The mastery of movement / Rudolf Laban ; revised by Lisa Ullman.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Alton, Hampshire : Dance Books, ©2011. Edition: 4th ed., rev. and enlDescription: xii, 196 pages : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781852731458
  • 1852731451
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 22 792.028 LAB
Contents:
Scenes for study -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Movement and the body (part I) : Analysis of simple bodily actions -- 3. Movement and the body (part II) -- Analysis of complex bodily actions ; Movements related to people and objects ; Correlation of bodily actions and effort -- 4. The significance of movement -- 5. Roots of mime -- 6. The study of movement expression -- The production of group scenes ; Symbolic scenes -- 7. Three mime plays -- Tamino's quest ; The dance of the seven veils ; The golden shawl -- Appendix: Some fundamental aspects of the structure of effort -- Index.
Summary: "Laban's The Mastery of Movement on the Stage, first published in 1950, quickly came to be accepted as the standard work on his conception of human move ment. When he died, Laban was in the process of preparing a new edition of the book, and so for some time after his death it was out of printing That a second edition appeared was solely due to the efforts of Lisa Ullmann, who, better than any other person, was aware of the changes that Laban had intended to make. The rather broader treatment of the subject made advis able the change of title, for it was recognised that the book would appeal to all who seek to understand movement as a force in life. In this fourth edition Lisa Ullmann has taken the opportunity to make margin annotations to indicate the subject matter referred to in a particular section of the text, so that specified topics may be easily found. Kinetograms have been added to most of the examples in Chapters 2 and 3, as Laban originally intended, for the growing number of people who read and write movement notation. Lisa Ullmann has also compiled an Appendix on the the structure of effort, drawing largely on material from an unpublished book by Laban. The relationship between the inner motivation of movement and the outer functioning of the body is explored. Acting and dancing are shown as activities deeply concerned with man's urge to establish values and meanings. The student is introduced to basic principles underlying movement expres sion and experience and the numerous exercises are intended to challenge his or her intellectual, emotional and physical responses. The many descrip tions of movement scenes and mine-dances are designed to stimulate penetra tion into man's inner life from where movement and action originate." -- Book cover.
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792.028 BOL Acting : 792.028 HED Devising performance : 792.028 HED Devising performance : 792.028 LAB The mastery of movement / 792.028 MCE The actor and the Alexander technique / 792.028 PIT Performance perspectives : 792.09 GEI Plays, players, & playwrights :

This 4th ed. originally published 1980.

Includes index.

Scenes for study -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Movement and the body (part I) : Analysis of simple bodily actions -- 3. Movement and the body (part II) -- Analysis of complex bodily actions ; Movements related to people and objects ; Correlation of bodily actions and effort -- 4. The significance of movement -- 5. Roots of mime -- 6. The study of movement expression -- The production of group scenes ; Symbolic scenes -- 7. Three mime plays -- Tamino's quest ; The dance of the seven veils ; The golden shawl -- Appendix: Some fundamental aspects of the structure of effort -- Index.

"Laban's The Mastery of Movement on the Stage, first published in 1950, quickly came to be accepted as the standard work on his conception of human move ment. When he died, Laban was in the process of preparing a new edition of the book, and so for some time after his death it was out of printing That a second edition appeared was solely due to the efforts of Lisa Ullmann, who, better than any other person, was aware of the changes that Laban had intended to make. The rather broader treatment of the subject made advis able the change of title, for it was recognised that the book would appeal to all who seek to understand movement as a force in life. In this fourth edition Lisa Ullmann has taken the opportunity to make margin annotations to indicate the subject matter referred to in a particular section of the text, so that specified topics may be easily found. Kinetograms have been added to most of the examples in Chapters 2 and 3, as Laban originally intended, for the growing number of people who read and write movement notation. Lisa Ullmann has also compiled an Appendix on the the structure of effort, drawing largely on material from an unpublished book by Laban. The relationship between the inner motivation of movement and the outer functioning of the body is explored. Acting and dancing are shown as activities deeply concerned with man's urge to establish values and meanings. The student is introduced to basic principles underlying movement expres sion and experience and the numerous exercises are intended to challenge his or her intellectual, emotional and physical responses. The many descrip tions of movement scenes and mine-dances are designed to stimulate penetra tion into man's inner life from where movement and action originate." -- Book cover.

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