Beyond dance : Laban's legacy of movement analysis / by Eden Davies ; illustrations by Steve Hurst.

Includes bibliographical references.

Ch. 1 LABAN IN EUROPE / His early life ; Ascona and After ; Labanotation -- Ch. 2 LABAN'S WAR EFFORT / His arrival in England - Dartington ; Lisa Ullmann and Education ; Laban and F.C. Lawrence ; Lilt in Labour -- Ch. 3 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 -- Ch. 4 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 -- Ch. 5 ACTION PROFILERS INTERNATIONAL / Broadening the Base: Pamela Ramsden ; The Body-Mind Connection ; The Motivation to Interact ; The Overall Factors ; Sharing and Private Behaviour ; Training Profilers ; Research and Validation ; Problems for Action Profiling -- Ch. 6 MOVEMENT ANALYSIS AND PERSONALITY / Childhood Development - Judith Kestenberg ; Some Basic Personality Types ; The Communicator ; The Confronter -- Ch. 7 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 -- Ch. 8 ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE / Movement and Politics ; Movement Analysis and Therapy ; Ritualised Behaviour ; Social Considerations of Movement and Gender ; Personal Relationships ; Punishment and Rehabilitation ; Movement as a Common Denominator -- App. I. Warren Lamb's Profile of Rudolf Laban -- App. II. The Laban Lawrence Effort Assessment -- App. III. An Aptitude Assessment for a Marketing Director.