What is IMS?
Today's complex world requires versatile, creative approaches to education, healing, art, science, and community. Integrated Movement Studies (IMS) realizes that all human beings use MOVEMENT to create meaning in our lives and touch the lives of others.
Our faculty are internationally recognized movement educators who offer Certificate Programs in Laban Movement Analysis (LMA) and Bartenieff Fundamentals, Introductory and Advanced Workshops, and a variety of customized professional services.
"This program is a work of art that will change your life." -- Paula Perlman, Dance and Movement Therapist
Upcoming Workshops
- Start the 2013 New Year off with an intensive immersion in Laban/Bartenieff Movement Studies at UC Berkeley, in the San Francisco Bay Area. More Info
"Making Connections"
An experimental approach to movement fundamentals involving the patterning of connections in the body according to principles of efficient movement, the process of total body integration encourages personal expression and full psychological involvement.
Utah Certification Program June 2013
After many requests, IMS is re-thinking the design of our popular Laban/Bartenieff Movement Studies Certificate Programs to better accommodate the lives of our participants.
Stay tuned for specific program information regarding the IMS 2013 University of Utah Certificate Program. We are excited to be offering a new one-summer intensive format program!
Observation of the Month
Laban Movement Analysis provides a rich set of lenses for understanding movement. Check out this month's video.