Conference 2025

34th Biennial Conference of ICKL

Presentation

Columbus, Ohio, USA
Scoring Gaps: Notating Pasts and Futures

July 14-18, 2025
(Arrival Sunday July 13)

In collaboration with the Laban/Bartenieff Institute for Movement Studies (LIMS) international conference, which is set to be held from July 18-20, 2025, in Columbus, Ohio.

ICKL On-site organization / Host Committee
Hannah Kosstrin, Associate Professor Dance, The Ohio State University
Mara Frazier, Assistant Professor University Libraries, The Ohio State University
Valarie Williams, Professor of Dance and Director OSU’s DNB Ext. Center (Contact) Julie Brodie, Professor of Dance and Director, Department of Theatre and Dance, Kenyon College
In Kind Support from Ohio State’s Department of Dance and University Libraries, Columbus, Ohio, USA
and Kenyon College’s Department of Theatre and Dance, Gambier, Ohio, USA

ICKL/LIMS

Announcement

Mid-July 2025 marks the historic gathering of the notation and movement analysis communities at The Ohio State University.

The 34th Biennial Conference of the International Council of Kinetography Laban/Labanotation conference kicks off this event, with sessions running Monday, July 14—Friday, July 18 (arrival Sunday July 13).
The inaugural Conference on Laban Bartenieff Movement Studies (LBMS), organized by the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies (LIMS) follows, beginning on Friday, July 18 thru Sunday, July 20.
This first day of the conference will incorporate some joint program sessions with ICKL, including a keynote address by Bebe Miller and a shared social event.
A workshop session on archival research in both fields will take place on Saturday, July 19 and Sunday, July 20.

In addition, there will be opportunities for both communities to participate in each other’s conference partially or fully.

ICKL and LIMS will each issue an independent Call for Papers to address the particular interests of the notation and movement analysis communities respectively. Session proposals on topics of interest to both communities are encouraged. Watch for additional information about both conferences in the coming months.

Intent to Attend Survey

Below you will find the link to an “Intent to attend” survey, which should allow ICKL and LIMS organizers to see the trend (as of today) in terms of our communities’ desire to participate in one and/or the other conference.

Thanks a lot to fill the form as soon as possible, even so there is still some uncertainty on your side – it will anyway help us greatly for the logistics.

https://forms.gle/qyTrhZpHXqpdWLUv6

Call for Proposals

Deadlines: August 15, 2024 (Early Submission) / October 15, 2024 (Regular Submission)

As in 2024, a single call for proposals will be issued, whether the topic concerns technical matters or applications of Kinetography Laban/Labanotation and other Laban-based concepts and methodologies. Depending on the nature of the topics, the selection committee will forward the selected proposals addressing technical matters to the Research Panel for advice and guidance to authors.

The Board of Trustees, in collaboration with the Research Panel when appropriate, will oversee the call, the evaluation of submissions, the development of the conference program for sessions as well as the overall organization of the conference in liaison with the Host Committee.

-> Download the call for proposals ICKL2025_Call (pdf)

To submit a proposal, please note that one must be a member of ICKL in good standing for the year of 2024. Please visit the Membership section on our website to join or renew your membership (ickl.org/membership/join-ickl/).

Conference 2025

34th Biennial Conference of ICKL

Columbus, Ohio, USA Scoring Gaps: Notating Pasts and Futures

Columbus, Ohio, USA
Scoring Gaps: Notating Pasts and Futures