On Motion Analysis: Understanding Movement Yunyu Wang Professor Drama and Dance Colorado College
How Do We Read Movement Labanotation Laban Movement Analysis
Labanotation Body Time Level Direction Directions Sample of Labanotation – total 9 music counts movement Yunyu Wang Body Parts
Laban Movement Analysis/LMA Body Effort Shape Space Harmony
Body – 6 Human Development Patterns breath head-tail body half – upper and lower body half – left and right diagonal core
8 Efforts Flow Effort ： Free ( 輕鬆流暢，肌肉放鬆 ) Bound ( 拘束，拘謹，隨時可停止 ) Space Effort ： Direct ( 動作目標明確 ) Indirect ( 間接的，可隨時轉移方向 ) Weight Effort ： Strong ( 撞擊有力勁道強 ) Light ( 纖細，輕如空氣 ) Time Effort ： Sudden ( 急速，匆忙，突然的 ) Sustain ( 悠閒，從容，繼續的 )
3 Shape Shape Flow Directional Shaping
Space Harmony The Body Kinesphere – near, mid.,far 6 points in body space – up/down, side, front/back two-dimensional – door, wheel, table Octahedron, cube, icosahedrons, tetrahedron scales: steeples, volutes, A, B, peripheral/transverse 3-rings, axis, primary, girdle, etc …
Body Kinesphere
6 points in body space B H LR F D
Octahedron, cube, icosahedrons, tetrahedron
The End In observing a movement we must visualize all the intermediary stages of its unfolding.