Coming in May 2011

Successful Communication in the Corporate World 

Join us for an evening with veteran Certified Movement Analysts Virginia Reed and Fran Parker to learn more about their work in the corporate world.  In this live event, Fran will interview Virginia about the secrets of Laban Movement Analysis (LMA), a system used by hundreds around the world for understanding cross-cultural, ethnographic,  performative, and presentational style and communications.  Virginia and Fran will discuss how they use their LMA training and studies in Bartenieff  Fundamentals ^sm (BF) to enhance  clients’ careers at Fortune-500 Companies.  This event is for CMAs and those interested in the application of LMA/BF in the corporate world.

Light snacks and soft drinks will be served. 

Dates:   Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Times:  7:00 – 8:30pm
Location:  60 Riverside Drive @ 78^th Street
Cost:  LIMS Members $20 / Nonmembers $25*

RSVP: Ana Bella at anabella@limsonline.org or call 212-643-8888.

* To become a LIMS® Member: http://www.limsonline.org/join-lims%C2%AE-now

Virginia Reed is the President of the Laban Institute of Movement Studies, LIMS®, a corporate consultant with a specialty in presence, image, accent education, and cultural communication styles. She uses LMA to help corporate workers adapt to a changing world, to find and develop new skills, and to become more aware of cultural differences in the workplace. Virginia often works with women from other cultures, coaching them to adapt and lead within corporate hierarchies.

Virginia is a faculty member of Pratt University and has lectured worldwide on the topic of body language, not what you say but how you say it! She has keynoted many conferences in the medical arts and corporate fields.  She is also the host of “A Woman’s Perspective” on Progressive Radio Network (Go to PRN.com) on Fridays at 5pm.

Virginia placed 1st female race walker in two marathons, London and San Francisco. Dancing is her lifeline and theatre improvisation, both player and director, runs a close second.

Fran Parker- Executive Coach/CMA/LCSW is an internationally recognized communication specialist, working as an executive coach for the past eight years at JPMorgan Chase and other organizations. Fran’s breadth of experience encompasses coaching individuals, working to develop teams, and presenting seminars in client facing interaction, presentation skills, stress reduction, accent training and leadership presence.  She has been a key contributor to the Career Advancement Program at JPMorgan Chase, working to advance the careers of top talent women and minority candidates.

Fran is a founding board and faculty member of the Laban Institute of Movement Studies, and worked closely with Irmgard Bartenieff developing and teaching Bartenieff Fundamentals.  She has also been on the board of C.G. Jung Foundation, New York.

Prior to receiving her Masters of Social Work degree from Fordham University, she received an MA from New York University in Dance and Movement Analysis.

Coming in July 2011

An Integrated Approach to Voice and Speech Training Through Laban’s Lens with Barbara Adrian, CMA

Barbara Adrian is the author of Actor Training the Laban Way: An Integrated Approach to Voice Speech, and Movement (New York: Allworth Press) and is a Professor of Theatre Arts at Marymount Manhattan College in New York City. Ms. Adrian holds a Masters of Fine Arts Degree from Brooklyn College and is a CMA in Laban Movement Analysis. In addition to teaching and writing, Ms. Adrian freelances as a dialogue/dialect and movement coach in regional and New York theatres. For the past seven years, Ms. Adrian has been the Resident Voice and Speech coach for New YorkClassical Theatre under the artistic direction of Stephen Burdman. Additional selected credits include coaching theatre productions at the Tony award-winning regional theatre, American Repertory Theatre, as well as working with Tony award-winning actress Cherry Jones, Tony nominated director, Elizabeth Swados, Tony award-winning playwright David Rabe, and noted television and film actors such as Annabella Schiorra and Christopher Lloyd.