Karen A. Studd

Coordination & Core Faculty

Karen A. Studd, is a Master Somatic Movement Educator and Registered Somatic Movement Therapist through ISMETA (International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association). She holds a master’s degree in dance from University of Oregon (USA) and is certified in movement analysis through the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies (LIMS). Studd is a founder of WholeMovement, a group of movement analysts working to increase the visibility of the Laban/Bartenieff Movement System (LBMS) worldwide. She serves as a Program Coordinator and core faculty member in multiple LBMS training programs internationally. She has taught in the US, Canada, Europe, Mexico, Israel and China. In the USA she has taught for many university dance programs including George Mason University’s School of Dance, where she was a tenured faculty for over twenty years.

As an educator, she is focused on both personal and professional development through movement awareness training. She is also passionate about the continuing development of the System as it continues to evolve and contribute to understanding the significance and importance of human movement across all disciplines. Studd is also an author who has contributed to multiple research papers focused on human movement linked to the LBMS. She is a co-author of EveryBody is a Body, a text on the phenomenon of human movement now in its second edition. She writes blog posts for the WholeMovement website which can be found at: https://wholemovement.org/blog/