Laban International Conference 2026

Movement Workshop and Performance

Friday, July 31st - Held at Modern Museum Mezzanine - Baía Room 14H – 15H30​

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Portuguese Tradução                

Spanish Traducción

 

LMA/BF Movement Exploration Exploring Intension, Functionality and Relationships Supporting Contemporary Movement Forms 

 

A movement workshop 

a 10-minute performance by the presenters at the end of the session

Presenter: Bala Sarasvati

Assisting workshop and performance: Emery Martin and Regan Sadowski

 

This workshop is intended for movers/teachers/creators who enjoy exploring, applying and experiencing LMA/BF concepts and approaches and developing these into more complex movement forms. It continues to amaze me in how Laban/BF explorations continue to inform and serve our somatic awareness, technical development, teaching, artistry, collaboration and overall wellness. Embodiment becomes wisdom!

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The workshop will be organized as follows:

1. Warm-up through Bartenieff Basic 6 and development of selected fundamental movement patterns

2. *Learn/experience three short contrasting movement phrases *feel free to participate as an observer

3. Observe a short performance by the presenters followed by feedback from participants.

 

Bartenieff/LMA based movement approaches will emphasize dynamic alignment utilized in three-dimensional spatial movement activities such as looping, threading, rotating and spiraling.  Attention to more subtle details such as breath patterns, visual cues, global rotation, external tracing and more promotes fuller mobility and body integration.
 

We will consider Effort and Space Harmony elements and certain interrelationships to explore movement processes such as engage/release, riding on the wave of momentum, free-falling and regenerating internal and external lines of energy. The incorporation of anatomical, sensory, kinetic awareness and imagery are at the essential core of this experience and intended to further access and deepen inner body connections; and awaken movement sensations to create motion, momentum and expression.

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Finishing the session, participants will learn/observe dance excerpts and revisit and renew how embodied awareness through LMA/BF theories cultivates artistry and nurtures the creative process. We will reflect personal and observed moments of authentic and fully realized expressivity. We will reflect how the correlation of these dynamic aspects are now considered central to the more sophisticated movement styles that prevails the contemporary dance genre at large. 

~a 10 minute performance by the presenters will end the session~

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Performance Notes ~ Notas de Execução ~ Notas de interpretación

 

Excerpts from One step at a Time -"Jumping Timelines"

Um passo de cada vez -"Pulando Linhas do Tempo" (trechos) 

Extractos de Un paso a la vez - "Salto de líneas temporales"

 

Part I Vindication ~ Parte I Reivindicação ~ Parte I Vindicación

    Bartenieff Fundamental focus ~ Foco fundamental de Bartenieff ~ Enfoque fundamental de Bartenieff

 

Part II Reimposition ~ Parte II Reimposição ~ Parte II Reimposición

    Effort/Shape focus ~ Foco em Esforço/Forma ~ Enfoque en esfuerzo/forma

 

Part III Reclamation ~ Parte III Recuperação ~ Parte III Recuperació

Space Harmony/Weight qualities ~ Harmonia Espacial/Qualidades de peso ~ Armonía/Cualidades de peso espacial

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Credits ~ Créditos

Director/Choreographer ~ Diretor/Coreógrafo

Bala Sarasvati

 

Performers ~ Intérpretes

Emery Martin and Regan Sadowski

 

Music (mixed and overlay) ~ Música (mixada e sobreposta) ~ Música (mezclada y superpuesta)

Biosphere, Function, Dub Sutra, Chris Benstead, Rival Consoles,

Biosphere & Higher Intelligence Agency and Florence+the Machine

 

Backdrop film excerpts from the larger project ~ Trechos de filmes de fundo do projeto maior

Extratos de películas de fondo del proyecto más amplio

One Step at a Time - "Jumping Timelines"

Um Passo A Passo —"Pulando Linhas do Tempo"

​Un paso a la vez - "Salto de líneas temporales"

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