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WholeMovement Continuing Education Workshop in Space Harmony
2021-09-14 07:30 - 2021-09-16 10:00 (America/New_York)
WholeMovement in collaboration with Inspirees Institute: Continuing Education Workshop in the Laban/Bartenieff Movement System: The Wholeness of Duality as seen and experienced through Space Harmony

Master teachers and movement analysis training faculty Karen Studd and Cat Maguire in conjunction with Inspirees are pleased to offer an opportunity to deepen foundational knowledge of the Laban/Bartenieff Movement System. As teachers of WholeMovement, Karen and Cat have developed LBMS course work which seeks to blend theory and practice and to link personal development to professional application. As an integral part of WholeMovement and its approach to teaching they are committed to the ongoing evolution of the theory and practice of the System.

Duality is a foundational pattern. In the Laban/Bartenieff Movement System this is a construct seen throughout the entire system. Space Harmony is rich with patterns of duality including the “Duals” of the Geometry of the Platonic Solids. Which are used in the Laban/Bartenieff Movement System as models of the personal Space of the Kinesphere in mapping the directions of our actions. In this Whole Movement workshop, starting with the Body Space Duality, we will explore the Space Harmony Dualities in relation to Innersphere and Kinesphere and our movement experience and expression. We will also link this to the other Movement Themes of Stability Mobility and Function Expression.

This master workshop is designed to support those with prior knowledge and experience of LBMS including those in training (or graduates from) Inspirees DMT, CM and LBMS programs. This workshop is also open for those who have exposure to the map of Space developed by Rudolf Laban who used the forms of the Platonic Solids to identify Spatial Directions and patterns of movement along pathways through the mover’s personal space. You are invited to deepen your awareness of and appreciation for the Space we contain – our Innersphere, and the Space we are contained within – the personal space of the Kinesphere.

Join Karen and Cat in this LBMS workshop reviewing aspects of Laban’s Space Harmony practice, primarily linked to patterns of duality including the “Duals” of the Geometry of the Platonic Solids. This workshop will focus on exploring how the theory and practice of Space Harmony can support both the observation and experience of movement in finding meaning. And how this in turn can support optimizing the capacity of movement both functionally and expressively.

Karen A. Studd

Karen has a Master’s degree in Dance from University of Oregon and is certified in movement analysis through the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies (LIMS). Studd is also a Registered Somatic Movement Therapist and Educator through ISMETA (International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association). Studd is a founding member of WholeMovement, a group of movement analysts working together to increase the visibility of the Laban/Bartenieff Movement System (LBMS) worldwide. She also serves as a LIMS and Emove Program Coordinator and core faculty member and has taught LBMS in the US, Canada, Europe, Mexico, Israel and in China. In the USA she has taught for the University of Oregon, the University of Wisconsin, George Washington University, The University of Maryland and George Mason University in its School of Dance, where she was a tenured faculty for over twenty years.

As a teacher of LBMS, she is focused on both personal and professional development through movement awareness training. Her primary interest is in promoting the understanding of the significance and importance of human movement across all disciplines. Studd is a co-author of EveryBody is a Body, a text on the phenomenon of human movement now in its second edition.

Catherine (Cat) Maguire

Cat is a movement educator, dance artist, Certified Movement Analyst (CMA), Registered Somatic Movement Educator (RSME), and a master teacher of the Laban/Bartenieff Movement System (LBMS). Cat has taught and co-coordinated Movement Analysis Certification Programs in the US, Europe, Mexico and China. Cat is also a collaborator and consultant for the Robotics, Automation and Dance (RAD) Lab under the direction of Dr. Amy LaViers where she works with roboticists on embodied movement training and analysis to support the development of expressive robotic systems. She is currently co-authoring a text under contract with MIT Press with Dr. LaViers on “Making Meaning with Machines”.

After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Wesleyan University with honors in dance and psychology, she was the artistic director of Offspring Dance Company in New York City and the founder and head of the dance program at Drew University in Madison, NJ. While executive director of Piedmont Council of the Arts in Charlottesville, Cat continued to teach, choreograph and perform throughout Central Virginia and internationally. She was assistant professor of dance at Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC), and an integral part of the development and implementation of the associate’s degree in dance, the only one of its kind in the Virginia Community College System.

Currently, Cat teaches group classes and individual sessions in the Charlottesville VA area designed to foster self-expression, body connectivity and transformation through movement.

Logistical and additional information:

This workshop will be taught online through Zoom meeting room.
Dates:
Tuesday September 14th, 7:30am – 10am EST (NY time, 7:30pm -10 pm Beijing time )
Wednesday September 15th, 7:30am – 10am EST (NY time, 7:30pm -10 pm Beijing time )
Thursday September 16th,7:30am – 10am EST (NY time, 7:30pm -10 pm Beijing time )
The course is taught in English with Mandarin translation.

Tuition: 230USD, 185USD for early bird who pays the tuition before August 23.

