TY - BOOK AU - Newlove,Jean TI - Laban for actors and dancers: putting Laban's movement theory into practice : a step-by-step guide SN - 9781854591609 U1 - 792.82 20 PY - 1993/// CY - Lonon PB - Nick Hern Books KW - Laban, Rudolf KW - Dance KW - Movement (Acting) N1 - Rudolf Laban --; 1. Starting Out --; 2. A Logical Form --; 3. Introducing the Dimensional Scale --; 4. The Diagonal Scale --; 5. The Flow of Movement --; 6. Space --; 7. Time --; 8. Weight --; 9. A Survey of the Space, Time, Weight, and Flow Continuums --; 10. Exploratory Exercises for Each of the Eight Basic Effort Actions --; 11. Intermission --; 12. Sound and Gesture Accompanying the Eight Basic Effort Actions --; 13. Time-Weight and the Greeks --; 14. Mental Effort Preceding Action --; 15. Dance Drama --; 16. Objective Function and Movement Sensation --; 17. Incomplete Effort --; 18. The Four Drives --; 19. Steps --; 20. In Search of the Character N2 - "This handbook, complete with graded exercises, is for teachers and students of both drama and dance, who wish to use the Laban system of movement. Author Jean Newlove, a renowned movement teacher, takes the reader step-by-step througfh the basic principles of movement, with graded exercises following the end of each chapter. She also provides practical examples of how movement training can be used in the development of characters in specific plays."--Publisher description. ER -