Spell Drive is the name Laban gave to combinations of Space, Weight, and Flow. Spell is the Time-less drive that transports the mover into a world in which all need for decisive action is suspended.
We are so used to feeling the pressure to act promptly that it is uncanny when time stands still and seems to disappear. Consequently, Spell Drive is mesmerizing; it is the movement key to an ageless realm of mystery, legend, and mythical archetypes.
Action Drive emphasizes doing; Passion Drive, feeling; and Vision, thinking. Spell Drive stresses willing. Through determined concentration and precisely varying degrees of control, the mover methodically fascinates, weaving a web to exercise control and impose his or her will on someone or something.
Each of Laban’s four effort drives explores a different dimension of human experience. Find out more in The Movement Harmony Project, Part 2: Effort Harmonies, which begins in late October.