Follow the “Red Thread that links the Laban/Bartenieff/Lamb legacy to the future of movement study. Expand the scope of what you know about human movement through a series of courses expertly crafted by master teacher Carol-Lynne Moore.
Exploration of shape and space continues this summer and autumn with two new MoveScape Center workshops.
Continue your guided tour of space with this new MoveScape Center workshop.
AUTUMN
Harmonics of Space: A Cosmic Journey
November 1 – 27, 2024
Laban drew an analogy between the harmonic structure of music and that of dance by creating movement “scales.” Just as musical scales sensitize the musician’s ear to tonal intervals and harmonious relationships, Laban’s movement scales sensitize the dancer to spatial intervals and harmonious relationships between the body, gravity, and the empty space surrounding the mover – the kinesphere.
In this four-week correspondence course, participants study four important families of movement scales designed by Laban – the Axis Scale, the Girdle, the “terrestrial” Primary Scale, and the “celestial” A Scale. All these sequences unfold within the virtual geography of the icosahedron.
This workshop provides a review of core spatial concepts, with a dual emphasis on theory and practice. Theoretical topics reveal the underlying principles Laban used to create harmonic spatial sequences. Practical topics provide tips for performing and remembering these scales and their sometimes counterintuitive sequences.
Each assignment includes the following:
- Original material discussing space harmony
- Prompts to facilitate learning and embodying off-vertical spatial scales
- Observation tasks
- Questions to discuss with the instructor via email, facilitating individual study, reflection, and development.
“Harmonics of Space” runs November 1 – November 27 and finishes before Thanksgiving.
Registration closes October 30, 2024.