A certificate of completion attesting to 7.5 hours of continuing education will be issued to those fully participate by WholeMovement and Inspirees Institute.

Please contact education@inspirees.com for further information.

ON SALES: Laban Webinar Series – History, Application and Frontiers

Exploring the Dynamism of Human Movement: An introduction into the Laban/Bartenieff Movement System (LBMS) exploring its capacity to unpack the complex patterns of human movement
2022-01-08 - 2022-01-16
Participants will be introduced to how LBMS offers:

a comprehensive practice for ongoing development of the body/mind
a language of movement and taxonomy for describing action
a tool for movement analysis in multiple applications including all forms of dance

The workshop is also valuable for those seeking to update their knowledge of developments and expansion in the theories and practices of LBMS (LMA/BF)
The workshop will include an overview of LBMS connecting and integrating our abilities of sensing, feeling, and intuiting to our analytical thinking process in relation to the experience of action.
This workshop is being held at Towson University Baltimore Maryland
2 options –

half day 4 hr. introduction January 8th cost $110

or

4-day workshop (2 weekends) January 8,9,15,16 cost $475

For more information and to enroll contact TUCD@towson.edu

International Symposium LBMS 2022
2022-04-01 08:00 - 2022-04-03 22:30 (America/New_York)
Inspirees Institute and its partners are pleased to announce the International Symposium of LBMS (ISLBMS 2022), which will take place online April 1-3, 2022. This symposium is dedicated to Rudolf Laban and Irmgard Bartenieff, who established what is now identified as the Laban/Bartenieff Movement System (LBMS). The symposium will include other pioneers and practitioners who have continued to contribute and develop the work of its founders.
As LBMS is spreading out worldwide and has reached many fields to support the work of educators, artists, therapists, researchers and practitioners, there is constant need for sharing information and knowledge, dialoguing, professional training, and community building. This has become even more evident in the challenging time of Covid which has impacted the education and practice of many students and colleagues in our field. As an embodiment-based discipline, the legitimacy and efficacy of online learning and practicing continues to be discussed in our community. There has been a paradigm shift in our work requiring conscious and critical reflection, open and constructive discussion, and innovation and collaboration, and full engagement of our students, educators and colleagues.
In 2016, Inspirees partnered with LIMS to run the CMA certification program based on LBMS in China. There are in total more than 60 students in three cohorts from China and abroad trained through the China program (one cohort has completed the full program, another is halfway through and the third is just beginning). There are now 6 Chinese CMAs graduates.
This symposium invites all our students including: Inspirees LBMS, dance therapy, creative movement, authentic movement programs, as well as other students and colleagues in China and abroad. We hope to create with this event an international dialogue and collaboration forum and platform.
The format of the symposium is currently planned to be online due to the uncertainty of Covid. Dance/movement sessions will be included as well as lecture presentations to stimulate and relax body and mind of participants.
There are 5 major themes of the symposium: Education & Pedagogy, Health & Therapy, Arts performance, New applications, History & Theory. The keynotes (3), presentations (16), workshops (7), roundtable (1) featuring leading experts in our field, as well as the younger talents and colleagues will address these 5 themes.

WholeMovement program in Rome
2023-07-22 - 2023-07-31 | Rome, Italy, Italy
Module 1A of WM’s Movement Analysis and Somatic Practice program –
The Laban/Bartenieff Movement System (LBMS) is the most widespread system in the world for understanding and analyzing the language of movement in expressive and functional terms.
It is a global system used to understand multiple aspects of human movement through observation and experience. The LBMS methodology incorporates a theoretical framework and specific terminology to describe movement. The system is used to identify, represent and interpret both macro and micro patterns of human movement. The system also grounded in the experience of the moving body and movement practices are a cornerstone of the training .

WholeMovement program in Israel - Module 1 2024
2024-06-26 08:00 - 2024-09-29 17:00 (Europe/Helsinki)
The Laban/Bartenieff Movement System (LBMS) is the most widespread system in the world for understanding and analyzing the language of movement in expressive and functional terms.
It is a global system used to understand multiple aspects of human movement through observation and experience. The LBMS methodology incorporates a theoretical framework and specific terminology to describe movement. The system is used to identify, represent and interpret both macro and micro patterns of human movement. The system also grounded in the experience of the moving body and movement practices are a cornerstone of the training.

