TaKeTiNa: The Origins

TaKeTiNa Rhythm Method originated from asking the question of how those no longer “in touch with rhythm” could learn and experience it authentically and effectively. TaKeTiNa was first developed in 1970 by Austrian musician and composer Reinhard Flatischler. Today, it is used throughout the world in university music departments, clinics, in therapeutic practices, in drama schools, in pain therapy, and in management.

The Seventies

• First TaKeTiNa workshops took place in India with well known musicians and music therapists
• TaKeTiNa presentation during the Pan Music Festival in Seoul, Korea; TaKeTiNa added to the curriculum of the Seoul Drama Center

The Eighties

• TaKeTiNa events during the “Festwochen Vienna,” the Horizonte Festival, and the Jazzfest Berlin
• Workshops in Asia, Latin America, and Europe
• Beginning of the first European TaKeTiNa Rhythm teacher training in cooperation with Dr. Wolf Buntig and Heidrun Hoffmann
• Publication of the first TaKeTiNa book, "The Forgotten Power of Rhythm" (Synthesis Verlag)
• TaKeTiNa used in therapy workshops at the Lindau Therapy Conference and at a conference of the European Association for Body Psychotherapy
• Reinhard Flatischler is asked to join the scientific committee of the International Society for Music in Medicine. Lectures and presentations during conferences in Los Angeles and San Antonio. Beginning of research project with Dr. Köppchen
• Regular workshops and performances in the US

The Nineties

• Cornelia Flatischler joins the TaKeTiNa project and further develops the process
• Joint workshops and performances in New York, San Francisco, and Toronto, as well as in Australia and Europe
• Release of the second TaKeTiNa book (Synthesis)
• Workshop and performance at the Conference for Humanistic Medicine in Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany
• "The Power of Chaos in Nature and Music," a joint lecture with chaos theoretician Dr. Heinz-Otto Peitgen
• Initiation of the TaKeTiNa Pain Therapy Project in Göppingen in cooperation with Dr. Gerhard Müller-Schwefe and the German Pain Association (DGS)
• Continuing education units instituted for certified TaKeTiNa teachers in advanced training courses
• Foundation of the TaKeTiNa Institute for rhythm education and rhythm research

2000 to the present

• Beginning of regular cooperation with universities - the University of Music and the Performing Arts in Vienna as well as Universidade Anhembi Morumbi in São Paolo, Portland State University, and others
• Beginning of TaKeTiNa management training and coaching for companies such as BMW, Daimler, Beiersdorf, Supercomputing Systems AG, and others
• Regular workshops and concerts in Europe, the US, and Australia
• English language TaKeTiNa teacher training courses in Portland, Oregon – over 60 certified TaKeTiNa teachers now work in the US and Australia
• TaKeTiNa seminars with musically gifted students in cooperation with the Karajan Institute in Salzburg
• Release of the award-winning third TaKeTiNa book, "Rhythm for Evolution" (Schott)
• Creation of the TaKeTiNa Institute in Vienna, which includes studio and research facilities
• Release of the German language book "Ur-Kraft Rhythmus" ("Rhythm: The primal force") by Reinhard Flatischler and Kirsten Becker (Junfermann)
• TaKeTiNa workshop with the Auckland Choral Society in collaboration with conductor Uwe Grodd.
• Numerous TaKeTiNa rhythm research workshops measuring heart rate variability and EEG take place. For the first time, research results provide scientific evidence for the effects of TaKeTiNa
• First basic TaKeTiNa rhythm teacher training in Australia starts
• Second international senior TaKeTiNa rhythm teacher training is completed
• Building on the success of the TaKeTiNa corporate training sessions with Düsseldorf Stadtwerke, the TaKeTiNa Institute begins a longterm relationship with the personnel management firm of Maximum Personalmanagement GmbH
• Random House publishes Flatischler's fourth book "TaKeTiNa: The Healing Power of Primal Rhythmic Movements"
• The "TaKeTiNa Core" video short, produced at various locations around the globe, goes online