Elements of Dance: Creating a Zoom Movement Phrase

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WARM UP

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STRETCH 

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Activity 1

REVIEW: LEVELS & DIRECTIONS

FOCUS

COMBINING ALL

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Short Bio 

 

Rudolf von Laban, also known as Rudolf Laban, was an Austro-Hungarian dance artist and theorist. He is considered as one of the pioneers of modern dance in Europe and as the "Founding Father of the Expressionist Dance" in Germany. 

Rudolf Laban (1879-1958) was was a dancer, a choreographer and a dance / movement theoretician. Being one of the founders of European Modern Dance, his work was extended through his most celebrated collaborators, Mary Wigman, Kurt Jooss and Sigurd Leeder.  

Laban was a visionary, humanist, teacher and theoretician, whose revolutionary ideas bridged the gap between the performing arts and science.

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Review of Elements of Dance

Directions

Levels

Size

Focus

Pathways

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Group Work

Create an 8 movement phrase with the elements of dance studied in class.