Laban wanted readers of Mastery of Movement to engage both mind and body. Besides physical exercises, he provides observation prompts to engage performers in the study of everyday behavior, along with dramatic scenarios to be enacted.
Most of Laban’s scenarios include multiple characters, and this can be a bit daunting for the person reading the book alone at home.
However, movement imagination can be stimulated through movement observation. Mastery of Movement discusses mime as well as theatre and dance. I have found that contemporary mime provides great examples of how a single performer can create multiple characters without saying a word.
Movement is transformative. Find out more in Mastering Laban’s Mastery of Movement.