Membership Directory

Hanna Raszewska-Kursa (1982) – Graduated Master’s Degree in Polish Literature Studies (the Warsaw University, 2006), a diploma of Postgraduate Studies in Theory of Dance (the Frederic Chopin University of Music, 2011), the Choreology and Kinetography training (the Institute of Choreology, 2011). In 2022 she defended with distinction her doctoral dissertation entitled “Comicality in Dance and Choreography Art in Poland in 21st Century”. Dance critic and researcher; freelancer. In 2011-2019 academic lecturer (Theories of Dance, 20th-21st Century Dance History). Member of the Polish Forum of Choreology, the Forum of Dance, the ICKL, founder of the “Thought in the Body” Foundation and the Warsaw Laboratory of Kinetography.
[Photo © Marta Ankiersztejn]

mysl.w.ciele@gmail.com [Fundacja “Myśl w Ciele]

Website: https://hannaraszewska.wordpress.com/in-english/

Michael Richter is a Language of Dance® (motif notation) Certification Specialist and an authorized Sensory Awareness leader. He cofounded and directed Move, Dance, and Yoga, which provided dance integration and professional development residencies to 40 elementary schools in Los Angeles. Michael was a professor of Creative Dance at California State University, Northridge and returning faculty for the Curriculum-in-Motion program at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in western Massachusetts. He is currently co-developing and co-teaching the online Language of Dance Master Practitioner certification series, in addition to the Dancing Reading Online group, for international teachers and choreographers.

ICKL Treasurer, 2016-2019

Rachael Riggs Leyva is a dance director, notator, scholar, and teacher. She earned her MFA in Dance Directing, and received PhD in Dance and Literacy Studies at The Ohio State University. She holds Advanced Theory and Intermediate Teaching certifications through the Dance Notation Bureau, and is teaching faculty for the Teacher Certification Course in Labanotation. Riggs Leyva notated the first Labanotation score of Trisha Brown’s choreography, a duet from M.O.. Her research explores novel approaches to documenting and archiving dance. Riggs Leyva has taught and staged works from score at The Ohio State University and Denison University.

Agustí Ros (Barcelona 1952). Actor, dancer, choreographer. Dance and Kinetography Laban teacher. Currently is retired since 2018. Degree in Dramatic Art (acting) by the Institut del Teatre Barcelona and in Fine Arts (painting) by the University of Barcelona. He has participated as a choreographer and motion consultant for actors and dancers in dance, opera, theater, cinema and television. PhD ‘Performing Arts’ program at the Department of Catalan philology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He was professor of Kinetography Laban at the Superior Dance Conservatory of the Institut del Teatre (Barcelona, Spain) 2002-2017, and Superior Dance Conservatory of Alicante (Alicante, Spain) 2003-2017.

Leslie Rotman has notated 24 dances and staged over 20 productions from score. Her notation credits include 4 works by George Balanchine, 3 works by Antony Tudor, 5 works by Laura Dean and dances by other notable choreographers such as Mary Wigman, Martha Graham, and Murray Louis. Several of her scores have undergone the rare DNB certification process, during which she was privileged to have worked through the rigorous theoretical checking with distinguished notators Ann Hutchinson Guest, Mária Szentpál, Muriel Topaz, Odette Blum, Ray Cook and Ilene Fox. On the staging side, Leslie has set works for prominent companies such as Hamburg Ballet, Frankfurt Ballet, Rose Ballet of Tokyo and Kansas City Ballet as well as for many universities and regional companies. Leslie was with the DNB for 24 years, eventually becoming Director of Staging. She taught all levels of Labanotation including Advanced Theory and Professional Notator Training. She was head of The Antony Tudor Project and co-chair of the Artistic Advisory Committee. Leslie is a Certified Professional Notator, holds a BA from Adelphi University and an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College.
Leslie was recently Research Panel Member (2018-2021).

He has a MA in Dance Research in Dance Research in the CENIDID (Centro Nacional de Investigación, Documentación e Información de la Danza José Limón) and a BA in Folk Dance from the National School of Folk Dance. He has danced with various Folk Dance Groups in Coahuila and Mexico City, and with them traveled to various states in Mexico and the United States. He was a member of the Association of Folk Choreographers of Mexico (2005 to 2012). With the Sound Library of the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH) he collaborated in the issue of the discs 55 and 57, where he worked with Dr. Jesús Jáuregui, an Anthropology specialist in the field of Mariachi.

Hannah Russ earned her B.A. degree in Dance and Chinese Area Studies from Kenyon College in 2018, where she found a deep interest in the use of Labanotation as a tool for movement preservation, research, and the creative/choreographic process. She has since earned certification in elementary and intermediate Labanotation and completed the Teacher Certification Course in China following the 2017 ICKL conference. After receiving a Fulbright Student Research/Study grant following graduation, she enrolled as a Student at the Nanjing University of the Arts where she spent 10 months conducting research on Labanotation in China. This past year, she became the Administrative Associate and Library Newsletter Editor for the Dance Notation Bureau.

Rhonda completed advanced studies in Labanotation in 1983 and was elected Fellow of ICKL in 1989. She served as Canadian Consultant to SEAMEO SPAFA (1991-1995), conducting a series of workshops in South East Asia to assist local artists in documenting regional dance forms. She has staged works including Doris Humprey’s Partita and Ann Hutchinson’s reconstruction of Nijinsky’s L’Après-midi d’un faune, and has authored and edited numerous publications on dance technique and repertoire including dictionaries on RAD and Cecchetti vocabulary, working with artists and educators in Toronto, New York, London, and SE Asia. Her recent research uses DanceForms computer animation software to represent dance movements and repertoire. In 2010 she retired from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, where she taught for over thirty years. Most recently she co-authored Benesh for Ballet, a series of ebooks available in from Apple iBooks.