[Webinar Series] Laban Movement Studies (Season 1）

Rudolf Laban has been a well-known and controversial figure in the world of dance.  But who was he really?  Join Karen Bradley on a voyage through his contradictions, complexities, and choreographies.  Learn about the theories and ideas about human movement that inspire us still today. 

Presenter: Karen K. Bradley is the former head of dance and director of graduate studies at the University of Maryland, near Washington, DC. She is the President of the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies and the author of Rudolf Laban, a volume in the Routledge series on 20th Century performance practitioners, and a teacher of the Laban and Bartenieff material around the world.

This webinar broadly addresses the topic and field of Somatic Practice. It includes a brief overview of this subject, its historical roots development and characteristics. It also discusses the link to the Laban/Bartenieff Movement System (LBMS) and its relationship to the field of Somatics.

Presenter: Karen Studd

Karen has a Master’s degree from University of Oregon and certification in movement analysis from the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies. Studd is also a Registered Somatic Movement Therapist and Educator through ISMETA (International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association). Studd is a LIMS Program Coordinator and has taught in movement analysis training programs in the US, Canada, Europe, Mexico, Israel and in China.  Karen has taught for the Dance Departments of the University of Oregon, the University of Wisconsin, George Washington University and George Mason, where she was a tenured faculty.  As a teacher of Movement Analysis, she is focused on personal and professional development through awareness of movement. Her interest is in the understanding of the 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. 

This webinar broadly addresses the topic and field of Somatic Practice. It includes a brief overview of this subject, its historical roots development and characteristics. It also discusses the link to the Laban/Bartenieff Movement System (LBMS) and its relationship to the field of Somatics.

Presenter: Karen Studd

Karen has a Master’s degree from University of Oregon and certification in movement analysis from the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies. Studd is also a Registered Somatic Movement Therapist and Educator through ISMETA (International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association). Studd is a LIMS Program Coordinator and has taught in movement analysis training programs in the US, Canada, Europe, Mexico, Israel and in China.  Karen has taught for the Dance Departments of the University of Oregon, the University of Wisconsin, George Washington University and George Mason, where she was a tenured faculty.  As a teacher of Movement Analysis, she is focused on personal and professional development through awareness of movement. Her interest is in the understanding of the 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. 

Laban Movement Analysis describes the range of possibilities for leadership practices, emphasizing the adaptability and observation and listening skills that effective leaders utilize. In this seminar, we will examine leadership behaviors through the lens of Laban's theories and discuss how Laban Movement Analysts coach business and political leaders.

Presenter: Karen K. Bradley is the former head of dance and director of graduate studies at the University of Maryland, near Washington, DC. She is the President of the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies and the author of Rudolf Laban, a volume in the Routledge series on 20th Century performance practitioners, and a teacher of the Laban and Bartenieff material around the world.

This Seminar focuses on the application of Laban Movement Analysis (LMA) to workplace ergonomics. Since 1999 Bryan has been coaching office workers in injury prevention using LMA and Bartenieff Fundamentals to provide body-based approach to computer injury. Based in San Francisco and New York, her consulting business, The Body at Work Ergonomics, offers individual coaching and corporate seminars designed to prevent repetitive strain injuries.

Presenter:  Hilary Bryan, CMA, MFA, performer, choreographer, movement analyst and scholar, has taught modern dance, contact improvisation and Laban Movement Studies at universities and dance festivals internationally. Bryan founded the ergonomics consulting firm The Body at Work in 1999 basing its curriculum on her thesis work on ergonomics at the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies. Her choreographic work has been presented internationally and she adjudicated the International Competition of Contemporary Choreographers (Kiev, 2007). She is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of California Davis in Practice as Research.

This Seminar focuses on the application of Laban Movement Analysis (LMA) to workplace ergonomics. Since 1999 Bryan has been coaching office workers in injury prevention using LMA and Bartenieff Fundamentals to provide body-based approach to computer injury. Based in San Francisco and New York, her consulting business, The Body at Work Ergonomics, offers individual coaching and corporate seminars designed to prevent repetitive strain injuries.

Presenter:  Hilary Bryan, CMA, MFA, performer, choreographer, movement analyst and scholar, has taught modern dance, contact improvisation and Laban Movement Studies at universities and dance festivals internationally. Bryan founded the ergonomics consulting firm The Body at Work in 1999 basing its curriculum on her thesis work on ergonomics at the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies. Her choreographic work has been presented internationally and she adjudicated the International Competition of Contemporary Choreographers (Kiev, 2007). She is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of California Davis in Practice as Research.

Neuroscientists have discovered that the body and mind are not engaged in separate processes, nor does the mind control the body. Laban Movement Analysts have understood the ways on which function and expression are intertwined and serve each other. Recent experiments using Laban Movement Analysis to correlate with brain-based patterns will be discussed, and a case made for further such experiments.   

Presenter: Karen K. Bradley is the former head of dance and director of graduate studies at the University of Maryland, near Washington, DC. She is the President of the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies and the author of Rudolf Laban, a volume in the Routledge series on 20th Century performance practitioners, and a teacher of the Laban and Bartenieff material around the world.

This Seminar introduces how movement expression is useful and used in psychotherapy. It begins with a brief overview about psychotherapy, marriage and family, dance\movement therapy, followed by presenter’s applications into the fields.

Presenter:   Barbara Nordstrom-Loeb MA, MFA, BCDMT, LMFT, CMA, WoS, PWA, SEP

Barbara Nordstrom-Loeb is a dance/movement therapist (BC DMT), licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP) with graduate degrees in Dance Performance (MFA) and Marriage and Family Therapy (MA). She teaches DMT and LMA courses at universities and colleges in the US as well as internationally, including Lithuania, Latvia, Finland, Estonia (on a Fulbright Scholars Grant) and in China. She is the out-going chair of the American Dance/ Movement Therapy Association Alternate Route Educators' Subcommittee. Her publications include writings on the use of trauma and DMT based approaches with people diagnosed with Eating Disorders; the development of DMT programming in long term care facilities; and the historic development of DMT in Estonia.

This Seminar introduces how movement expression is useful and used in psychotherapy. It begins with a brief overview about psychotherapy, marriage and family, dance\movement therapy, followed by presenter’s applications into the fields.

Presenter: Barbara Nordstrom-Loeb MA, MFA, BC-DMT, LMFT, CMA, WoS, PWA, SEP

Barbara Nordstrom-Loeb is a dance/movement therapist (BC-DMT), licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP) with graduate degrees in Dance Performance (MFA) and Marriage and Family Therapy (MA). She teaches DMT and LMA courses at universities and colleges in the US as well as internationally, including Lithuania, Latvia, Finland, Estonia (on a Fulbright Scholars Grant) and in China. She is the out-going chair of the American Dance/ Movement Therapy Association Alternate Route Educators' Subcommittee. Her publications include writings on the use of trauma and DMT based approaches with people diagnosed with Eating Disorders; the development of DMT programming in long term care facilities; and the historic development of DMT in Estonia.