Dancers move through space as fish move through water. In the seemingly vacant sea of space, Laban identified central lines of motion that extend through the dancer’s body outwards into the surrounding area, making what appears to be empty tangible.
Angiola Sartorio, one of Laban’s early dance students, explains it this way:
“Try to visualize that the directions in space are everywhere, and when you activate a pathway, you align with a network that already is there for you to find. Imagine how the sound of a note on the piano travels away from where you sit, it doesn’t die…it simply travels away in time and space. So too are the directions in the fabric of 3D space. Although you ride only a portion of it in your dancing, it never dissolves. It is there for you to ride upon when you choose.”
Find out more in “Exploring your Kinesphere: A Personal Journey,” beginning August 30.