Adventurous readers on four continents have now completed my six-week correspondence course, “Decoding Rudolf Laban’s Masterpiece, Choreutics.” As Laban remarks in the final chapter, exhaustive exploration of the “immense domain of space and movement” will demand “the collaboration of generations still to come.”
I guess that means us.
For myself, the next step is demonstrating how to take Choreutic theory into practice in the forthcoming Octa workshop, Bringing Choreutics to Life.
To my fellow Choreutics decoders, I posed the following questions:
Of the many ideas presented in Choreutics, what has stimulated your imagination? What might you want to pursue in more depth?
The following answers reflect the diversity of topics presented in Laban’s masterpiece, Choreutics, and the many aspects of movement still open for more exhaustive exploration:
“I would like to delve into specific scales, especially the Primary Scale.”
“I am keen to play more with the law of proximity; I’m fascinated by knots, twisted circles, and lemniscates.”
“I am interested in the relationship between space and mood.”
“Lemniscates! How do we move them?”
“I’m interested in movement as the integration of body and mind.”
“I am interested in supporting my clients in developing their sense of embodiment.”
“In the same way that Laban felt Choreutics could become a way of communicating across cultures, I believe it could be a way of communicating across disciplines….”
“I’m interested in a deeper, experiential understanding of ‘harmony.’”