{"product_id":"rudolf-laban-the-dancer-of-the-crystal-paperback","title":"Rudolf Laban: The Dancer of the Crystal - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEvelyn Doerr\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRudolf Laban, the famed dancer-choreographer and 'founding father' of modern dance, also had experience as a painter, sculptor, and architect, and allowed those skills to influence his innovative choreographic techniques. His important works and his creation of one of the most significant forms of dance notation make him an essential component of dance history. \u003ci\u003eRudolf Laban: The Dancer of the Crystal\u003c\/i\u003e examines Laban's training, his teaching experiences, and the discovery and development of his principles of form and movement, paying special attention to his choreographic and philosophical work. Author Evelyn Doerr presents intriguing tidbits of the artist's experience, such as Laban's ambivalent position as the 'dance organizer' of the Nazi party in Germany, embedded in a historical and philosophical context, offering insights to his choreographic processes and the events that shaped his life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book presents the different stages and elements of Laban's choreography discussing, for example, Laban's \"dance-sound-word\" instructional approach, his concept of the \"movement choir\" and examples of its realization, the concepts of \u003ci\u003eeukinetics\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003echoreutics\u003c\/i\u003e, and a description of how these subjects were taught in Laban's school. Doerr also analyzes important elements in Laban's theories of spatial harmony and of effort, and she investigates his various early systems of dance notation, leading to a detailed explanation of kinetography, Laban's final notational system. A complete bibliography and an appendix of works choreographed between 1897 and 1936 help make this book an important contribution to Laban scholarship and to the dance, theater, and cultural history of Europe in the first half of the 20th century.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvelyn Doerr\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several books about Rudolf Laban in German. Most recently Doerrr published \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Choreographic Works\u003c\/i\u003e, which includes Laban's complete choreographic oeuvre. Currently, she is working on a 3-volume edition of Laban's letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.98 x 6.17 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 28, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988664795384,"sku":"9780810860070","price":156.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/ozOnifrRrE9780810860070.webp?v=1783112050","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/rudolf-laban-the-dancer-of-the-crystal-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}