WholeMovement program in Rome - Module 1 2024
2024-07-12 08:00 - 2024-09-15 17:00 (Europe/Rome) | Rome, Italy, Italy
Module 1A of WM’s Movement Analysis and Somatic Practice program –
The Laban/Bartenieff Movement System (LBMS) is the most widespread system in the world for understanding and analyzing the language of movement in expressive and functional terms.
It is a global system used to understand multiple aspects of human movement through observation and experience. The LBMS methodology incorporates a theoretical framework and specific terminology to describe movement. The system is used to identify, represent and interpret both macro and micro patterns of human movement. The system also grounded in the experience of the moving body and movement practices are a cornerstone of the training.
Contact: Chiara Parisi
https://www.chorondeprogettoeducativo.it/it/laban-bartenieff/lbms-corso-di-formazione-i-livello/

WholeMovement Program Israel Module 2
2025-01-26 08:00 - 2025-03-07 17:00 (America/New_York) | Pantarhei Studio in Kibbutz Geniger, Pantarhei Studio, Kibbutz Geniger, Israel
Second Module/ postponed until further notice
Opening zoom- 26.01.25
Intensive at Pantarhei Studio in Kibbutz Geniger – 25.2.25-7.3.25 (no studies on Saturday). Each day from 09:30 to 17:30.
2 more completion days at the Pantarhei Studio – dates will be set and advised to participants, study hours: 9:00 – 13:00.
Second Zoom – TBA
Zoom Ending Module 2 – TBA
More info in English:
https://pantarhei-studio.co.il/lbmsprogramen/
More info in Hebrew:
https://pantarhei-studio.co.il/lbmsprogram/
Contact Avital: pantarhei.movement@gmail.com

WholeMovement LBMS Module 3, 2025, Israel
2025-07-10 09:00 - 2025-07-23 18:00 (Europe/Moscow) | Pantarhei Studio in Kibbutz Geniger, Pantarhei Studio, Kibbutz Geniger, Israel
Module 3 of the Laban/Bartenieff Movement System training facilitated by WholeMovement.
10-23 July, 2025
Pantarhei Studio, Kibbutz Geniger, Israel.

WholeMovement LBMS Module 2a, 2025-26, Milan, Italy
2025-07-28 09:00 - 2025-08-07 18:00 (Europe/Rome) | Fabbrica del Vapore, Via Giulio Cesare Procaccini, 4, Milan, 20154, Italy
Module 2 of the Laban/Bartenieff Movement System training facilitated by WholeMovement.
In two parts at Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, Italy.
Module 2A
28, 29, 30, 31 July, 1 August
2nd August day off
3, 4, 5, 6, 7 August 2025.
Module 2B
2, 3, 4, 5, 6 January 2026.

WholeMovement LBMS Module 3, 2025, Israel
2025-12-11 08:00 - 2025-12-23 17:00 (America/New_York) | Pantarhei Studio in Kibbutz Geniger, Pantarhei Studio, Kibbutz Geniger, Israel
Module 3: 11-23 December 2025
Contact: Avital https://pantarhei-studio.co.il/lbmsprogramen/#contact

WholeMovement LBMS Module 2A+B, 2025-26, Milan, Italy
2026-01-02 08:00 - 2026-01-06 17:00 (America/New_York) | Fabbrica del Vapore, Via Giulio Cesare Procaccini, 4, Milan, 20154, Italy
Module 2: Module 2A: 28 July – 7 August ’25, Module 2B : 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 January ’26.

WholeMovement LBMS Module 4, 2026, Israel
2026-02-22 08:00 - 2026-07-15 17:00 (America/New_York) | Pantarhei Studio in Kibbutz Geniger, Pantarhei Studio, Kibbutz Geniger, Israel
Module 4: Module 4A: 22-27 February, 2026, Module 4B: 12-15 July, 2026
Completion of Modules 1, 2 and 3 required for participation in Module 4.

WholeMovement LBMS Module 1, 2026, Israel
2026-07-02 08:00 - 2026-09-30 17:00 (America/New_York) | Pantarhei Studio in Kibbutz Geniger, Pantarhei Studio, Kibbutz Geniger, Israel
Module 1: Module 1A: 2-10 July, 2026, Module 1B: 22-30 September, 2026.
Contact Avital: https://pantarhei-studio.co.il/lbmsprogramen/#contact

WholeMovement LBMS Module 3, 2026-27, Milan, Italy
2026-07-26 08:00 - 2027-01-06 17:00 (America/New_York) | Fabbrica del Vapore, Via Giulio Cesare Procaccini, 4, Milan, 20154, Italy
Module 3: Module 3A: 26 July – 5 August ’26, Module 3B: 2 – 6 January ’27.
Completion of Module 1 and 2 required for participation in Module 3.
For more info please contact Karen Studd (program coordinator and core faculty) WholeMovement.lbms@gmail.com and Caterina Mocciola (program administration and translation) caterina.mocciola@gmail.com +39 388 8939823

WholeMovement LBMS Module 1, 2026, Milan, Italy
2026-08-18 08:00 - 2026-12-31 17:00 (America/New_York) | Fabbrica del Vapore, Via Giulio Cesare Procaccini, 4, Milan, 20154, Italy
Module 1A: 8-18 August 2026, Module 1B: 27-31 December 2026.
For more info please contact Karen Studd (program coordinator and core faculty) WholeMovement.lbms@gmail.com and Caterina Mocciola (program administration and translation) caterina.mocciola@gmail.com +39 388 8939823
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