"…an urge was borne, the urge to contact space
that is invisible. This urge which tends into space is
the pleasure to move. All movement tends into space, both the space around us and the space within us."


Drawing and quotation by Rudolf Laban,
A VISION OF DYNAMIC SPACE

 

ABOUT INTEGRATED MOVEMENT STUDIES

Today's complex world requires versatile, creative approaches to education, healing, art and community.
The practice and understanding of movement is vital
in training people for active participation in a
challenging, changing culture. An understanding of
human communication requires an intelligence grounded
in the body. Integrated Movement Studies is a
faculty team of internationally recognized movement educators that offer Certificate Programs in
Laban/Bartenieff Movement Studies, Introductory and Advanced Workshops, and a variety of customized professional services. Their work together over the
past 30 years has contributed greatly to the evolution
of the Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analysis material
and helped to establish it as one of the most
comprehensive systems of movement description and understanding available today.

Movement is omnipresent, and as such
an understanding of how movement communicates
has direct applications in many fields. Artists,
therapists, non-verbal communication researchers,
athletes, anthropologists, physical therapists and body workers are just some of the professionals who are
finding value in the tools and approaches for movement understanding that the Laban / Bartenieff work
provides.

We hope you enjoy browsing our web site and getting better acquainted with how our work could be
meaningful for you.