Beyond Dance

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.

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.

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