19/09/2026
The EUROLAB training program in Laban/Bartenieff Movement Studies offers an embodied and experiential approach to understanding human movement.
The training integrates Laban Movement Analysis (LMA) with Bartenieff Fundamentals (BF), developing awareness of the categories of Body, Space, Effort, Shape, Relationship and Phrasing.
Through movement exploration, observation, structured improvisation, set sequences and anatomical study, participants deepen their understanding of movement principles and learn to apply them to e.g. dance, performance, teaching, choreography, and somatic practice.
The program is grounded in the somatic movement lineage developed through the work of Rudolf Laban (1879-1958) and his student Irmgard Bartenieff (1900-1981). The EUROLAB training Program was especially shaped by Peggy Hackney, as founding director (1992-93) who has written the comprehensive book “Making Connections-Total Body Integration through Bartenieff Fundamentals” and Carol-Lynne Moore, who was the second director (1995-97)— as well as Antja Kennedy, the acting director for over the past 30 years.
The EUROLAB training program starting at Easter 2027 provides a framework for discovering movement through direct experience, encouraging curiosity, embodied inquiry, and an understanding of the body as an interconnected and constantly adapting system with a grounded theory from Laban and Bartenieff.
The next EUROLAB Certificate Program in Laban/Bartenieff Movement Studies - Basic Level in the English-speaking intensive format will start in a year - April 2027 - and it will run over 2 years. The schedule for each year will be:
1 weekend live online at Easter,
3 weeks in presence in Berlin, Germany in the summer and
1 weekend live online in October.
For further information about the Certificate Program please go to the webpage: https://www.eurolab-programs.com/general-information/
Early application deadline: Oct.15, 2026.
Any work with movement in education, art or therapy
