Dance professor Karen Bradley named President of LIMS

Congratulations to TDPS Dance professor Karen Bradley on recently being named President of the Laban/Bartenieff Institute (LIMS).

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Congratulations to TDPS Dance professor Karen Bradley on recently being named President of the Laban/Bartenieff Institute (LIMS)! She has worked in various leadership roles for LIMS, and as interim-president for the past six months.

Professor Bradley is currently the Head of MFA Dance Program and Head of Dance Performance and Scholarship for the UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies. She is the author of Rudolf Laban, a volume in the Routledge series on 20^th century performance practitioners, and teaches in various Laban Movement Studies programs around the world. Her research focuses on the role of LMA in neuroscience, technology, learning theory, and education. 

From the LIMS announcement:

"The energy and leadership Karen has brought to the Laban/Bartenieff Institute over the years that she has been working at LIMS has had a palpable impact in the organization. We look forward to her guiding us forward as we continue to realize Irmgard's vision of spreading the LMA/BF work into fields as diverse as performing arts, communication, behavior analysis, and education with audiences seeking engagement and transformation." 

--Jan Whitener, LIMS Chair of the Board