Living Architecture: Rudolf Laban and the Geometry of Dance.

Synopsis

LIVING ARCHITECTURE presents, for the first time, Rudolph Laban’s space harmony dance material, its geometric basis and the spiritual philosophy that is embedded in it.Researched and presented by dance practitioners Anna Carlisle and Valerie Preston-Dunlop, and directed by Becky Edmunds, it includes dance material and discussion and excerpts from interviews with sacred geometry specialist Professor Keith Critchlow and Rosicrucian author Christopher Mclntosh.

Working in Munich and Monte Verita Laban forged his praxis of Space Harmony - a range of spatial exercises analogous to musical scales, which flowed in and around the structures of such geometric forms as the cube and the octahedron. Inspired by the spiritual philosophies of Plato and Pythagoras and influenced by his study of architecture at the Academy des Beaux Arts, Laban’s construction of Space Harmony - his mapping of the dancer’s space in flowing dance forms - resonates with the principles of Sacred Geometry and Sacred Architecture.The turn of the 20th century saw Paris and Munich awash with a ferment of artistic experimentation. The cultural climate was alive to a powerful renaissance of interest in esoteric themes and ideas: Rosicrucianism, Theosophy and Anthroposophy were the subjects of fascination, debate and controversy. Laban was not alone is his quest to embody the spiritual in art. Such themes and traces also appear in the works of Kandinsky, Debussy, Schoenberg, Mondrian, Duchamps and many others.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Year of release

2008

Year of production

2008

Uses

Movement and Dance Practitioners, Dance Departments, Architects, Artists, Theatre Practitioners, Philosophers and those with an interest in Sacred Geometry

Subjects

Dance; Philosophy

Keywords

Laban notation; Laban, Rudolf; sacred architecture; sacred geometry

Credits

Director

Becky Edmunds

Contributor

Anna Carlisle; Christopher McIntosh; Keith Critchlow; Valerie Preston-Dunlop

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Format

Region 0

Price

£15.99

Availability

Sale

Year

2009

Distributor

Name

Dance Books Ltd

Web

http://www.dancebooks.co.uk External site opens in new window

Phone

01420 525 299

Address

Southwold
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