Laban Movement Analysis is very parsimonious – there are only four motion factors and eight effort qualities with which to describe the dynamics of any movement a human being can do. Yet when different effort qualities combine, there is a miraculous effort chemistry that produces many kinds of movement moods.
In the upcoming Movement Harmony Project, Part 2 – Effort Harmonies, we will be exploring the various movement moods that occur when effort qualities are combined.
What is most interesting to me is that embodying effort moods involves the whole person. Effort is not just about physical motion, it is also about thinking, feeling, and willing.
Find out more about effort as a “psychophysical” phenomenon in the next blogs.