Beyond Dance

by Eden Davies

Beyond 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.

180 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Udara Zubillaga · Rating 2 out of 5]

Siempre he tenido a Laban como un referente a la hora de trabajar el movimiento, la expresión corporal y la danza, y aunque sí que sabía bastante sobre su teoría del movimiento nunca había leído nada sobre cómo llegó a idear esas teorías, cuáles fueron sus inspiraciones. En este libro he podido aprender mucho sobre su proceso de creación y sobre su biografía, y también sobre todas esas personas que siguieron explorando a partir de sus teorías. Tengo que admitir que llega un punto del libro en el que siento que hay un poco de sobre información, párrafos y párrafos sobre cosas que no sé hasta que punto me interesaban y ha hecho que en momentos la lectura haya sido un poco ardua. Aun así, me alegro de haber dado el paso de haber leído sobre Laban, he aprendido bastante y he subrayado muchísimas cosas jajaja.

[Natalie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is dated, but the first half proved to still be informative expanding beyond the well-documented movement work of Rudolf Laban into the industrial/commercial work of Warren Lamb and his movement consultancy in the industrial sector. The second half of the book was questionable with the defending and selling of the positive results of movement analysis and with some weird gender stuff.