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Janet Hamburg |
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Janet Hamburg is a
Registered Somatic Movement Therapist (RSMT),
a Certified Laban Movement Analyst (CMA), and
a professor of dance and an associate of the
Gerontology Center at the University of Kansas.
She also is the Director of Senior Wellness and
Exercise for the Center for Movement Education
and Research in Los Angeles and a Senior Research
Associate for the Laban/Bartenieff Institute
of Movement Studies in New York City (www.limsonline.org).
She is the founder and manager of Motivating
Moves, LLC. She has been a guest teacher at the
Juilliard School of Music, the Sports Training
Institute, and the Laban/Bartenieff Institute,
all in New York City. She received the Laban/Bartenieff
Institute’s first Laban Award for Creative
Achievement by an artist or researcher in 2004. |
Her work has been featured on NBC Nightly News and
in
Shape Magazine and Mind-Body Fitness for
Dummies (Moving and Motivating with Laban
Movement Analysis). Her research has focused
on coordination problems in children and adults,
athletic performance,
movement problems of older adults, and movement therapy
for people with Parkinson’s disease. She has
presented her research at medical centers and at national
and international conferences. Her DVD/video Motivating
Moves for People with Parkinson’s received
the University Continuing Education Association’s
2005 Outstanding Noncredit Program Award, the top national
award by this Washington, D.C.-based organization.
Recent articles include
• "Seated exercise program benefits people with Parkinson’s, American pilot study reveals," European Parkinson’s Disease Association Plus Winter 2008 Issue 9.
http://www.epda.eu.com/pdfs/epdaPlus/issue_09.pdf#page=3
• "The Effects of a Laban/Bartenieff-Based Movement Program with Music on Physical Function Measures in Older Adults," Music Therapy Perspectives, 2008, 26(1), 30-37.
• “Working it Out New program helps people with Parkinson’s come alive” by Stefanie Kurtz, ADVANCE for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants, February 28, 2005, 16(6), 51.
• "The Effects of a Laban-Based Movement Program on Measures of Balance and Gait in Older Adults," Activities, Adaptation & Aging, 2003. 28(1), 17-33.
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• Center for Movement Education
and Research
• KU Department of Dance
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