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LABAN Technique: Rudolf Von Laban was a born Austro-Hungarian theorist, dance artist and choreographer. His work looked at the way the human body moves.

He found his passion through his studie3s of architecture while studying at Ecoles des Beaux Arts. He studies the moving body. He began his study in dance and it expanded into different branches of research. LMA (Laban Movement Analysis) is a method and language for visualising, describing, documenting and interpreting all the varieties of human movement. There are four different categories for LABAN movement:

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Body

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Shape

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Space

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Effort

Eight Techniques: PUNCH: Direct, Quick, Heavy and Bound (DQHB)

DAB: Direct, Quick, Light and Bound (DQLB)

PRESS: Direct, Sustained, Heavy and Bound (DSHB)

GLIDE: Direct, Sustained, Light and Free (DSLF)

SLASH: Indirect, Quick, Heavy and Free (IQHF)

FLICK: Indirect, Quick, Light and Free (IQLF)

WRING: Indirect, Sustained, Heavy and Bound (ISHB)

FLOAT: Indirect, Sustained, Light and Free (ISLF)

Effort

Energy Centre

Weight

Time

Space

Floating

Above your head

Light

Sustained/Broken

Indirect

Flicking

On level with eyes/ears

Light

Sudden/ Broken

Indirect

Dabbing

On level with chin/shoulders

Light

Sudden/ Broken

Direct

Gliding

Centre of Chest

Light

Sustained/ Continuous

Direct

Wringing

Stomach

Strong

Sustained/ Continuous

Indirect

Slashing

Pelvis/Groin

Strong

Sudden/ Broken

Indirect

Punching

Solar Plexus

Strong

Sudden/ Broken

Direct

Pressing

Close to the ground

Strong

Sustained/ Continuous

Direct

When Laban put these movements together, he called them “Efforts.” He believed that each effort...