laban

Thân thiện

Laban taught his students a new dance movement.

Definition

Proper noun * Rudolf Laban: A Hungarian-born dancer, choreographer, and movement theorist. He is most famous for creating a system for analyzing and recording human movement, known as Labanotation or Kinetography Laban.

Usage

This word is used almost exclusively as a proper noun to refer to the person, Rudolf Laban, or directly to the concepts and systems he originated. * The dance historian gave a lecture on the influence of Laban on modern dance. * The choreographer studied Laban Movement Analysis to deepen her understanding of spatial dynamics.

Advanced Usage

• Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies: An organization dedicated to teaching and certifying practitioners in Laban Movement Analysis.
  • She completed her certification at the Laban Institute.
• Laban-based: An adjective describing an approach, analysis, or work derived from Laban's theories.
  • The therapist used a Laban-based framework to observe the patient's nonverbal communication.

Variants and Related Words

• Labanotation (noun): Also called Kinetography Laban. The specific symbolic system invented by Rudolf Laban for writing down and preserving dance movements and other forms of human motion on paper.
  • The ancient dance was preserved through detailed Labanotation.
• Laban Movement Analysis (LMA) (noun): A comprehensive framework and language for describing, visualizing, interpreting, and documenting all varieties of human movement. It extends beyond the notation system.
  • Actors often study Laban Movement Analysis to develop their physical characterizations.

Synonyms

• Rudolf Laban (full name)
• Rudolf von Laban (a variant of his name)

Note: There are no direct conceptual synonyms for the person "Laban." Synonyms would only be different forms of his name.

Học thuật

Noun

1. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958)

Từ đồng nghĩa

• Laban
• Rudolph Laban