Laban movement analysis
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Laban movement analysis, sometimes Laban/Bartenieff movement analysis, is a method and language for describing, visualizing, interpreting and documenting human movement. It is based on the original wo
Laban effort graph with effort elements labeled
Rudolf von Laban
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Rudolf Laban, also known as Rudolph von Laban, was an Austro-Hungarian dance artist, choreographer, and movement theorist. He is considered a "founding father of expressionist dance" and a pioneer of
Laban movement analysis
…movement analysis, is a method and language for describing, visualizing, interpreting and documenting human movement. It is based on the original work of Rudolf Laban, which was developed and extended by Lisa Ullmann, Irmgard Bartenieff, Warren Lamb and others. LMA draws from multiple fields including anatomy…
Laban presenting his system of Labanotation, c. 1929
A group of figures in front of a window, formed by dance students at Laban's Choreographic Institute in Berlin-Grunewald (November 1929).
Young people performing a rhythmic dance at Laban's Choreographic Institute in Berlin-Grunewald (1929).
Rudolf von Laban in the midst of his students (ca. 1929).