WholeMovement is a coterie of the Movement Analysts Laura Cox, Esther Geiger, Cat Maguire, Karen Studd and Alexandra Baybutt who work together to promote the Laban/Bartenieff Movement System (LBMS) globally.
Together, they have built a practice that optimizes human movement through a variety of applications of the System and developed a philosophy that values and contributes to the ongoing development of the theory, practice, and curriculum of LBMS.
WholeMovement offers workshops, trainings, and individual sessions geared toward harmonizing our lived experience. For more about our ISMETAApproved Training Programs, see Events.
You can currently find us coordinating and teaching on programs in Italy, Israel, and China.
It is with deep sorrow that we share the news of Laura Cox’s death (Feb 4, 2025).
The 2025 Dance On GATHERING is an in-person and online event at Dance Exchange celebrating aging with dance, creativity, and connection GATHER – Saturday, May 17 @ 4:00 – 5:15pm EST Dancing Through Generations – The Role of Dancemaking and Performance in Intergenerational Collaboration Session Fee: $15 Join us for an engaging conversation with artists …
Tutorial: Revealing the Meaning of Bodily Expression of Human Counterparts for Robots Using Dance Theory and Human-annotated Benchmark Datasets Cat Maguire will lead a day long tutorial (with Amy LaViers) as part of the Arts and Robotics special track at ICRA (International Conference on Robotics and Automation) in Atlanta, USA, May 23rd, 2025 highlighting motif and …
On December 31st 2024, WholeMovement graduated its first cohort of CWMAs, Certified WholeMovement Analysts, in Rome, Italy (in connection with Choronde Progetto Educativo). Welcome to the international community of Movement Analysts! CWMAS / Certified WholeMovement Analysts and research project titles: Caterina Fava: The role of Movement in my French learning process: How the Laban/Bartenieff Movement …
With deep sadness, we share the news of our colleague Laura Cox’s death (Feb 4, 2025). Laura was one of the original founders of WholeMovement. A complex, multifaceted person interacting in the world in many capacities, Laura was a dancer, a movement educator, LBMS practitioner, Registered Somatic Movement Educator/Therapist (ISMETA), animal lover and an avid …
It doesn’t matter how long ago or how recently! WholeMovement would be grateful for your feedback about our work. As a thank you, we will email you the latest updated LBMS Taxonomy. By submitting your information, you’re giving us permission to use your Testimonial on our website, in social media and any other communications, and …
Karen, Cat and Ali presented online in EUROLAB’s conference, 2024. Thank you, EUROLAB! Above: EUROLAB conference co-organizer Rajyashree Ramesh chairing questions following our presentation. In WM we have been exploring the development, shaping and sharing of the Laban/Bartenieff Movement System (LBMS) Motif. We see Motif is a tool, a practice and a creative process as …
Updating Laban’s Map of Space: further development of the LBMS Space Component Expanding human knowledge and understanding is based in the process of analysis/synthesis. Analysis is based on a process of differentiation leading to development. This occurs at both macro and micro levels of understanding. And is illustrated in the “zooming out”, expanding awareness …
Making the case for designation of the Laban/Bartenieff Movement SYSTEM When I first proposed using the designation of “system” in the label and resulting acronym of LBMS over a decade ago, I encountered an amazing amount of resistance. To a certain extent this came from my arguing that Bartenieff be equally represented, rather than viewed …
Since 2024 WholeMovement programs internationally are ISMETA-Approved Training Programs! WholeMovement programs in movement analysis and somatic studies are now recognised and approved training programs through ISMETA, the International Somatic Movement Educator and Therapy Association. This means our students and graduates join an international community of practitioners adhering to the codes and standards collectively established by …
Making Meaning with Machines: Somatic Strategies, Choreographic Technologies and Notational Abstractions through a Laban/Bartenieff lens (Oct 2023) Amy LaViers and Cat Maguire (WholeMovement) are published with MIT Press! The book is supported by digital resources at makingmeaningwithmachines.com as well as being open source at mitpress.mit.edu under Making Meaning with Machines. MIT Press describes the book: A rigorous primer in …
The 2025 Dance On GATHERING is an in-person and online event at Dance Exchange celebrating aging with dance, creativity, and connection GATHER – Saturday, May 17 @ 4:00 – 5:15pm …
Tutorial: Revealing the Meaning of Bodily Expression of Human Counterparts for Robots Using Dance Theory and Human-annotated Benchmark Datasets Cat Maguire will lead a day long tutorial (with Amy LaViers) …
On December 31st 2024, WholeMovement graduated its first cohort of CWMAs, Certified WholeMovement Analysts, in Rome, Italy (in connection with Choronde Progetto Educativo). Welcome to the international community of Movement …
WholeMovement strives to connect with and offer resources to the movement and somatic communities and beyond. The LBMS work is far-reaching, and both informs and is informed by every facet of our lived experiences.
If you or your organization would like to connect with us or be a part of our community of offerings, please do not hesitate to contact us.
You can contact WholeMovement by email at info@wholemovement.org or complete the form below.
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