In our commitment to promote somatic approaches in movement study and application, LSSI serves as the standardising and certifying body for Modular Certification Programs in Laban Movement Analysis and BodyMind Practice™. LSSI works in affiliation with the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies (LIMS®), New York, in conferring the title of Certified Movement Analyst (CMA) for completion of our full Program.

All LSSI programs are designed to refine students’ abilities to understand and explore movement as the basis of our lived experience—in life as well as in art.

Certification programs are offered in a series of 5 (five) self-contained, individual thematic modules, in two week sessions, including classes on Saturdays. Other short trainings and workshops are designed for somatic applications of movement analysis within particular fields of practice.

Laban Movement Analysis has been used for many years in professional practices such as dance technique training, actor training, somatic re-patterning work, various therapeutic approaches in clinical work, dance and dance therapy training, choreography, Yoga, Wellness and Fitness, Anthropology, Public Speaking; and in application and research across the diverse spectrum of studies which include awareness of human movement, and nonverbal communication.

Experiential and practical work in each module supports the development of psychophysical awareness and opportunities for re-patterning movement-based experience. The learning and teaching framework promotes one’s sense of embodiment, through providing an environment conducive to focus on the body not only as an anatomically-based physical object in the world, but also as a “subjective process of lived consciousness” (ISMETA Scope of Practice).

Our Programs:

Under the direction of Janet Kaylo, LSSI serves as the umbrella under which Certificate Programs can be presented in international cultural contexts such as Canada, Europe, and the East.  Programs are taught by master teachers in Laban Movement Analysis and Bartenieff Fundamentals, and Body Mind Centering, while also drawing on other regional Movement Analysts’ expertise and involvement.

Laban/Bartenieff and Somatic Studies Canada (LSSC) was founded in Toronto, with experienced core faculty dedicated to offering Certification programs in Canada. Our 500-hour training programs include an LSSI Certificate in Laban Movement Analysis and BodyMind Practice, and the LIMS® Certificate in Laban Movement Studies (CMA). Our Modular Program is approved as a training program with the International Somatic Movement Education and Training Association (ISMETA).

Vancouver, BC
LSSI’s first Certificate Program in Vancouver continues with Module Two June 5-19, 2009. Modules One through Four can be taken in any order, provided pre-requisite introductory work is completed before beginning. These Modules may also be taken as independent units. For Introductory Courses held in western Canada, contact donnaredlick@shaw.ca.  For Program information see www.labancan.org.  If you have met the pre-requisite introductory levels in Laban Movement Analysis, or Bartenieff Fundamentals and wish to apply for one of our Modules, please contact Janet Kaylo at info@labancan.org.  Program applications and letters of recommendation can be found on the LSSC Application and Enrolment page.

Toronto, ON
For information on our next program in Toronto contact info@labancan.org.  For Introductory Courses in Toronto contact nadine.saxton@gmail.com; in Halifax, barratt.susan@gmail.com.