Editing Laban movement analysis (section)

{{Short description|System for analyzing human movement}}

'''Laban movement analysis''' (LMA), sometimes '''Laban/Bartenieff movement analysis''', is a method and language for describing, visualizing, interpreting and documenting human movement. It is based on the original work of [[Rudolf Laban]], which was developed and extended by [[Lisa Ullmann]], [[Irmgard Bartenieff]], [[Warren Lamb]] and others. LMA draws from multiple fields including [[anatomy]], [[kinesiology]] and [[psychology]]. It is used by dancers, actors,<ref>Newlove, J. (1993) ''Laban for Actors and Dancers: Putting Laban's Movement Theory into Practice'', [[Nick Hern Books]], London. {{ISBN|978-1-85459-160-9}}</ref> musicians and athletes; by health professionals such as physical and occupational therapists and psychotherapists;<ref>Bartenieff, Irmgard, and Dori Lewis. ''Body movement: Coping with the environment''. Psychology Press, 1980.</ref> and in anthropology, business consulting and leadership development.<ref>Lamb, Warren, and Turner, D. (1969). ''Management Behaviour''. New York: International Universities Press.</ref>

[[Labanotation]] (or Kinetography Laban), a notation system for recording and analyzing movement, is used in LMA, but Labanotation is a separate system.