Profile (KMP), after having taken two courses on Psychomotor Assessment taught by Susan Loman, an international expert in the KMP. I wanted to convey the movement patterns and theory, but package it in a fun, entertaining way. I chose a rap-style presentation to give it a sassy attitude.

The Kestenberg Movement Profile (KMP) is a complex tool for notating, categorizing, assessing, and interpreting not just movement, but non-verbal behavior.

The KMP Strut is broken into four sections: Tension Flow Rhythms and Attributes, Pre-Efforts and Efforts, Bipolar and Unipolar Shape Flow, and Shaping in Directions and Planes. The KMP Strut package includes a DVD, CD, and a booklet that contains the words, along with additional information. The KMP Strut package will be a helpful education tool for both students and professors. It demonstrates all the movement patterns in a very understandable way.

Here is a short sample of the KMP Strut (WMV 2837K)

Special Thanks
My thanks go to Susan Loman, Director of the DMT program at Antioch University New England, as well as to the Child Development Research (CDR) organization. Susan helped arrange for CDR to provide funding to have the KMP Strut professionally recorded. Child Development Research is the parent organization that focuses on movement studies, as well as studies on the effect of the holocaust on second and third generations.

How to purchase a copy of the KMP Strut
Cost per package (in US Currency) is $20.00, plus shipping. Shipping in US is $3.50; outside US is $6.00. If paying via PayPal ®, please send me an email, at KMPStrut@myfairpoint.net, with your shipping address.

If paying by check or money order, please send name, email address, shipping address, and payment to:
Mary K. Armstrong
PO Box 56
Harrisville, NH 03450 USA

For questions, please contact Mary K. Armstrong at KMPStrut@myfairpoint.net

Last Updated: 8/20/10