Music Scale / Art Nouveau

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Warm Up

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Review


However, in keeping with its Pythagorean roots, Laban's Choreutic theory goes beyond mere descriptions of natural movement to designate harmonic spatial sequences analogous to musical scales.









Source: https://movescapecenter.com/whole-body-movement/


Activity 1


Create your own scale by choosing a geometric figure and designing 8 movements within it.




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