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On Motion Analysis: Understanding Movement Yunyu Wang Professor Drama and Dance Colorado College
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How Do We Read Movement Labanotation Laban Movement Analysis
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Labanotation Body Time Level Direction Directions Sample of Labanotation – total 9 music counts movement Yunyu Wang Body Parts
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Laban Movement Analysis/LMA Body Effort Shape Space Harmony
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Body – 6 Human Development Patterns breath head-tail body half – upper and lower body half – left and right diagonal core
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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 )
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3 Shape Shape Flow Directional Shaping
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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 …
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Body Kinesphere
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6 points in body space B H LR F D
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Octahedron, cube, icosahedrons, tetrahedron
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The End In observing a movement we must visualize all the intermediary stages of its unfolding.
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