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'''Rudolf von Laban''' aka '''Rudolf Laban''' (others name: Rezső Lábán de Váraljas, Lábán Rezső, Lábán Rudolf) (15 December 1879 – 1 July 1958) was a dance artist and theorist, notable as one of the pioneers of modern dance in Europe. His work laid the foundations for Laban Movement Analysis, Labanotation (Kinetography Laban), other more specific developments in dance notation and the evolution of many varieties of Laban Movement Study. He is considered to be one of the most important figures in the history of dance and fencing.
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'''Rudolf Laban''' (Rudolf von Laban, Rezső Lábán de Váraljas, Lábán Rezső, Lábán Rudolf) was a dance artist and theorist, notable as one of the pioneers of modern dance in Europe. His work laid the foundations for Laban Movement Analysis, Labanotation (Kinetography Laban), other more specific developments in dance notation and the evolution of many varieties of Laban Movement Study. He is considered to be one of the most important figures in the history of dance and fencing.
  
 
==Literature==
 
==Literature==
* ''Die Welt des Taenzers'' [''The world of Dancers''], Stuttgart: Walter Seifert, 1920; 3rd edition, 1926 (in German).
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; Monographs by Laban
* ''Choreographie: Erstes Heft'', Jena: Eugen Diederichs, 1926 (in German).
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* ''Die Welt des Tänzers'', Stuttgart: Walter Seifert, 1920; 3rd ed., 1926. (in German)
* ''Gymnastik und Tanz'', Oldenburg: Stalling, 1926 (in German).
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* ''Choreographie'': Erstes Heft, Jena: Eugen Diedrichs, 1926. (in German)
* ''Des Kindes Gymnastik und Tanz'', Oldenburg: Stalling, 1926 (in German).
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* ''Gymnastik und Tanz'', Oldenburg: Stalling, 1926. (in German)
* ''Schriftanz: Methodik, Orthographie, Erlaeuterungen'', Vienna: Universal Edition, 1928 (in German).  
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* ''Des Kindes Gymnastik und Tanz'', Oldenburg: Stalling, 1926. (in German)
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* ''Schriftanz: Methodik, Orthographie, Erläuterungen'', Vienna: Universal Edition, 1928. (in German)
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* ''Ein Leben fuer den Tanz'', Dresden: Carl Riessner, 1935. Autobiography. (in German)
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** ''A Life for Dance: Reminiscences'', trans. Lisa Ullmann, Princeton: Princeton Books, 1975.
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* ''The Mastery of Movement on the Stage'', London: Macdonald and Evans, 1940; 2nd ed. as ''The Mastery of Movement'', ed. Lisa Ullmann, 1960; 4th ed., 1980.
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** ''Kunst der Bewegung'', trans. F. Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven, 1988. (in German)
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* with Charles Lawrence Federick, ''Effort'', London: Macdonald and Evans, 1947.
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* ''Modern Educational Dance'', London: Macdonald and Evans, 1948.
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* ''Principles of Dance and Movement Notation'', London: Macdonald and Evans, 1956.
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* ''Choreutics'', ed. Lisa Ullmann, London: Macdonald and Evans, 1966.
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* ''A Vision of Dynamic Space'', ed. Lisa Ullmann, London: Falmer Press, with Laban Archives, 1984.
  
==Links==
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; On Laban
* http://cabinetmagazine.org/issues/36/turner2.php
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* Ann Hutchinson, ''Labanotation: The System of Analyzing and Recording Movement'', New York: Theatre Arts Books, 1954.
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* Ann Hutchinson, ''Labanotation or Kinetography Laban'', 2nd ed., London: Oxford University Press, 1970.
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* Vera Maletic, ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=11577 Body, Space, Expression: The Development of Rudolf Laban’s Movement and Dance Concepts]'', New York, Berlin & Amsterdam: Mouton de Gruyter, 1987.
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* Lynn Matluck Brooks, [http://www.hugoribeiro.com.br/biblioteca-digital/Brooks-Harmony_in_space-Rudolf_Laban.pdf "Harmony in Space: A Perspective on the Work of Rudolf Laban"], ''Journal of Aesthetic Education'' 27:2 (Summer 1993), pp 29-41.
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* Maureen Connolly, Anna Lathrop, "Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Rudolf Laban -- An Interactive Appropriation of Parallels and Resonances", ''Human Studies'' 20:1 (January 1997), pp 27-45. [http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A%3A1005305010698]
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* Valerie Preston-Dunlop, ''Rudolf Laban, An Extraordinary Life'', London: Dance Books, 1998.
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* Eden Davies, ''[http://cdn.anonfiles.com/1401869486737.pdf Beyond Dance: Laban's Legacy of Movement Analysis]'', London: Brechin Books, 2001; Routledge, 2006. [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1478466 Review].
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* Evelyn Doerr, ''Rudolf Laban: The Dancer of the Crystal'', Scarecrow Press, 2007, 312 pp. [http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/tdr/summary/v053/53.1.berson.html Review].
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* Christopher Turner, [http://cabinetmagazine.org/issues/36/turner2.php "The Art of Movement"], ''Cabinet'' 36 (Winter 2009/2010).
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* Caspar Schwabe, [http://archive.bridgesmathart.org/2010/bridges2010-271.pdf "Eureka and Serendipity: The Rudolf von Laban Icosahedron and Buckminster Fuller's Jitterburg"], in ''Bridges 2010: Mathematics, Music, Art, Architecture, Culture'', Pecs, 2010, pp 271-278.
 
