Effort phrasing follows a general pattern of preparation, main action/exertion, and recuperation. This pattern can be studied through the lens of effort states and drives.
Because of their dynamic intensity, effort drives often occur as exertions, while effort states function as preparations and recuperations.
The incredible diversity of styles, rhythms, and effort phrasings found in human movement can seem overwhelming. Nevertheless, Laban discerned some underlying relationships that govern and to some extent limit effort changes.
In “The Transformation Drives” course, we examine the relationships of states to drives. We experience how states serve as preparations for building to the exertion of a drive. We study how states provide links between Passion, Vision, and Spell Drives. And we experience how states function as recuperations to the intensity of these transformative and dynamic effort moods.