JDSP 12 (1) pp. 95–106 Intellect Limited 2020 Journal of Dance & Somatic Practices Volume 12 Number 1 www.intellectbooks.com 95 © 2020 Intellect Ltd Article. English language. https://doi.org/10.1386/jdsp_00015_1 Received 1 June 2019; Accepted 4 April 2020 CIBELE SASTRE Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 1 Learning/teaching, creating and performing through LBMS ABSTRACT This article presents Laban/Bartenieff movement studies (LBMS) experiments through pedagogical procedures and creative processes. It comprises artistic and performative perspectives in choreography and dance education from a nineteen years’ research within master and doctorate studies. Laban’s Motif writing shifts its main function to act as a trigger for creative processes. Besides, somatic serenities, as an important body state for the production of presence, are encouraged in somatic– performative practices that include LBMS into dance programme courses in Rio Grande do Sul. The concept of somatic serenities is introduced to develop an inner– outer body connection state as an intimate experience with dance, which produces knowledge. This text considers performative dance practices and practice as research as an LBMS teaching methodology in dance courses in the south of Brazil. RESUMO Este texto apresenta experimentos com Estudos do Movimento Laban/Bartenieff (LBMS) por meio de procedimentos pedagógicos e processos criativos com estu- dos somáticos. Aborda perspectivas artísticas e performativas em Coreografia e Educação ao longo de dezenove anos de pesquisa antes, durante e após os estudos de mestrado e doutorado. A descrição iconográfica por motivos é deslocada de sua função principal para tornar-se disparadora de processos de criação. A serenidade KEYWORDS LBMS somatic serenities motif writing body-space inner–outer dance education PALAVRAS-CHAVE LBMS serenidades somáticas descrição iconográfica por motivos corpo-espaço interno–externo Dança Educação