I am giving two presentations about effort at the historic joint conferences of dance notators and movement analysts at the Ohio State University July 14-20.
For the International Council of Kinetography Laban conference, I present a lecture on “Effort Theory and Notation.” I discuss the development of effort theory and notation, starting with Laban and tracing adaptations made by Warren Lamb, Vera Maletic, and Judith Kestenberg.
For the International Conference on Laban Bartenieff Movement Studies, I lead a movement workshop exploring Laban’s concepts of “effort mutation” and “effort knots.” The workshop focuses natural effort phrasing and both balanced and imbalanced phrases of change based on the 8 Basic Actions.
Find out more about the ICKL Conference here: https://ickl.org/conference/conference-2025/
Find out more about the LBMS Conference here: https://labaninstitute.org/conference-on-lbms/