The International Council of Kinetography Laban was founded in England in 1959. It currently has around sixty active members and fellows from across the continents.
Its members practice the system of movement and dance notation originated by Rudolf Laban, known as Kinetography Laban or Labanotation. This system is one of the major method of movement notation used in the documentation of, education about, and research into, human movement.
The aims of ICKL are to promote the use of the system; to increase research for its development and application; to act as a deciding body with regard to the orthography and principles of the system; to support experimental projects in related areas; to encourage information exchange among centers and individuals using the system. Its activities include the organization of a biennial conference and the publication of the conference proceedings.
News
The 35th Biennial Conference of ICKL will be held from July 12 to 17, 2027 (Arrival on Sunday July 11th – Departure on Sunday July 18th) at Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen-Werden, Germany.
Note that a Pre-Conference with Embodied Introduction will also take place on July 9 to 10, 2027, led by teaching staff and alumni·ae of the Institute for Contemporary Dance at the Folkwang University of the Arts. (Arrival on Thursday July 8th.)
The conference is entitled “Schrifttanz|Tanzschrift a Century Onward: (Re-)Positioning & (Re-)Imagining Laban’s Notation System” and aims to highlight the remarkable variety and creativity in the system’s usages.
The Call for Proposals is released (submission deadline: September 10, 2026).
Further details in the Conferences section: https://ickl.org/conference/conference-2027/
Information about the conference will be posted regularly on our website.