* N. Salazar Sutil, [http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/789620/ "Rudolf Laban and topological movement: a videographic analysis"], ''Space and Culture'', 16:2 (2013), pp 173-193.
 
* N. Salazar Sutil, [http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/789620/ "Rudolf Laban and topological movement: a videographic analysis"], ''Space and Culture'', 16:2 (2013), pp 173-193.
* Maureen Connolly, Anna Lathrop, "Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Rudolf Laban -- An Interactive Appropriation of Parallels and Resonances", ''Human Studies'' 20:1 (January 1997), pp 27-45. [http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A%3A1005305010698]
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* http://www.hugoribeiro.com.br/biblioteca-digital/Brooks-Harmony_in_space-Rudolf_Laban.pdf
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==External links
* http://archive.bridgesmathart.org/2010/bridges2010-271.pdf
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* [http://www.tanzarchiv-leipzig.de/?q=de/node/399 Laban in Tanzarchiv Leipzig]
* http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/tdr/summary/v053/53.1.berson.html
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_von_Laban Laban at Wikipedia]
* http://www.tanzarchiv-leipzig.de/?q=de/node/399
 
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_von_Laban
 
  
 
[[Category:Dance|Laban, Rudolf]]
 
[[Category:Dance|Laban, Rudolf]]

Revision as of 10:32, 4 June 2014

Born December 15, 1879(1879-12-15)
Pozsony, Kingdom of Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire (today Bratislava, Slovakia)
Died July 1, 1958(1958-07-01) (aged 78)
Weybridge, United Kingdom

Rudolf Laban (Rudolf von Laban, Rezső Lábán de Váraljas, Lábán Rezső, Lábán Rudolf) was a dance artist and theorist, notable as one of the pioneers of modern dance in Europe. His work laid the foundations for Laban Movement Analysis, Labanotation (Kinetography Laban), other more specific developments in dance notation and the evolution of many varieties of Laban Movement Study. He is considered to be one of the most important figures in the history of dance and fencing.

Literature

Monographs by Laban
  • Die Welt des Tänzers, Stuttgart: Walter Seifert, 1920; 3rd ed., 1926. (in German)
  • Choreographie: Erstes Heft, Jena: Eugen Diedrichs, 1926. (in German)
  • Gymnastik und Tanz, Oldenburg: Stalling, 1926. (in German)
  • Des Kindes Gymnastik und Tanz, Oldenburg: Stalling, 1926. (in German)
  • Schriftanz: Methodik, Orthographie, Erläuterungen, Vienna: Universal Edition, 1928. (in German)
  • Ein Leben fuer den Tanz, Dresden: Carl Riessner, 1935. Autobiography. (in German)
    • A Life for Dance: Reminiscences, trans. Lisa Ullmann, Princeton: Princeton Books, 1975.
  • The Mastery of Movement on the Stage, London: Macdonald and Evans, 1940; 2nd ed. as The Mastery of Movement, ed. Lisa Ullmann, 1960; 4th ed., 1980.
    • Kunst der Bewegung, trans. F. Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven, 1988. (in German)
  • with Charles Lawrence Federick, Effort, London: Macdonald and Evans, 1947.
  • Modern Educational Dance, London: Macdonald and Evans, 1948.
  • Principles of Dance and Movement Notation, London: Macdonald and Evans, 1956.
  • Choreutics, ed. Lisa Ullmann, London: Macdonald and Evans, 1966.
  • A Vision of Dynamic Space, ed. Lisa Ullmann, London: Falmer Press, with Laban Archives, 1984.
On Laban

==External links