Summer 2025 – Summer 2027, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England
Venue: Wainsgate Chapel first floor studio (please see here for access and travel information for Wainsgate Chapel)
The following individual modules and the 500-hour certification program will run with enough students. Both the BODY and SHAPE modules can be taken as stand-alone modules.
- Thematic Modules of BODY/ SHAPE/ EFFORT/ SPACE
Module 1 – BODY: Sensing, Imagination, Relationship (@Wainsgate): 7-25 July 2025 (15 days – Mon-Fri x3)
Module 2a – SHAPE: Relationship, Communication, Interaction (@Wainsgate): 5-14 January 2026* (8 days – Mon-Fri & Mon-Wed)
Module 2b – SHAPE: Relationship, Communication, Interaction (online): one (1) weekend per month, February-June 2026*
Module 3 – EFFORT: Interaction, Embodied Action, Expression (@Wainsgate): 6-24 July 2026* (15 days – Mon-Fri x3)
Module 4a – SPACE: Expression, Orientation (online): one (1) weekend per month, September 2026-June 2027*
Module 4b – BESS Integration + Somatic Practice (@Wainsgate): July 2027* (10 days – Mon-Fri x2)
* provisional dates
This immersive certification programme is a post-graduate Somatic Practitioner and Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst training offering new career paths as a movement analyst and somatic practitioner – Certificate in Movement Analysis and Somatic Practice (CMA-SP). This program comprises of all 4 Thematic Modules in Body/Shape/Effort/Space (BESS) that allow for deep immersion into each category of BESS, building on a cumulative, developmental model of learning. Successful completion of the CMA-SP fulfills the requirements for fast-track registration with the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association (ISMETA) as a Somatic Movement Therapist and/or Educator.
APPLICATION
Follow the 500-hour program link or individual module links above or from the top menu for more information, or apply here:
For more information contact: Janet Kaylo, Founder and Director of Laban/Bartenieff and Somatic Studies International™.
ACCOMMODATION
For some local self-organised accommodation options in and near Hebden Bridge, please see here
labaninternational.org 