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Laban for All » (1st Edition)

Book cover image of Laban for All by Jean Newlove

Authors: Jean Newlove, John Dalby, John Dalby
ISBN-13: 9780878301805, ISBN-10: 0878301801
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: March 2004
Edition: 1st Edition

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Author Biography: Jean Newlove

Jean Newlove was Laban's assistant after he went to England as a refugee in 1938. She has taught Laban's ideas at the Royal Shakespeare Company and throughout the world. Her Laban for Actors and Dancers is also published by Routledge. Actor, voice teacher, and musician, John Dalby also assisted in some of Laban's coureses and has taught around the world.

Book Synopsis

Rudolf Laban was one of the great theorists and practitioners of movement. In Laban for All, expert teachers of Laban's techniques offer simplified version of his system that can be used by anyone, from beginners to pros.

Extensively illustrated with John Dalby's line drawings and diagrams, Laban for All lays out the basic vocabulary of the Laban system and goes on to offer specific exercises.

The result is a thorough - and thoroughly practical - grounding in the most important movement system in use today.

Table of Contents

Foreword10
Laban11
Some Useful Terms and Expressions17
Steps19
Why Plato?23
1Using the Five Crystals27
2The Movement Scales62
3Space, Time, Weight and Flow112
4The Eight Basic Efforts129
5The Movement in Sound and Voice171
6Incomplete Efforts185
7The Four Drives196
8For Those Who Act209
9For Those Who Dance226
10For Those Who Teach249
Postscript251
How to Make Your Own Icosahedron252
Bibliography255

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