Posted by: 1984
« on: February 26, 2013, 06:51:37 PM »This answers is probably a little too late to be useful, but in case someone else wonders about this, I'll copy in a quote from one of my theatre studies lectures on Surrealism:
Laban Movement Analysis
Rudolf Laban, a German kinesiologist and dance educator, analyzed the movements of workers and dancers in order to categorize them in terms of effort-shape, a system still used in choreography and ergonomics, or the study of how humans adapt to their surroundings. The eight basic efforts are wring, press, glide, float, flick, slash, punch, and dab, containing three of the six movement elements such as strong, heavy, sudden, sustained, direct and indirect or flexible.
I think she's referencing Laban, so that these bits in the text actually make up a choreography of sorts.
Hope that helps
Laban Movement Analysis
Rudolf Laban, a German kinesiologist and dance educator, analyzed the movements of workers and dancers in order to categorize them in terms of effort-shape, a system still used in choreography and ergonomics, or the study of how humans adapt to their surroundings. The eight basic efforts are wring, press, glide, float, flick, slash, punch, and dab, containing three of the six movement elements such as strong, heavy, sudden, sustained, direct and indirect or flexible.
I think she's referencing Laban, so that these bits in the text actually make up a choreography of sorts.
Hope that helps