Integrated Movement Studies Program
Dear Potential Graduate
Students in Modern Dance,
Integrated Movement Studies is very pleased to announce that the University
of Utah is offering the unique opportunity for graduate students in
their MFA program in Modern Dance to further enrich their graduate
education by enrolling in the Integrated Movement Studies Certificate
Program in Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analysis. This bold step ensures
the University of Utah's place as the major center for not only Dance,
but also the larger area of Movement Study in the country. Several
full-tuition scholarships will be offered by the University for each
Certificate program.
A Certificate Program in
Laban/Bartenieff Movement Studies is already in place in the Department
of Modern Dance, with students coming from around the world to study
with the excellent and innovative faculty of the program. The department
has recognized the power of the Laban/Bartenieff work as a tool, and
has also had sufficient vision to see that the field of Movement Studies
will eventually make important contributions to humankind's knowledge
in areas outside of Dance as well, thus encouraging scholarly work
in the very important area of research into the fundamental nature
of movement. Why is this important?
We believe that in the
future an understanding of the essential elements of movement will
be paramount in grappling with understanding CHANGE in any field,
because the essence of change is movement. As human beings we "swim"
in a sea of movement, yet it is practically invisible to us--as water
is to fish. The Laban/Bartenieff work provides tools for actually
seeing and recording movement and awakening to its messages. The system
is a powerful tool for artistic and scholarly growth. Just as musicians
need an understanding of music theory, so professionals in the field
of Dance need to be fully versed in the theory that underlies their
own field.
Laban/Bartenieff Movement
Analysis provides a very comprehensive theoretical framework for the
study of movement and its meaning. We encourage all graduate students
in the Department of Modern Dance to consider enriching their education
with this innovative program.
Sincerely,
Janice Meaden, Peggy Hackney,
and Ed Groff
Integrated Movement Studies Faculty
Specific Program Information
The Integrated Movement Studiessm Certificate Program
in Laban/Bartenieff Movement Studies
Today's complex world requires
versatile, creative approaches to education, work, healing, art, and
community. Practice and understanding of movement is vital in training
people for active participation in a challenging, changing culture.
An understanding of human communication requires intelligence grounded
in the body. The Integrated Movement Studiessm Certificate Program
is a graduate program for the comprehensive study of human movement
and its meaning.
Participants in this program
will gain an understanding of the structural, functional and expressive
aspects of human movement. Students become more coordinated and dynamic
as movers. They learn to observe recurring patterns, personal preferences,
and how to facilitate new movement possibilities in themselves and
others for professional development. The Program is appropriate for
individuals in any field, which uses the practice, observation, or
assessment of movement expression, movement skill development, movement
reeducation, or therapy.
Participants learn to perceive,
describe, record, and make meaning of human movement. In the exploration
of the field of human movement students focus on Rudolf Laban's theories
of Body, Effort, Shape, and Space and Irmgard Bartenieff's Bartenieff
Fundamentals. In addition they are introduced to other theories that
address interpretive frameworks for meaning-making in movement. These
include:
Charles M. Johnston's
Creative Systems Theorysm
Judith Kestenberg's Kestenberg Movement Profile
Warren Lamb's Movement Pattern Analysis
Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen's Body-Mind Centeringsm
Students are encouraged
to explore and manifest what is personally meaningful to them. Many
students feel the Program enhances creativity, growth and integration.
This Program is engaging, fun and profoundly enlivening.
What is Integrated
Movement Studies sm?
Integrated Movement Studies
(IMSsm) is a training team composed of Certified Laban/Bartenieff
Movement Analysts Peggy Hackney, Janice Meaden, and Pam Schick. They
are movement educators specializing in teaching about human movement
communication and expression. The team's work is based in the theories
of Rudolf Laban's Laban Movement Analysis, Irmgard Bartenieff's Bartenieff
Fundamentals and Dr. Charles Johnston's Creative Systems Theorysm.
