EMOVE
Master Workshops:
continuing education for professional development
These workshops are organized for a.o. former students of EMOVE, Laban Bartenieff Movement Analysts, and other C(L)MA’s from around the world. Most of the workshops are also accessible for people who have had a significant number of hours (min. 150) of LBMS training as part of their Dance Movement Therapy program or any other Somatic Movement program.
These workshops are taught by Master teachers in the field of LBMS: faculty teachers from different LBMS programs, as well as other experienced and knowledgable teachers in this field.
Workshop Calendar
Embodied Knowing: Design Your Life Through Your Body: Master workshop with Colleen Wahl - April 28th to 30th 2026
This professional development workshop focuses on Embodied Knowing – how we work with what we feel and know in our bodies to make choices in our lives. A 3 day workshop in a beautiful studio next to the Maas in Maastricht. More information: scroll down.
The Space Harmony of the Human Body: Our Design in Action: Master Workshop with Karen Studd - Febr. 26-28, 2027
Embodied Knowing: Design Your Life Through Your Body –
a workshop with Colleen Wahl at 28-30th of April 2026
Register for this Master Workshop
Embodied Knowing: Design Your Life Through Your Body
This professional development workshop focuses on Embodied Knowing – how we work with what we feel and know in our bodies to make choices in our lives. Over the course of the three days together we will explore a model for Embodied Knowing that helps us bridge Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analysis into the wisdom of our bodies. We will also explore different forms and practices that we can use in our work with clients to help them develop their own Embodied Knowing.
Colleen Wahl is a master somatic movement educator, author and dance artist. She directs Integrated Movement Studies, a graduate certificate program in Laban/Bartenieff Movement Studies and is an Associate Professor of Dance at Alfred University. She is the author of two editions of Laban/Bartenieff Movement Studies: Contemporary Applications and has a new book Embodied Wisdom: Navigating Life Through the Moving Body, forthcoming. Colleen co-hosts the podcast “Embodied People” with Sarah Donohue.
She also runs a fitness and movement education practice, Move into Greatness, that integrates Touch for Movement Repatterning, corrective exercise and somatic education. Her love of nature and outdoor adventure drive her current writing and artistic practice.
She holds a Masters in Fine Arts in Dance from SUNY Brockport, a Masters in Liberal Studies from SUNY Empire State College, and a Bachelors in Dance and Arts and Education from William Smith College. She is a Certified Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst through Integrated Movement Studies, a Master Somatic Movement Educator through ISMETA (International Somatic Movement Educators and Therapists Association) and Certified Personal Trainer through NASM (National Academy of Sports Medicine). She is also a Certified Simonson Teacher and is in process with Z-Health curriculum.
Practical Information:
When:
28th to 30th of April 2026 from 9.30am to 5.30pm
Where:
On the edge of Maastricht next to the Maas, in a beautiful dance studio of the dance company Sally, in the AINSI building.
Address: Lage Kanaaldijk 112-113 6212 NA MAASTRICHT
Costs:
€ 450 (exempt from VAT)
Overnight stays and lunch are not included
There is an early bird discount of € 45 available until January 28, 2026: use the discount code “EmbodiedKnowing2026”
Registration:
Registration is only possible as long as places are available. When the workshop is fully booked, you can register for a waiting list. Click here below for the link to the registration form.
Registration Form Embodied Knowing
You can click here to Register for the Master Workshop with Colleen Wahl
The Space Harmony of the Human Body: Our Design in Action
a workshop with Karen Studd at 26-28th of February 2027
You will be able to sign up for this Master Workshop soon
In this workshop we will be deepening the Body/Space connection. We will begin through exploring the space of the body. The Space of the Body Content and the Space of the Body Container.
We will access the Space inside us when we move – – the space as it relates to and defines our content our Innersphere Space. Then we will also move from the perspective of the 3D space which defines our form linked to the width, length and depth of our body’s design.
We will continue next to explore the space that our actions are contained within. This is the space that our body’s form can access through its actions. This is the Space we identify as our Kinesphere. We will draw upon the Spatial Map created by Rudolf Laban but also explore new territory and expand our understanding of the space of the Kinespheric Space.
Last we will address how our shared space – the Generalspheric Space – is the Space of human interaction.
In all our explorations we will find the boundaries of Space, the choices, limitations and possibilities.
Karen Studd is the coördinator and Core Faculty member of EMOVE Institute. She is Certified Movement Analyst, has a Master’s degree in Dance from University of Oregon and certification in movement analysis from the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies. She is also a Registered Somatic Movement Therapist and Educator through ISMETA (International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association). Karen is a LIMS Program Coordinator and has taught in movement analysis training programs in the US, Canada, Europe, Mexico, Israel and in China. She is also a co-author of EveryBody is a Body, a text on the phenomenon of human movement. Karen has taught for the Dance Departments of the University of Oregon, the University of Wisconsin, George Washington University and George Mason University, where she was a tenured faculty.
Practical Information:
When:
26th to 28th of Feburuary 2027
Where:
Will be announced soon
Costs:
€ 450 (exempt from VAT)
Overnight stays and lunch are not included
An early bird discount will be available
Registration:
Registration will be possible soon, and is only possible as long as places are available. When the workshop is fully booked, you can register for a waiting list.
