Laban Guild International
Registered Charity 266435
It is with great sadness that we report the death of Ann Ward, Secretary and Trustee of LGI, previously Courses Officer, Membership Secretary and long term Council member. A full obituary will be published in the August issue of Movement Dance & Drama.
Acting Methods Reconsidered: New Perspectives in Acting Practice in a Metacovid World
Conference, in Marathon, Greece, 14-30 July 2022
The Moving Actor Hub is proposing to present sessions to consider Laban’s legacy in actor training, with a focus on significant Laban Guild individuals, such as:
Marion North – Dramatic Personalities (actors’ awareness of the meaning in shadow movements);
Geraldine Stephenson – Historical Styles (using a Laban approach to create period dance & movement for performance);
Jean Newlove – Dramatic Dynamospheres (using the scales in actor training);
Gordon Curl – Platonic Modes (creating crystal structures as stagecraft);
Walli Meier – Psychological Types in Effort (therapy and drama link);
Warren Lamb – Shape/Effort interactions (shaping the character).
UNESCO CID News
World Congress in Athens, Greece
The 58th World Congress of Dance Research will take place in Athens 6-10 July 2022. Several hundred dance professionals are expected, like in previous years. All CID Members are invited.
Mental Health in Sport and Physical Activity Conference
Connection is central –people with lived experience of mental health need to be embedded throughout all attempts to support, individual contact and collaboration. Greater promotion of success is required. There is a need to work strategically with partners and to understand the barriers Ideally a multi-sector approach is required.
Conference Report by Maggie Killingbeck
MADE IN SUFFOLK - Film directed by Mel Horwood
The Laban Guild was delighted to be one of the sponsors of this film.
“Between 1982 and 1993 Scilla Dyke founded and directed what would become a sea change in the UK arts world. This film is the story of Suffolk Dance / Dance East and one woman’s lasting impact on dance.”
2019 LABAN LECTURE Given by Dr Ann Hutchinson-Guest
Classes with Viv Bridson
Studio class 11:30 to 12:30 on 3rd July in Studio 8, The Place, musician Nick Linnik
From Sept 19th, fortnightly in Studio 8 from 11:30 to 12:30, usually with live music.
Payment up to £10 donated to a country in need – currently Ukraine and Afghanistan.
Class is taught by Viv Bridson assisted by Amy Mauvan and Noemi Laabaid
Contact: danceprojects@btinternet.com
Zoom and in person classes with Alexandra Baybutt
21 December, 20 March 2022 online, 21 June in person
Play As You Are, a series of creative somatic movement workshops for musicians with Maya Felixbrodt. MORE & BOOKING (https://alexandrabaybutt.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7af725bbcc79827225a22e6a9&id=d799896b56&e=0283ccaf58)
25 November – Performing in person with Stephanie Felber in our project ABAX (https://alexandrabaybutt.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7af725bbcc79827225a22e6a9&id=6fc5b1c3a5&e=0283ccaf58) , at the Horsedonkey Club, vFd (https://alexandrabaybutt.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7af725bbcc79827225a22e6a9&id=fc1f41fc09&e=0283ccaf58) , Dalston, E London.
Zoom and in person classes with Jenny Frankel
Lunchtime Laban
Weekly movement and dance sessions, based on the work of Rudolf Laban, both in-person (Primrose Hill) and on Zoom. Suitable for beginners and advanced students.
Tuesdays 12.30-1.30pm. First session free. Then £5 per week on Zoom, £10 per week in person.
Contact jennyfrankel.laban@gmail.com
Zoom Tanztheater Classes with Adrian Look
Saturdays: Tanztheater technique
From January 16 – 3:00 – 4:30pm
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86914789188?pwd=VCs5U0Z3S0pOck5pRksraDAxSmZFdz09
Meeting ID: 869 1478 9188 Passcode: 336840
Classes are free but I do accept donations, it is really up to you.
And here you will also find the archive with the recorded sessions thus far:
http://lookatmovement.co.uk/online-classes-archive/
Foundation Course
Run via Zoom
Date tbc
Venue: Italia Conti 23 Goswell Road, Barbican, City Of London, London, EC1M 7AJ
Contact: Maggie Killingbeck
Members’ Workshops and Classes
For workshops and regular classes provided by individual Guild members, please visit the Members Workshops and Classes page
New General Data Protection Regulations came into effect on May 25th 2018.
Please read our privacy policies here:
Laban Guild Data Protection Policy May 2018
Laban Guild Privacy Notice for Members May 2018
Laban Guild External Privacy Policy May 2018
MAPPING SPACE: CHOREOGRAPHIC RESOURCES FOR DANCE EDUCATION
Five dancers illustrate ways in which virtual maps and clusters of dynamic colouring offer frameworks and tools for choreographic exploration, composition and development.
The material is based on the innovative work of Rudolf Laban, pioneer of Dance Theatre, Movement Analysis and Dance Notation.
DVD £16 per copy (incl. postage)
Contact: Anna Carlisle
Revised Warren Lamb Editions
Posture and Gesture: an Introduction to the Study of Physical Behaviour
A Framework for Understanding Movement: my Seven Creative Concepts
Beyond Dance: Laban’s Legacy of Movement Analysis
An Eye for Movement: Warren Lamb’s Career in Movement Analysis
Decision Making and Movement Analysis (DVD)
All available through Brechin Books, 6 Brechin Place, London SW6 4QA
Contact: books@brechinbooks.online
These are also available as e-books through Kindle Publishing and Smashwords.
Laban Collection at the Brotherton Library
The John Hodgson Collection has now been catalogued and is available at https://library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/168066
There is also a guide with descriptive text to accompany a selection of images and documents. The Laban Collection guide can be accessed at http://library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-rudolf-laban-collections
Warren Lamb Archive
The NRCD is hoping to obtain enough funding to make the Warren Lamb Archive available to the public, and to this end has provided a link for donations on the University of Surrey’s online store
Online class – Tanztheater – Youtube
As many of you will be in lockdown or isolation I made two online classes so if you feel like it just go for it and enjoy. Send videos as well and I can give some feedback and corrections.
Further details of the classes.
Contact: Adrian Look
Geraldine Stephenson Archive
Now completed and available to view at the NRCD, University of Surrey, Guildford.
The archive can be viewed online at calmarchivecat.surrey.ac.uk.
For research enquiries or visits contact archives@surrey.ac.uk
Online class – Ballet – Youtube
Eurolab is supporting GLOBAL WATER DANCES – Mission statement:
“We connect and support a global community of choreographers and dancers to inspire action and international collaboration for water issues through the universal language of dance.”
Visit www.laban-eurolab.org for more information.