I have often thought that Rudolf Laban’s life and career would make interesting reading just treated as a travelogue. He certainly got around!
As the son of a general in the army of the Austro-Hungarian Army, Laban spent his youth in Eastern Europe – Bratislava, Budapest, Vienna, with holidays in Bosnia/Herzegovina.
His first career as a visual artist took him to Munich, Paris, and Ascona in southern Switzerland.
He sat out WWI in Zurich. His rise to fame as a dancer occurred in Berlin and other German cities. His post-dance career as a movement theorist unfolded in England.
For the dog days of August, I have chosen several good reads that follow Laban’s wanderings. Find out more in the next blogs.