2025 - 2026 Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst certification program
Become a Certified Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst with IMS and learn to observe, describe, and repattern human movement. Graduates of the program are granted the official title of Certified Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst (CLMA).
Our certification in Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analysis prepares students to address human movement in all aspects of their lives, bringing a complex and richly creative perspective to the study of the moving body.
Applications due October 1, 2025
Graduates of the program earn the title of CLMA - Certified Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst.
In addition to the title of CLMA, our intensive curriculum ensures all graduates leave with over 500 hours of training towards becoming RSME/T's (Registered Somatic Movement Educator/Therapists) through accrediting body ISMETA (International Somatic Movement Educator and Therapist Association)
Our curriculum emphasizes applied movement theory, movement notation and observation, Touch for Neuromuscular Repatterning, building movement-based vocabulary, Creative Systems Theory, class development, and structuring client sessions.
All material is taught and studied through a combination of lecture, movement, and individual exploration.
Find more information about our curriculum here.
Program Details
Our program uses a hybrid, intensive-based model made up of five in-person sessions and four remote interim sessions.
In-person sessions are full days of classes, seminars, and labs. Remote interim sessions are more spacious, and usually include one recorded seminar and/or assignment per week. This model allows students to learn “intensively”, take the time to process and integrate their new knowledge, and return to the next in-person session with a deeper understanding of the material.
The program takes 13 months to complete.
For additional details and a list of application materials, download our application form here.
2025-2026 Certification Program Schedule
December 28, 2025 - January 4, 2026: 7 day intensive session (in person at Alfred University)
Interim session (remote study)
June 15 - July 17, 2026: 5 week intensive session (in person at the University of Utah)
Interim session (remote study)
January, 2026 TBD: 7 day intensive session (in person at the University of Utah)
Interim session (remote study)
June 14 - July 9, 2026: 4 week intensive session (in person at Alfred University)
Applications for the 2025-2026 Program are due by October 1, 2025.
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