9780746305270-0746305273-Mastery of Movement

Mastery of Movement

ISBN-13: 9780746305270
ISBN-10: 0746305273
Edition: Revised
Author: Lisa Ullmann, Rudolf von Laban
Publication date: 1988
Publisher: Princeton Book Co Pub
Format: Paperback 208 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780746305270
ISBN-10: 0746305273
Edition: Revised
Author: Lisa Ullmann, Rudolf von Laban
Publication date: 1988
Publisher: Princeton Book Co Pub
Format: Paperback 208 pages

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Mastery of Movement (ISBN-13: 9780746305270 and ISBN-10: 0746305273), written by authors Lisa Ullmann, Rudolf von Laban, was published by Princeton Book Co Pub in 1988. With an overall rating of 4.0 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Mastery of Movement (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.59.

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Laban's The Mastery of Movement on the Stage, first published in 1950, quickly came to be accepted as the standard work on his conception of human movement. When he died, Laban was in the process of preparing a new edition of the book, and so for some time after his death it was out of print. That a second edition appeared was solely due to the efforts of Lisa Ullmann, who, better than any other person, was aware of the changes that Laban had intended to make. The rather broader treatment of the subject made advisable the change of title, for it was recognised that the book would appeal to all who seek to understand movement as a force in life. In this fourth edition Lisa Ullmann has taken the opportunity to make margin annotations to indicate the subject matter referred to in a particular section of the text, so that specified topics may be easily found. Kinetograms have been added to most of the examples in Chapters 2 and 3, as Laban originally intended, for the growing number of people who read and write movement notation. Lisa Ullmann has also compiled an Appendix on the the structure of effort, drawing largely on material from an unpublished book by Laban. The relationship between the inner motivation of movement and the outer functioning of the body is explored. Acting and dancing are shown as activities deeply concerned with man's urge to establish values and meanings. The student is introduced to basic principles underlying movement expression and experience and the numerous exercises are intended to challenge his or her intellectual, emotional and physical responses. The many descriptions of movement scenes and mine-dances are designed to stimulate penetration into man's inner life from where movement and action originate.
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