The combinations of Space, Weight, and Time in the Action Drive were the first examples of effort chemistry that Laban identified. Flow is the missing, or latent, motion factor. When Flow replaces either Space, Weight, or Time, it changes the movement mood from one of practical action to an entirely different way of being in the world.
For example, when Flow replaces Weight, a whole new movement mood results. It is not simply that the combinations of Space and Time are performed with greater or lesser control.
Instead, as Bartenieff notes, “Time and Space reinforce mental alertness, apart from the physical sensation or one’s weight or impact. Therefore, Flow can take that awareness ‘where it will’ into the almost disembodied state of the Vision Drive.”
Find out more about the transformative power of Flow in “The Transformation Drives.”