Rudolf von Laban

Rudolf von Laban
Born15 December 1879
Pressburg (today Bratislava), Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary
Died1 July 1958(1958-07-01) (aged 78)
Weybridge, England
Known forChoreography, dance theory, Labanotation
Notable workLabanotation (a movement notation system)
MovementExpressionist dance
PartnerLisa Ullman

Rudolf (von) Laban, also known as Rudolph von Laban (Hungarian: Lábán Rudolf; 15 December 1879 – 1 July 1958), was an Austro-Hungarian, German and British dance artist, choreographer and dance theorist. He is very important to modern dance. He is called the "founding father of expressionist dance", He helped create Laban movement analysis and Labanotation (a movement notation system, or way of writing down movement). These helped other changes in dance notation and movement analysis. He helped in dance therapy. He also helped in theatrical movement. He tried to put his ideas in other fields, like architecture, education, industry, and management.

When he was preparing for the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, the Nazi party targeted Laban. He went to England in 1937. In 1945 and 1946, he and Lisa Ullmann started the Laban Art of Movement Guild in London, and The Art of Movement Studio in Manchester.

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  1. ↑ An old source (Samuel Thornton, Laban's Theory of Movement: A New Perspective, Plays, 1971, p. 3) giving the birth name Lábán Rezső Keresztelő Szent János Attila is considered discredited and anecdotal as per Suzanne Walther, Dance of Death: Kurt Jooss and the Weimar Years, Routledge, 2013, p. 41 n. 11.
  2. ↑ Vojtek, Miklós (1999). "Lábán Rudolf pozsonyi gyökerei" [The roots of Rudolf in Bratislava] (in Hungarian). Bratislava: Kalligram Publishing House. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
  3. 1 2 McCaw, Dick (2011). "The Laban Sourcebook". London, New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis. p. 1. ISBN 9780415543330.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: periodical has ISBN (link)
  4. ↑ Dörr, Evelyn (2008). Rudolf Laban, The Dancer of the Crystal. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. pp. 99–101. ISBN 9780810860070.
  5. ↑ Levy FJ (1988). "Laban movement analysis and dance therapy in the United States". Dance/movement therapy: a healing art (PDF). Reston, Va.: National Dance Association. pp. 131–164. ISBN 0-88314-380-1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 January 2022 – via Institute of Education Sciences.
  6. ↑ Evans M (2009). Movement training for the modern actor (PDF). New York: Routledge. p. 17. ISBN 9780203883549. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 November 2018 – via Coventry University.

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