Davies Beyond Dance

Laban's Legacy of Movement Analysis
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-1-135-51224-8
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 180 Seiten

Beyond Dance: Laban's Legacy of Movement Analysis offers students of dance and movement a brief introduction to the life and work of Rudolf Laban, and how this work has been extended into the fields of movement therapy, communications, early childhood development, and other fields.

While many dance students know of Laban and his work as it applies to their field, few know the full story of how this technique has developed and grown. For many who enter into the fields of dance movement therapy, performance, and communications, there are valuable lessons to be learned from Laban and his follower's works. Beyond Dance offers a concise introduction to this world. Refreshingly free of jargon and easy to understand, the work offers dance students – and others interested in human movement – a full picture of the many possibilities inherent in Laban's theories. For many who will pursue careers 'beyond dance', this work will be a useful guidebook into related areas.

This will be ideally suited to students of Laban movement theory in dance and movement therapy, and will be used in advanced courses in these areas as useful, brief introduction to the field.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Davies, Eden

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Rock & Pop, Blues, Soul
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Tanz

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introductio n

Chapter One: Laban in Europe
His early life
Ascona and After
Labanotation
Chapter Two: Laban's War Effort
His arrival in England - Dartington
Lisa Ullmann and Education
Laban and F. C. Lawrence
Lilt in Labour
Chapter Three: Shape and Effort
Warren Lamb and the Art of Movement Studio
Choreutics
Eukinetics
Laying Down the Rules of Movement Analysis
Shape - The Three Planes of Movement
Effort - The Three Qualities of Movement
Laban's Eight Basic Efforts
The Importance of Flow
Chapter Four: Arriving at Aptitude Assessment
Working on the Factory Floor
The Laban Lawrence Effort Assessment
Aptitude Assessment
The 3-Stage Decision-Making Process
Adding Shape to the Formula
Posture and Gesture
Into Team-Building
Chapter Five: Action Profilers International
Broadening the Base: Pamela Ramsden
The Body-Mind Connection
The Motivation to Interact
The Overall Factors
Sharing and Private Behavior
Training Profilers
Research and Validation
Problems for Action Profiling
Chapter Six: Movement Analysis and Personality
Childhood Development - Judith Kestenberg
Some Basic Personality Types
The Communicator
The Confronter
Action Man / Woman
Chapter Seven: Movement and Gender
The Gender War
Male and Female in Movement
The Importance of Flow - Again
Some Interpretations
Putting on the Pressure
Caring and Sharing
Making Decisions
Vive la Difference
Chapter Eight: All the World's a Stage
Movement and Politics
Movement Analysis and Therapy
Ritualized Behavior
Social Considerations of Movement and Gender
Personal Relationships
Punishment and Rehabilitation
Movement as a Common Denominator

Appendix I: Warren Lamb's Profile of Rudolf Laban
Appendix II: The Laban Lawrence Effort Assessment
Appendix III: An Aptitude Assessment for a Marketing Director
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Eden Davies is a student of Warren Lamb who has worked for a number of years as a consultant to industries using effort-shape analysis to improve worker efficiency.