The IMSsm faculty is an internationally known teaching team that has
developed a unique approach to the study of Laban's and Bartenieff's
theories. All members of the IMSsm faculty studied with Irmgard Bartenieff,
a student of Laban and founder of the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of
Movement Studies in New York City. Peggy, Pam and Janice have worked
together as dance artists, movement educators and as Certification
Faculty in the Laban/Bartenieff material for 30 years. The team expertise
draws from the areas of professional dance, psychotherapy, multicultural
education, innovative adult learning theory and somatics.
IMSsm Participants
The people who come to this program are incredible!! Colleagues Peggy
Hackney, Janice Meaden, Pam Schick, and Ed Groff have been teaching
certification in the Laban/Bartenieff work together for over 20 years.
We are thrilled with the mix of people who are drawn to this work.
Participants come from all areas within the movement domain: actors,
dancers, movement therapists, somatic and physical therapists, Kindergarten
- 12th grade teachers, University professors in dance and cross/multicultural
movement studies, athletes and coaches and people who are interested
in personal development. We have a wonderful mix of movers.
What one participant said
about the program:
"I feel I have received the fullest, most complete humane education
of my life in the IMS program. What made this program so effective
was the richness of the material and the instructors depth of knowledge
that they are so deeply and joyfully committed to sharing. The entire
IMS experience was an enlivened, embodied model for life at large
and was truly transformational to me. "Marcia Nolte, SOMA Practitioner
IMSsm Curriculum
Content and Course Descriptions
The IMSsm Certification
Programs consists of approximately 209 classes totaling approximately
418 contact hours of in-class time. In addition to this there are
out of class assignments, Interim projects and a Certification Project.
The program involves the study of:
Laban Movement Analysis
Theory: The study of Rudolf Laban's theories of Body, Effort, Shape
and Space Harmony including the symbol systems used for recording
in each of these content areas. In class and Interim projects are
required to synthesize learning.
Bartenieff Fundamentals
& Developmental Movement: The study of Irmgard Bartenieff's system
of body reeducation based on Laban's theories, neurological developmental
movement patterning and physical therapy. The student explores efficient
movement patterning and is trained in the art of therapeutic touch
for movement reorganization. In class and Interim projects are required
to synthesize learning.
Touch for Movement Repatterning:
The purpose of this course is to train participants in developing
the skills and the ethical understandings in using touch as an inroad
to movement training, education and movement therapy.
Observation & Motif
Writing: The goal of this course is to train the participant in accurately
analyzing movement and recording it in Motif symbols. Motif is a shorthand
symbol system intended to capture the themes observed in movement.
The student learns processes for designing and implementing observation
research projects. Observation and Motif notation skills are practiced
watching video, in class movement, and actual life situations. In
class and Interim projects are required to synthesize learning.
Seminar in Movement Studies:
The goal of this course is for the trainee to gain an understanding
of the larger field of Movement Studies and the application areas
within the field. The course gives a historical context for the Laban/Bartenieff
work and aids the student in gaining knowledge concerning key ideas
and core values related to the system. The student is asked to read
a variety of primary and secondary resources to become acquainted
with the major developers of the work. The methodologies used in the
course encourage critical thinking to evoke intellectual questions
concerning the larger issues related to human movement. An emphasis
is placed on speaking and writing skills. In class and Interim projects
are required to synthesize learning.
Community Gathering &
Movement Choir: These classes are faculty facilitated open forums
of expression and exploration. Participants use this time as an opportunity
to discuss and explore in movement issues that need to be addressed
on a community level. The group learns to design with and use the
concepts of Laban's Movement Choir to organize group movement events
that embody the concerns and desires of the individual and the group.
It is an arena for applying the IMSsm work to everyday interactions
and negotiations.
The group learns about the diversity of needs and interests, while
individuals practice and come to appreciate a variety of leadership
styles and formats.
Advising and Student Feedback:
The goal of advising and the evaluation process is to provide the
student with constructive awareness in the comprehension, manifestation
and integration of the material. To meet this goal, each student is
assigned an advisor that servers as a guide and mentor throughout
the program. The participant receives one to one and group advising
sessions, in classroom coaching, feedback on written and movement
work and assessment on all projects and final exams.
In addition to movement
and written evaluation each session, students work independently on
assigned projects during the Interim periods and produce a Final Certification
Project applying IMS theories in a field of personal interest. Along
with the Final Certification Project, a final written and movement
exam serve as culminating and integrative events.
Program Formats & Start Dates
IMSsm offers an intensive
summer format and a weekend format.
Summer Intensive Format: The next University of Utah Program will
begin summer of 2007 and will complete summer of 2008. This program is 18 weeks held over 14
months and is divided into three sessions. There are two summer sessions
and one January session lasting for two weeks. A student must take
part in all sessions. Classes are held Monday through Friday 8:00
am - 4:30 PM daily. During the interim sessions the student is expected
to work on independent assignments and projects.
Weekend Format: The current/in-progress Loyola Marymount Unviersity Weekend Program will complete May 2008. Please contact Janice Meaden to learn when the next Weekend Program will begin.
Admissions
Requirements
In order to give the prospective
applicant a "taste" of Laban/Bartenieff Movement Studies
and to allow them an opportunity to experience the scope of the material
and the IMSsm methodologies used to teach it, we suggest (but do not
require for application), the following courses prior to the beginning
of the IMSsm Certificate Program:
Introduction to Laban/Barteneiff
Movement Analysis
Introduction to the Bartenieff Fundamentals or Becoming Embodied
Some exposure to Anatomy and/or Kinesiology
For information on these
Introductory Courses contact:
Janice Meaden at (206) 849-4380 or jmeadenims@aol.com
or Peggy Hackney at (707) 944-8473 or pjhackney@aol.com
Upcoming Programs
and Application Deadlines
For application to the
2007-2008 Utah Summer Intensive Program please contact:
Janice Meaden at (206) 849-4380
or jmeadenims@aol.com
IMSsm Certification
Upon successful completion
of the Integrated Movement Studiessm training program and evaluations,
participants will be awarded a certificate as a Certified Laban/Bartenieff
Movement Analyst (CLMA). Participants who complete the training and
who are not interested in certification or do not meet certification
requirements are awarded a Document of Completion.
IMSsm &
University of Utah Credit
Credit is offered for the
University of Utah Program at both a graduate and an undergraduate
level. 18 semester credit hours are offered through The Academic Office
of Continuing Education. The cost of the total 18 credits is $500.
A participant in the IMSsm Certificate Program may choose to purchase
9 credits or all 18 credits at the beginning of each summer session.
The purchase of credit does not necessarily mean the student will
be awarded credit. Credit is only awarded upon successful completion
of all course requirements.
IMSsm Tuition
and Program Cost
The tuition for the Integrated
Movement Studies Certificate Programs in Laban/Bartenieff Movement
Studies is $8,000. Tuition is paid in installments and individually
designed payment schedules can be negotiated.
Other estimated expenses are:
$75 non-refundable application
fee
$50 materials fee
Individual travel and housing costs
$300 books & Final Application Project documentation
Scholarships
For those people also applying
to the University of Utah's MFA program in Modern Dance, full
tuition graduate scholarships are available through the University
for the Laban/Bartenieff Certificate Program. Contact Stephen Koester at the University of Utah, if you are interested.
Workstudy
Position
Integrated Movement Studiessm,
in exchange for a partial tuition waiver, offers one workstudy position.
Workstudy entails assisting the Director in her duties and is determined
on financial need. The position is awarded after all students have
been accepted into the IMSsm Program.
IMSsm students have the following choices for housing during for the
University of Utah Program:
On-Campus University of
Utah Dormitory: Integrated Movement Studiessm reserves rooms in the
University of Utah Dormitory. The student contacts University Residential
Housing and books their reservations directly. The dormitory is located
within a 5-minute walk from the Marriott Center for Dance and nearby
eating venues. The course participant can select to live in a single
room or a double room.
Off-Campus Housing: Integrated Movement Studiessm will assist the
student in finding off-campus housing but will not negotiate or book
these arrangements. The cost for a shared apartment in Salt Lake City
can vary quite a bit depending on the number of students sharing a
unit.
For the Weekend Format Programs IMSsm will assist the student with
housing suggestions in the area in which the program is held, Berkeley,
CA.
Our Website
Check our website for updated
information as it is available. You can find us at www.imsmovement.com
