WACMA

WACMA Holiday Party
2019-12-15 14:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | University of Maryland/College Park Clarice Smith Center for the Performing Arts, 8270 Alumni Drive, College Park, MD, 20742-1625, United States
Come celebrate our local Movement Analyst community, along with Laban’s 140th birthday!
Share an afternoon of moving, snacking, socializing and celebrating together. Including movement games, a book swap and cookie exchange. Copies of the new edition of EveryBody is a Body will be available for sale ($48, check or cash only).
Free. (But small contributions toward rental of the space are welcome if you’re able.)
Join in on our WACMA party! Friends and family welcome.

Movement Analysis for Performing and Creative Artists: an Introduction to the Laban/Bartenieff Movement System (LBMS)
2019-10-12 10:00 - 13:00 | Dance Loft on 14, 4618 14th Street Northwest, Washington, DC, 20011
Learn the basics of the Laban/Bartenieff Movement System (LBMS) and explore its applications to theatre, dance, visual arts and creative writing.
Taught by Cat Maguire with Esther Geiger
LBMS offers an understanding of human movement rooted in identifying major patterns and themes (the macro view), as well as delving into details of the components of movement (micro).
In this experiential movement workshop, we’ll:

Investigate big ideas that organize human movement, including Developmental Patterns, Duality Themes and Phrasing
Elaborate on the components of movement: Body, Shape, Space and Effort
Explore ways to apply these patterns and components to creative endeavors, including performing, writing, directing, choreography and visual art making.

No prior experience with LBMS is necessary. The workshop is appropriate for all curious arts makers and doers!
Workshop Fee:
$35 “Early Mover” discount – if you register before September 12!
$45 for those who register between September 12 and October 11
$50 day-of fee at the door (cash or check only)

Fall Social and Book Swap
2019-09-08 14:00 - 17:00 | MD
An afternoon of socializing, snacking and swapping LBMS-related books and resources.
Do you have books and other materials that you’re done with and which may be of interest to other Movement Analysts? Are you hoping to find some gems to further your own explorations? Just want to socialize and share snacks? Join us on Sunday, September 8th from 2:00-5:00!
Books available for free will include:
Beyond Words by Carol-Lynne Moore & Kaoru Yamamoto
Making Connections by Peggy Hackney
Color Atlas and Textbook of Human Anatomy, Vol 1, Locomotor System
Wisdom of the Moving Body (on Body-Mind Centering) by Linda Hartley
Body Stories by Andrea Olsen with Caryn McHose
The Embodied Teen by Susan Bauer
and many more!
We’ll also have copies for sale of the newly released, greatly revised,
second edition of EveryBody is a Body by Karen Studd and Laura Cox.
Bring books and resources you’d like to swap, snacks to share (keep them vegan, please), or just bring yourself to browse, chat and eat with us.
If you’d like to publicize your list of available items in advance, Jaya Kanal is keeping track. Contact her at yantola@nullgmail.com
RSVP and questions: info@nullwacma.net or contact Esther at 301-641-6385.

Post-Certification Enrichment Day
2019-04-13 10:00 - 16:00 | University of Maryland/College Park Clarice Smith Center for the Performing Arts, 8270 Alumni Drive, College Park, MD, 20742-1625, United States
For Movement Analysts only.
Come and explore the Body-Space continuum in the morning workshop, then investigate four-dimensional experience in the afternoon!
Saturday, April 13
at the University of Maryland/College Park – Clarice Smith Center for the Performing Arts
Post-Certification Enrichment Day – for those already certified in any Laban/Bartenieff program (CMA, CLMA, GL-CMA, etc.)
10:00am-1:00pm: The Inner/Outer Body Space Continuum: Connecting the Inside to the Outside
with WholeMovement members Cat Maguire and Karen Studd
We will explore our body design and how it contains and creates space. We’ll investigate the space of our actions and interactions and discuss and compare what we observe and what we experience.
1:00-2:00pm: brown bag lunch
2:00-4:00pm: The Tesseract: Moving Beyond 3 Dimensions
with Katie Sapoci Drake
In this movement-based presentation we will use the Dimensional Cross, Planes, and Cube as an entry point for experiencing the Tesseract. We will then try on the spatial affinity for Flow within the Tesseract and explore how it can be used as a tool to learn the States and Drives within a spatial model. Lastly, we will discuss questions that arise surrounding the 4th dimension including pathways, the topography of inner/outer connections, and Flow as a change-agent between dimensions.
You must attend the morning workshop in order to participate in the afternoon session.
$75 for the full day
$50 for the morning workshop only
Register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/post-certification-enrichment-day-tickets-57051510604

Movement and Cookie Swap
2019-01-13 14:00 - 17:00 | University of Maryland/College Park Clarice Smith Center for the Performing Arts, 8270 Alumni Drive, College Park, MD, 20742-1625, United States
Open to all.
The afternoon will include moving together, observation practice, networking with other movers, socializing and snacking. What better way to start off you year?
Bring:

Your non-Movement Analyst friends and family. Everyone will get a taste of LBMS — and each other’s preferences and recipes!
An LBMS-based movement snippet to share – your favorite warm-up, an activity you love to do, or something you’re intrigued to explore (5 minutes absolute max, briefer is better)
Cookies or other snacks to swap
$5 suggested contribution to help us pay rental on the space (but please come even if you con’t contribute)
