Laban affirms that there is not only a superficial resemblance between the harmonic life of music and dance, but a “structural congruity.” He means what he says, and the Primary or Standard Scale is an example.
In the upcoming hybrid course, Decoding Choreutics, I demonstate how Laban constructed the peripheral Primary Scale to be analogous to the Chromatic Scale in Western music. Just as the Chromatic Scale provides the foundation for musical composition, Laban’s Primary Scale can be mined to create many different harmonic dance sequences and melodies.
Find out more in Decoding Laban’s Choreutics, beginning May 31.