Karen Kohn Bradley is Associate Professor of Dance Emerita in Dance at the University of Maryland. She is a Certified Movement Analyst in Laban Movement Analysis and is the President of the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies in New York City. As a movement analyst, she has worked in dance therapy, with learning disabled children, in arts education research and policy, and observed and coached politicians and business leaders. She authored the book Rudolf Laban as a part of Routledge’s series on 20th Century performance practitioner, recently reissued as a 2nd edition. In addition, she has conducted research and published book chapters, articles, and presented on arts education and neuroscience. Bradley is retired and lives in Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia.