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Laban Movement Analysis (LMA) is a method and language for describing, visualizing, interpreting and documenting all varieties of human movement. The framework considers movement from the separate but inter-related categories of Body, Effort, Space and Shape, which means, in plain English, exploring
What You Move
How You Move and What You Express
Where You Move and
What Relationships You Create with Yourself and the World as You Move!
Bartenieff Fundamentals℠ (BF) is an extension of Laban Movement Analysis, developed by Irmgard Bartenieff, a physiotherapist who studied with Laban. Practicing the Fundamentals strengthens the body’s internal support for both everyday and highly skilled movement. It supports a person to know their moving body and to express themselves with more ease and clarity.
You can find out more about LMA and BF as well as the program of study for a Certified Movement Analyst (CMA), by visiting: Laban Institute of Movement Studies
Who is Rudolf Laban - one perspective