1. Dance Literacy - About LMA
Written by Jeong Sun Park

2. Dance Literacy? LMA is one of the most popular Yes!
We have many dance languages.
LMA is one of the most popular
dance language.

3. What is LMA?
Laban
Movement
Analysis

4. What is LMA? (continued)
A system and language for understanding, observing, describing and notating all forms of movement
Devised by Rudolf Laban

5. What is LMA? (continued)
It includes studies in 4 inter-related categories
Body/ Effort/Shape/Space

6. Body
The body category describes structural and physical characteristics of the human body while moving.

7. Effort Space: Direct / Indirect Weight: Strong / Light
Time: Sudden / Sustained
Flow: Bound / Free

8. Shapes "Shape Forms” "Modes of Shape Change" "Shape Qualities"
"Shape Flow Support"

9. Space Kinesphere Spatial Intention
Geometrical observations of where the movement is being done

10. External links http://www.laban.org http://www.limsonline.org