Welcome to the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies ·
where movement experience and understanding challenge conventional thinking!
Unlocking
Our Collective
Movement Potential
A Dynamic Virtual Meeting Space for anyone interested in LBMS!
Open to ALL
Our new FREE Associate Membership gives you access to all community open spaces.
Welcome to LIMS
Your Portal to the World of Movement Studies
Since 1978, LIMS has been at the forefront of our understanding of human movement. Training experts in movement analysis and awarding the CMA; building research partnerships, systems, and platforms which support advances in the field of Laban Bartenieff Movement Studies (LBMS); and creating opportunities for LBMS and LBMS-based artists to continue to positively shape and transform culture and the arts.
Join us as we enter a new phase in our history to become a dynamic and innovative, tech savvy, 21st century education, research, and arts & culture institution, with an active role in shaping, supporting, and advancing the field. One which embraces and nurtures collaborative community, while acknowledging and celebrating our differences. A place, as Irmgard envisioned, “where the related disciplines which deal with human expression and physical function can enrich their knowledge…a center for comparison, analysis and cross-fertilization of ideas from the whole field of movement study”.
Curtis W. Stedge MFA, CMA
Executive Director
The Laban / Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies
“We need a place where the related disciplines which deal with human expression and physical function can enrich their knowledge. I believe that this Institute will be such a place — a center for cross-fertilization of ideas from the whole field of movement study.”
Irmgard Bartenieff, LIMS’ Founder — May 15, 1981
ABOUT LIMS
The Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies
LIMS is a non-profit educational, research, and arts & cultural organization, centered in New York City, with a global network of movement professionals.
Programs
Our Programs
LIMS advances the field of Laban Bartenieff Movement Studies through programming in three areas of focus: Education, Research, and Arts & Culture. For more information about our programs in each of these areas, click on the respective “Learn More” link below.