Integrated Movement Studies is an educational organization offering trainings based on Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analysis and the study of human movement.

In addition to immersion workshops and continued education classes, IMS offers an accredited graduate level certification program to earn the title of Certified Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst (L/BMA).

Movement is omnipresent, and an understanding of how movement communicates meaning 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 understanding human movement that the Laban/Bartenieff system provides.

Our faculty of internationally recognized movement educators have contributed greatly to the evolution of the Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analysis material, and have helped establish it as one of the most comprehensive systems of movement description and understanding available today.

FACULTY

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Colleen Wahl

Sarah Donohue

Cat Kamrath Monson

Melissa Mirza

Madegan Lynch

Erin Law

OUR TEACHING METHOD

  • Observe

    Learn to observe the qualitative and quantitative elements of complex human movement.

  • Experience

    Deepen your understanding of movement theory by connecting your own internal experiences.

  • Apply

    Put your knowledge into practice by planning classes, facilitating hands-on sessions, and presenting a final application project.

When you study movement with IMS, you learn to work with and through the moving body.

You will leave transformed, inside and out.