The work and ideas of Rudolf Laban (1879-1958), dancer, choreographer and seminal theoretician of movement and dance, have had a profound impact across an extraordinary range of disciplines. This title offers a selection of conference presentations including work on Rudolf Laban's approach to dance theatre in the 1920s.

Presentations from the Laban International Conference
October 2008 at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music
and Dance, London

The work and ideas of Rudolf Laban (1879-1958), dancer, choreographer
and seminal theoretician of movement and dance, have had a profound
impact across an extraordinary range of disciplines. To mark the 50th
Anniversary of his death, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
held an International Conference asking how and where Rudolf Laban's work
is being practised today, how his ideas are being developed, and how relevant
they are to the 21st Century.
Conference presenters and delegates came from 26 countries to address these
questions through papers, workshops, performances, films and lecture
demonstrations amounting to around eighty presentations. Their work
explored the legacy and current developments of Rudolf Laban's work around
the world in subjects ranging from: choreography; movement analysis;
choreology; the documentation of the performing arts; architecture; therapy
and education to the training of the dancer, actor and musical conductor.
This collection offers a representative selection of conference presentations
including work on Rudolf Laban's approach to dance theatre in the 1920s,
and on his ideas of space harmony, its geometric basis and the spiritual
philosophy that is embedded within it.