Author Description

In This Sourcebook, Dick Mccaw Brings Together The Key Writings Of Rudolf Laban. Mccaw Gives An Overview Of The Theory And Practice Of This Pioneer Of Dance Theatre Creating A Vital Resource For Students Of Dance, Movement, Theatre And Performance. Editor's Introduction / Dick Mccaw -- Dance Activities And Schools, 1912-1917, Ascona And Zurich -- The World Of The Dancer (1920) -- Gymnastics And Dance For Children (1926) -- Gymnastics And Dance (1926) -- Choreography (1926) -- Texts On Laban's Choreographies: Gaukelei (1923) And Titan (1927) -- The Choreographic Institute Laban (1926-1929) And Laban's Presentation At The First Dancers' Congress, Madgeburg (1927) -- The Pageant Of Trades And Crafts, Vienna, June 1929 -- Laban And Movement Notation -- Rudolf Laban's Dance Films -- Choreutics, Written In 1938, Published In 1966 -- Laban's Concept Of Effort And His Work In The 1940s And 1950s -- The Art Of Movement In Education, Work And Recreation (mid-1940s) -- Effort (1947) -- Answers To Ten Questions On Industrial Rhythm (early 1950s) -- Modern Educational Dance (1948) -- Shadow Moves -- The Mastery Of Movement On The Stage (1950) -- Effort And Recovery (mid-1950s) -- Excerpts From Effort And Recovery And Notes Taken From Withymead (early 1950s) -- The Harmony Of Movement (early 1950s) -- Themes And Contradictions In Laban's Work And Thinking -- Glossary Of Terms As Used In Movement Psychology -- Glossary Of German Terms. Edited By Dick Mccaw. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Translated From The German.